Automobile Accidents

• Howell Man Dies Fifteen Days After Car Accident

  David Mittleman | August 03, 2009 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A Howell man has died two weeks after his car was T-boned and pushed across Grand River Avenue and into a daycare center. The man, 22-year-old Erik Wint, attempted to turn onto eastbound Grand River...

• Head-On Collision outside of Hesperia Kills One Man and Seriously Injured a Child

  Devon Glass | August 01, 2009 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  8-year-old Elizabeth Sied was transported by helicopter to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in critical condition after a vehicle driven by Bruce Hallowell crossed the center line of Maple Island...

• Rockford Woman Dies After Rollover Crash on Sunday

  David Mittleman | July 31, 2009 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Rockford, MI—58-year-old Alice Brownswell Phillips died on Sunday after her vehicle collided with another vehicle that was pulling out of a driveway on Alpine Avenue NW. Phillips, who was...

• Unlicensed Driver Causes Tragic Crash

  David Mittleman | July 31, 2009 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  An unlicensed Detroit woman caused a crash early Wednesday morning on the Ohio Turnpike outside of Cleveland. She was driving with three children in her minivan, and it appears that none of them...

• Texting While Driving Most Dangerous Driving Distraction

  David Mittleman | July 29, 2009 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  According to a new study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, texting is the most dangerous driving distraction and increases the risk of collision 23 times more than when a...

• Crash in Hastings sent three people to the hospital

  Devon Glass | July 26, 2009 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A Lake Odessa driver's failure to stop at a red light led to a car crash that sent three people to Pennock Hospital. James Knibbs Jr. drove through a red light at the intersection of North Broadway...

• Protect Your Teenage Driver With a "Newly Licensed Driver" Sign

  David Mittleman | July 26, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Are you nervous about your new teenage driver hitting the streets in the family car? Susan Kessler may have the answer to solving some of your worries: put a temporary warning sign on the car. ...

• Fall is the deadliest season for driving

  David Mittleman | July 18, 2009 8:20 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  Many people are afraid of driving during the often brutal Michigan winters: maneuvering icy roads or navigating through snow storms so thick that you cannot see two feet in front of your windshield....

• Michigan Court of Appeals Scales Back Governmental Immunity for Dangerous Bridges

  David Mittleman | July 15, 2009 4:30 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Governmental entities play an important role in our daily lives. Indeed, it is nearly impossible to go about one’s day without utilizing some type of governmental service. Occasionally, people...

• Hit and run motor vehicle accident leads to the death of a 13-year-old boy

  Devon Glass | July 14, 2009 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Detroit police are searching for the driver of a white minivan who struck a 13-year-old boy and then drove away. The accident occurred last Thursday and the boy, Roger Beasley, died at...