When a pedestrian or cyclist is hit by a vehicle, the only way that pedestrian or cyclist can collect damages is if the incident was found to be 100 percent the car driver’s fault. If the pedestrian or cyclist is found even 1 percent at fault, they receive nothing to cover medical expenses or...
Read MoreHigh Speed Collision Critically Injures Maryland Infant
An 18-month-old girl is in critical condition after an auto accident on Maryland’s Coastal Highway late last month. As reported at mdcoastdispatch.com, the infant was in a car with her mother when a pickup truck rear-ended their vehicle. The mother escaped the car crash with only a fractured arm. According to the report, the...
Read MoreTanker Truck Filled with Gasoline Crashes on Maryland Highway
A 3-vehicle crash involving a tanker truck filled with gasoline closed a portion of Route 3 in Maryland earlier this month. Officials with the Maryland State Police might file charges in connection with the accident. Fortunately, the gas tanker did not rupture in the auto accident. The...
Read MoreMan Dead after Vehicle Collides with Semi
A Montgomery County man lost his life last month when his car collided with a semi-truck making a U-turn on Interstate 70. The auto accident happened in Baltimore County, according to a report at washingtonpost.com. At around 2:30 a.m., the victim’s Chevy Suburban struck the side of the semi-truck as it attempted a U-turn....
Read MoreMarijuana Twice as Likely to Cause Car Crashes
Washington, D.C., along with 16 states, has legalized marijuana for medical use. However, are drivers high on marijuana more likely to cause an auto accident? Researchers in the past thought that drivers under the influence of marijuana made more careful drivers because they tend to drive slower...
Read MoreTwo-Vehicle Crash Kills Maryland Woman
A 29-year-old Silver Spring woman lost her life in an auto accident late last month at the intersection of U.S. 29 and Tech Road, according to insidenova.com. The woman was a passenger inside a Hyundai Elantra at the time of the crash. The fatal car wreck occurred when the Hyundai Elantra collided with...
Read MoreOne Killed as Truck and Camper Flip in King George County
Earlier this month, one person died in a single-vehicle auto accident in King George County. As reported at fredericksburg.com, the fatal car crash happened on Route 3 around 10 AM when a Ford F-250 pickup truck veered off the road and fell down an embankment. The pickup...
Read MoreVirginia Car Crash Kills Mother and Child
Despite wearing seatbelts, a mother and her child perished in a Virginia auto accident earlier this month in Fauquier County. The head-on car crash happened on Route 215 Vint Hill Road, according to a report at nbcwashington.com. At approximately 8:20 a.m., a 54-year-old woman in a pickup truck...
Read MoreOne Killed and One Injured in Rollover Crash
A single-vehicle accident killed a young woman and doctors say her 16-year-old passenger is in stable condition. In a report at gazette.net, speed and driver error caused the fatal auto accident late last month on a road between Keymar and Woodsboro. The victim’s 1998 Honda Civic was traveling...
Read MoreBaltimore Police Officer was Drunk in Fatal Car Crash
Authorities charged a former Baltimore police officer with nine crimes stemming from an off-duty auto accident last October that killed a 19-year-old man. The officer was with the Baltimore police department for 28 years before joining the Annapolis police department last year. In a story at hometownannapolis.com, the officer was driving approximately 71 mph...
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