Child airlifted following I-81 wreck | Richmond Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer

The News Leader of Staunton, VA reports of a child airlifted following I-81 wreck. Traffic was stopped for more than an hour on Interstate 81 on Sunday, March 22, 2009 because both northbound lanes were closed around 2 p.m. following a three-vehicle wreck near mile marker 222 that caused a a 9-year-old boy to be

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Two injured in U.S. 29 wreck | Richmond Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer

The Culpeper Star-Exponent reports: Two injured in U.S. 29 wreck . According to the Virginia State Police, around 12:45 pm, Hamideh Fahoul, 19, swerved around a slowing vehicle making a right-hand turn into the Battlefield Ford car dealership on the southbound side of U.S. Route 29. Fahoul’s 1996 Honda Accord then ran off the left

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Pedestrian killed on Midlothian Turnpike | Richmond Virginia accident lawyer

Pedestrian killed on Midlothian Turnpike. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports: Chesterfield County police said that William R. Evans was crossing the 8700 block Midlothian Turnpike, just east of Powhite Parkway around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday March 10, when he was struck and killed by a 2008 Mitsubishi Gallant. Mr. Evans was wearing dark clothing at

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Augusta County School Bus Accident | Richmond Virginia accident injury lawyer

Augusta County School Bus Accident. Augusta County School officials say an accident involving a bus carrying students sent five to the hospital Tuesday morning. It happened about 7:40 a.m. near the 400 block of Baynes Road near Dooms. Police say bus 107 was stopped to pick up a child when a Ford Focus ran into

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Police identify woman killed in I-95 wreck | Richmond Virginia Car Accident Injury lawyer

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that police have identified the woman killed in I-95 wreck on Sunday February 22, 2009. Barbara Jean Simmons of Richmond was 67 years old and driving southbound on Interstate 95 around 7am Sunday morning near mile marker 69 and Chesterfield County, Virginia. She was not wearing a seat belt, though, in

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Car wreck in Halifax, Virginia | Richmond, VA Auto accident lawyer

The News & Record of Halifax, VA writes about an accident at Edmunds Street and Watkins Avenue that resulted in two people being injured and several thousand dollars in property damage. South Boston police officer J. Berry wrote in her report that Michelle Wade of Roxboro, NC failed to stop her 2001 Ford SUV at

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Brodnax man survives head on collision

The Lake Gaston Gazette reports on a bad accident on January 7 in southside Virginia. Twent-year-old Jose Lara of Brodnax, Virginia (in Brunswick and Mecklenburg Counties) lost control of his Dodge Neon on a curve and swerved sideways into the path of a Parker Oil propane truck driven by Jerry Jones of LaCrosse, VA in

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Crash involving tractor-trailers closes I-64 East in Norfolk

Crash involving tractor-trailers closes I-64 East in Norfolk. There was an accident involving two tractor-trailers around 2pm on January 6 in Norfolk, VA that shut down Interstate 64 East for several hours. Enous O’Neil was sitting in a broken down truck waiting for help from his company when Robert Irby slammed into the back of

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Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Virginia Accident Case for Kindle

Five Deadly Sins That Can Wreck Your Virginia Accident Case by Virginia attorney Ben Glass is now available on Amazon in an electronic format for Kindle. Ben Glass has written an informative book on what you should do after your car wreck happens. Much of the advice involves being honest with your lawyer regarding past

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Steps to Take If You’re Involved in a Tractor Trailer Accident in Virginia

On our highways it’s very common to see tractor-trailers, or semi-trucks, carrying goods to consumers. Unfortunately, these tractor trailers are involved in many accidents with other motor vehicles. There are many contributing factors in tractor trailer wrecks including aggressive driving, speeding, driver fatigue, overloading, failing breaks, defective roadways, and weather, just to name a few.

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