Posts tagged Fatal

• Theft and Joyriding Lead to Pursuit and Death in Oak Park, MI

  Devon Glass | November 16, 2009 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  15-year-old Desean Murrell Fant died after crashing a stolen car into a tree in the early morning hours of November 10, 2009 in Oak Park, MI. Desean and another 15-year-old child had allegedly...

• Tractor-Trailer Accidents are Serious Highway Safety Concerns

  David Mittleman | November 06, 2009 4:57 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Any discussion of traffic safety has to take into account Tractor-Trailer Accidents. One in eight fatalities on our nation's highways involves a large truck or semi truck. Half a million accidents...

• I-94 Rollover Crash Kills One, Injures Three

  Devon Glass | October 27, 2009 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A high-speed, single-vehicle accident on I-94 in Van Buren Township, Michigan, has claimed the life of one man and seriously injured three other people. The crash, which happened early Monday...

• Man Accused of Killing Lansing Area Woman and Son While Driving Drunk Fit to Stand Trial

  Devon Glass | October 23, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Following up on one of our previous stories, Daniel Burwell is fit to stand trial according to competency tests conducted at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry, near Ypsilanti. Ingham County Circuit...

• Drunk Driver Faces Felony Charges After Killing 80-year-old retired Postal Worker

  Devon Glass | August 09, 2009 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  32-year-old Efrain Garcia-Miron faces charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, as a result of driving his vehicle head-on into a Ford Taurus driven by 80-year-old Leonard Dykstra, a...

• Unlicensed Driver Causes Tragic Crash

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

  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...

• Traffic Deaths at All-Time Low - Michigan Leads Way in Seatbelt Use

  David Mittleman | April 13, 2009 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that traffic-related deaths had reached a record low. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that about...

• NTSB Holds Helicopter EMS Hearings

  David Mittleman | February 03, 2009 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For most of us, the words emergency medical services conjure images of paramedics, firefighters, and police officers rendering care and transporting patients to the hospital by ambulance. In many...

• Unlicensed Driver Causes Fatal Crash in Lansing

  David Mittleman | August 12, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Unfortunately, it appears the Friday automobile accident that resulted in the death of a three-year-old child is part of a disturbing national trend. The driver who caused the crash, according to...

• Michigan Truck Driver Crashes into Chicago Train Station

  David Mittleman | April 28, 2008 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  On Friday, April 25, 2008, Michigan truck driver Don Wells ran his semi-truck into a train station escalator in down town Chicago during rush hour. From what police are saying, Mr. Wells exited...