An elderly woman died on the night of March 13 in York County, Virginia in a three vehicle hit and run crash, the Virginia State Police stated earlier this month. The 81 year old who died in the car accident was Doris J. Wright from…
Two adults and two children died in a fiery head on crash with a tractor trailer on I-77 in Camp Creek, West Virginia. The deadly wreck occurred on the evening of April 13. Mercer County, West Virginia Emergency Services Director Tim Farley stated that the…
Two people died, including a 21 year old woman from Virginia Beach, in a three vehicle crash on I-81 in Wythe County, Virginia on March 30. The Virginia State Police stated that a Honda Insight was going south on I-81 when it crossed the median…
A bill being considered by the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee would eliminate that state’s Department of Transportation’s Office of Administrative Hearings, moving all of the matters regarding driver’s license suspensions and revocations for DUIs to the state court system. In a hearing hel
A tractor trailer driver is being charged after he left the scene of a fatal accident on I-77 in Jackson County, West Virginia on March 30. West Virginia State Police reported that the truck driver has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident…
The number of drunk driving deaths in the Washington DC metro area fell by double digits in the region in 2015, as there were smaller numbers of DUI crashes and arrests, according to a recent report released in February 2017. The report revealed that alcohol…
A new DUI law signed this month by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe will establish new procedures for drunk driving cases in the Commonwealth. The new law was passed after the US Supreme Court issued a new ruling last year that pointed out the differences between…
Far too often, our Virginia personal injury law firm has brought our readers information about dangerous drugs which are on the market despite the serious side effects they can cause. One of those drugs we’ve written about is Xarelto, a drug which is prescribed to…
Police in Loudoun County, Virginia have arrested a 26 year old man in an alleged drunk driving crash that killed a women and injured one other on Feb. 21. The Virginia State Police reported that the drunk driver crashed his Jeep into a traffic divider…
Two women died and a third was seriously injured after a car hit three pedestrians in Bland County, Virginia on Feb. 19. Virginia State Police have charged a 27 year old male driver with three felony counts of hit-and-run, one count of reckless driving and one…
A recent study suggests that as many as 6,000 Americans die annually in drowsy driving-related wrecks. Researchers in the journal Sleep noted that millions of American drivers fall asleep at the wheel every month, and 15% of deadly crashes involve a driver who fell asleep.…
An investigation is under way to find out what caused a tractor-trailer to drive off the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) and plunge deep into the waters Thursday afternoon. Emergency responders managed to pull the 47-year-old driver of the truck from the bay,…
