Although rollover accidents account for only 3 percent of all serious accidents, they account for 30 percent of fatal crashes making them especially serious. People in Massachusetts may be surprised to learn that despite the inherent risks, the federal government has no performance standards in place to regulate manufacturers regarding rollover safety.
A Williamstown accident involving a 35-year-old Rhode Island man and a 64-year-old victim from Vermont culminated in a sentence of time served on Nov. 4. The accident occurred on Route 7 on Cold Spring Road in Williamstown at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, 2013. The driver of a Ford Explorer struck a Hyundai Elantra after traveling into the other driver’s lane.
On Oct. 30, a Northfield woman drove a car into a Deerfield restaurant, reportedly. The incident transpired at approximately 6 a.m. and injured three people besides the car’s driver, according to Deerfield police.
It is not uncommon for many Massachusetts residents to suffer spinal injuries after a wreck or accident has occurred. The spinal cord contains the nerves that run from a person’s body to the brain. A spinal injury can be very serious, as it may cause the affected person permanent paralysis and resulting disability.
Brockton police reported that a 26-year-old woman whose car was allegedly struck by a drunk driver on Oct. 22 succumbed to her injuries on Oct. 24 around 11:00 a.m. The accident happened at night on East Ashland Street.
Motor vehicle accidents continue to be a problem in both Massachusetts and the U.S. at large. Each year, tens of thousands of people are injured or killed on the nation’s roadways due to negligent, reckless and careless driving. Drunk driving accidents continue to occur despite increased enforcement and stricter laws.
As some Massachusetts drivers may already know, long and exhaustive investigations often follow a traffic accident. For the most part, these investigations are conducted by law enforcement officials, but independent investigators may have cause to probe certain incidents as well. One of the main objectives of these investigations is to determine who, if anyone, was at fault. People who suffered damages in connection with traffic accidents and are considering the idea of pursuing civil action may be particularly interested in this information.
An accident involving three vehicles occurred in New Salem on Sept. 22, officials stated. Multiple people suffered injuries on account of the wreck, which transpired on Route 202 at approximately 1:25 p.m.
Around 2:50 p.m. on September 10, five people suffered minor injuries in an accident that happened on the Braga Bridge in Fall River, Massachusetts. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 195 were clogged for about 45 minutes after the accident, but the middle lane was reopened after two of the eastbound lanes had been shut down.
A 62-year-old Holyoke man and his 29-year-old daughter from Brooklyn, New York, died in Easthampton when the motorcycle on which they were riding was hit head-on by an SUV driven by a 45-year-old Springfield man, according to police. The car accident occurred slightly after 3 p.m. on Aug. 25 when the southbound car crossed into the oncoming lane of Route 5.
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