Articles Posted in Car Accidents

One of the primary causes of car crashes is driver error, or in the terminology of a car accident lawsuit, defendant’s negligence. While we often the use the term accident, many accidents are truly not accidents, but someone’s fault.

However, some accidents are not due to a driver’s fault but are, instead, due to a manufacturing defect in a car, truck, or motorcycle, and some car accidents are the result of negligently performed repairs or routine maintenance at a dealership or private service station. When there is a suspected manufacturing defect, car makers will often send service bulletins to dealerships to be on the lookout for a particular issue. If the defect affects a safety system or other system that is likely to result in a car accident, the manufacturer is required to initiate a recall of all potentially affected vehicles. Some of these recalls are voluntary and others are non-voluntary, as they are ordered by a state or federal agency.

According to a recent news release from Consumer Reports, Ford has now issued a recall on nearly 600,000 vehicles. The largest of these recalls involves the 2013 to 2015 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans as well as the Ford Edge SUV. These vehicles were built with a defective motor attachment for the steering gear. The bolts used on this attachment are susceptible to corrosion, and, once corroded, they have been shown to fracture. After the bolts fracture, the power steering mechanism could fail, and the driver would have to manually control a vehicle without assistance from hydraulics, as was common on cars built before the 1960s. For those who have never driven a manual steering vehicle, it may be difficult for them to physically turn the wheel in time to avoid a serious car accident. At slower speeds such as driving in traffic, it might be practically impossible to turn a modern car through an intersection, thus putting it at risk of being hit by other car.
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According to a recent news article from WCVB Boston, a wrong-way three-car collision occurred on Interstate 93 just north of Boston. Massachusetts State Police troopers believe an 80-year-old man from Lynnfield, Massachusetts was driving a 2013 Acura in the wrong direction on the highway when he crashed into a 2006 Jaguar and older Chrysler.

After the collision, the Chrysler apparently caught on fire before first responders arrived on the accident scene. Firefighters were able to suppress the car fire, and EMTs provided immediate medical attention for the two victims before transporting them to a local hospital for further treatment. Fortunately, it is believed they were not seriously injured as a result of this three-car accident. The 80-year-old driver who was allegedly traveling in the wrong direction to cause the Boston area car crash was not injured in the accident, and police have not issued any traffic citations in connection with this incident, though they are continuing to investigate.
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According to a recent news report from the Boston Globe, a 34-year-old man from Western Massachusetts was killed in a single-vehicle car accident. Authorities say he was driving a 2000 Nissan Maxima when he lost control. His vehicle hit a large wood utility pole and then ran into a tree on the right side of the roadway. This accident occurred around 11:45 p.m. near Route 20 in Brimfield.

Authorities do not know why the vehicle lost control and are continuing to investigate the cause of the fatal car accident.

Cases involving only a single vehicle may require far more investigation than police are often willing to perform. This is not to blame police, as they have many important duties to perform and may lack resources and personnel to fully investigate every car accident. In situations such as these, since there is no other victim claiming negligence, or accusing someone of drunk driving, officers may simply conclude an investigation when cause is unknown, or in worst cases, assume it was driver error.
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According to a recent news report from The Boston Herald, two victims were killed in a fiery car crash on Interstate 195 in Swansea, about 50 miles south of Boston.

Authorities say they responded to a motor vehicle accident report around 11 p.m. When they arrived on the scene, they found a single vehicle completely engulfed in flames. They believe the vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames after running off the roadway.

Firefighters were able to suppress the fire and get three occupants out of the vehicle. The two victims who were killed in this tragic single-car accident were a 22-year-old female and a 19-year-old male victim. There was a third victim in the car, a 20-year-old male from Taunton, Massachusetts, who survived the accident, but suffered serious personal injuries as result of the crash. First responders transported him to a local hospital for immediate medical attention after stabilizing him on the scene. Authorities are still investigating the cause of this double fatal Massachusetts car accident.

As our Boston car accident lawyers can explain, single vehicle accidents happen all the time, and that does not mean victims cannot be compensated for their injuries. However, these cases sometimes involve a somewhat different procedure than accidents involving an at-fault driver who was driving a different vehicle.
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Most car accidents do not make national news unless there are particular outrageous facts or serious injuries. However one recent Washington state truck accident made big news when it crashed, resulting in millions of honeybees being released onto the highway.

Authorities say the truck was transporting millions of bees to a blueberry farm when it overturned. The crash resulted in bees being thrown from the wreck on the roadway and surround area. It is suspected the truck blew a tire when entering on an on-ramp causing it to roll over. Authorities also say there is a possibility driver was speeding at time of rollover accident, and he may have been falling asleep.

When firefighters arrived at the scene of this truck crash, they found most of the 458 hives carrying up to 30,000 bees each had spilled onto the highway, amounting to around 12 million bees. Firefighters sprayed the hives with fire retardant chemicals, which killed many of the bees. Authorities also found bee keepers to come to the scene, where they worked for hours while wearing protective clothing to contain the rest of bees that had escaped from the truck. Witnesses say there were mounds of dead honeybees everywhere. Bees swarmed onto other trucks on the road, including many belonging to beekeepers and rescue workers. The bees, which did not die from firefighter’s chemicals, were placed in boxes and taken by flatbed truck to the blueberry farm where they were originally headed. It is not believed anyone was injured in this unusual truck accident.
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According to a recent report from Mass Live, a serious car crash on Storrow Drive in Boston resulted in the death of one woman. Authorities say they were notified of the accident around 4 p.m., and when they arrived on the scene, they observed victim’s car, which had run into a guardrail at the Charles Gate on ramp.

Massachusetts State Police troopers from the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services from the Boston barracks have been tasked to investigate the cause of this accident and find out exactly why victim’s car ran off the road into the concrete barrier. Early results of their investigation suggest victim was heading east on the on ramp to Storrow Drive and did not slow down when nearing it.
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According to a recent article from the Boston Globe, a 43-year member of the Halifax Fire Department was killed in a deadly car accident in Plympton, Massachusetts, and another victim suffered a serious personal injury. The victim was a current member of the town’s fire department and also served as the chaplain, according to fire department officials.

The fatal car accident occurred around 2 p.m. on Route 58 in Plympton.

A truck driving in the northbound lane weaved across the center yellow line and hit another truck in a head-on collision. Authorities investigating the Massachusetts car accident say the firefighter was killed and paramedics pronounced him dead on scene. The driver of the truck that hit victim suffered serious injuries in the crash, and first responders transported him to a Boston area hospital for immediate medical treatment. There has been no report of alleged at-fault driver’s medical condition, and it does not appear authorities have charged him with any crime in connection with this deadly car crash.
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According to a recent news article in My Fox Boston, a family was involved in a serious rollover car crash. During the crash, the family lost their dog.
The family was bringing their dog home when they were involved in the car accident.

Husband was behind the wheel when they say another car was about to hit them. He yelled out to warn the others in the car, and, before he knew it, family’s SUV was struck and rolled over several times.

A group of bystanders who had witnessed the accident rushed to the family’s assistance. They were able to pull victims out of the car and call local police. The bystanders were also able to force at-fault driver to stay on the scene of the accident until police arrived.
When authorities arrived on the scene, they immediately suspected at-fault driver who had collided with victim’s car to be operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, and later placed him under arrested for drunk driving in connection with an automobile accident.

While the family was not seriously injured in the rollover accident, they realized their beloved dog was missing. The family was heartbroken and put a message on Facebook asking people to help find their dog. The dog was considered their son’s dog and best friend.

The family received a call from a local news station informing them someone had located the missing dog. The family issued a statement that they could not express how much joy they felt when they discovered their dog had been found. They thanked everyone who had prayed with them and were now celebrating with them after they were reunited with the dog.
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