Fatal Illinois Crash Caused by Vehicle Breakdown

Tuesday evening in Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri afatal crash occurred after a car broke down on Interstate 55 near the Poplar Street Bridge. Thecrash happened when 53-year-old, Mark Morris’ vehicle ran out of gas on I-55 near milepost 3. When Morris stopped his vehicle on the shoulder of the road, he left nearly…

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Takata Airbag Recall Expanded

The three biggest car manufacturers in Japan are now expanding an already largeairbag recall. Takata Corp makes the faulty airbags, and now the company is taking back millions for investigation. Thus far, Toyota and Nissan are recalling over 6.5 million vehicles due to the airbags, and Honda has since reported it will follow their…

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Man Sent Back to Prison for Drunk Driving

A Palatine, Illinois man has been sentenced to two years in prison foraggravated driving under the influence. The 35-year-old man was involved in an accident in November when he was found unconscious behind the wheel of his vehicle that had collided with two parked cars. He could potentially only serve one year in prison…

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Car Crashes Involving Google’s Self-Driving Vehicle Total 11

It seems that evenself-driving cars driven by computers are subject to crashes just as much as those caused by human error. Furthermore, Google is the first to make a self-driving car, and the vehicles have been out in specialized markets for about six years. In those six years, there have been about 11 crashes,…

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Deadly Semi Crash in Florida Kills One

In Jacksonville, Florida one person is dead following asemi crash. In addition, all northbound lanes of I-100 were closed at Old St. Augustine Road following thefatal chain reaction crash. Likewise, the accident happened Monday in a construction zone when the first semi truck struck a large metal chunk of debris that disabled their brakes….

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30 People Hurt in Iowa Pile Up

On Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa, over 30 people were injured in achain-reaction crash. In addition, the beginning of the crash happened Friday afternoon and involved six vehicles near Williamsburg. Likewise, after the first set of accidents occurred, a semi struck some of the stalled cars that then created a chain reaction crash. Witnesses…

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Pedestrian killed in St. Louis

Sadly, another life was taken Thursday after apedestrian was struck and killed in St. Louis, Missouri. Furthermore, the accident is even more tragic because not only is the victim believed to be a teenager, but also the person who struck the victim fled the scene. The accident happened at Chambers and Green Valley, which…

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Man charged in connection with Massachusetts crash

A Brockton, MA man has been charged in the death of two people following amotor vehicle crash. On Wednesday, 27-year-old, Marcelino Correia wascharged with multiple charges stemming from the fatal accident. The charges include two counts of motor vehicle homicide, two counts of motor vehicle manslaughter, to counts of motor vehicle homicide while operating…

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Man killed in Connecticut semi crash

Semi crashes are one of the leading causes of fatalmotor vehicle accidents. Likewise, the risk of fatality increases with semi crashes because there is a chance a vehicle can slide underneath a semi-truck, leaving not much room for survival. In addition, one man has died in Meriden, CT following a semi crash on I-691….

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Five injured in Ohio vehicle crash

Five people were injured Wednesday in atwo-vehicle crash that happened on Ohio 100. The crash happened early in the morning when 56-year-old, Brian Huffman was turning onto 100 from a private drive heading east when he was struck by 43-year-old, Keith Walker. The impact took place near the Whirlpool Corporation warehouse when Walker’s vehicle…

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