Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Atlanta

I recently came across an atricle that discusses some great tips to promote safer drivers on our State's roadways and highways. The article featured in AutoTrader.com and authored by Janet Braunstein, lists 9 things every driver should do, not do and/or things everyone should be aware of. Tips and advice like this can be invaluable in minimazing the number of auto accidents casued and/or...

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Fellow InjuryBoard member Ward Merdes, our Fairbanks Alaska partner, recently discussed an important and all too often over looked situation which deals with single vehicle accidents. As Ward correctly points out, your insurance carrier is not likely to inform you that the other passengers in a vehicle (even family members) may have a claim against the driver of the vehicle if he did...

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In a previous post concerning a possible highway design defect that contributed to the fatal Bluffton University bus accident that left 7 dead and numerous others seriously injured, it was noted this was not the first time that a serious car wreck had occurred on Atlanta's Northside Drive exit on I-75. For the first time publicly, Atlanta police have released reports of at least three other...

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Grady Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Denise Simpson, said freshman pitcher Zach Arend, of the Bluffton University baseball team, died today as a result of the injuries he sustained in the tragic bus crash that occurred a week ago today. Arend suffered injuries to his brain, chest, lungs and pelvis as a result of the bus accident and had been fighting for his life ever since his arrival at Grady....

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While working to extend Cherokee County Airport runway, a Hall County man was killed and another was injured after a dump truck ran over the men on a work site. The fatal dump truck accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. today while the two men were reportedly taking soil samples at the top of a steep hill. The truck driver allegedly did not see the men as it topped the hill and subsequently struck...

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Prompted by anticipated legal action from the crash victims, the State of Georgia has now decided to start its own investigation in the fatal bus accident that left 6 people dead and many others seriously wounded. Initially, the Georgia Department of Transportation stated that it was not going to take any corrective action or make any changes to the Northside Drive exit on I-75 until the federal...

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James Grandey, the 29-year-old coach of the Bluffton University baseball team, is now reported to be in fair condition after his involvement in the fatal Atlanta bus crash that left 6 others dead and dozens injured. Grandey has been at Piedmont Hospital since early Friday morning on March 2, 2007 when the horrific and tragic bus accident occurred at the Northside exit on I-75. Grandey underwent...

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A former star on Prison Break, a Fox drama series television show, Lane Garrison, has recently been charged felony vehicular manslaughter and DUI after his vehicle slammed into a tree killing his 17 year-old passenger. Garrison, in the television series, played the part of David "Tweener" Apolskis who was killed off the show last season. According to authorities, Garrison had a blood alcohol...

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According to Greenville South Carolina authorities, the driver of a tractor trailer that struck a man in a wheel chair could face felony charges after causing the man's death. According to eyewitnesses, John Wesley Holtzclaw, a sixty nine year old man, was operating his wheel chair on the side walk when the tractor trailer hit the man and drug him down the road. The driver was initially cited...

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The National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Kitty Higgins has recently said that there were no mechanical problems with the tour bus that was carrying a college baseball team from Ohio which tragically crashed in Atlanta, Georgia early Friday morning. In the initial stages of the fatal Atlanta bus accident that left 6 dead and numerous others seriously injured, the bus itself was the...

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Despite a federal investigation launched by the National Transportation Safety Board, Georgia's Department of Transportation said they have no immediate plans to close, change or alter in any way the Northside exit ramp where six people lost their lives in a fatal Atlanta bus accident that was carrying a college baseball team from Bluffton University in Ohio. The Georgia DOT has said they plan...

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Jack Landskroner, a fellow InjuryBoard partner and Cleveland Personal Injury Lawyer recently brought up an important aspect concerning the Atlanta Georgia bus accident that resulted in six deaths and dozens of other injuries: Highway Design Defects. His post questioning a possible highway design defect as a contributing factor in the Atlanta bus accident is apparently well founded due to the...

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AJ Ramthun, one of the Bluffton University baseball players involved the fatal bus accident yesterday, gives his chilling tale and heart felt view of the situation. Ramthun, like most of the team members, was asleep at the time of the accident. He remembers waking up as the bus struck the concrete wall on the Northside Drive exit off I-75 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ramthun suffered a broken collar...

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Pedestrian accidents unquestionably yield some of the most serious and deadly injuries one can be exposed too in an accident. When the human body is stuck by a moving vehicle it does not take long to realize the serious implications that can arise. Inevitabley, medical bills atart accumulating and time off from work results after a pedestrian accident. Children too are often involved in...

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In the aftermath of the recent Atlanta Georgia bus crash on I-75 involving the Bluffton University baseball team, many organizations and people in and around Atlanta, Georgia are lending a hand to those players and families who were involved. "We are looking to help in any way we can," said James Rissler, pastor of the Atlanta Mennonite Fellowship, who has been in touch with Bluffton University...

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