The Syracuse Post Standard today reported that a sleepy tractor trailer driver on the Thruway, near Bethlehem, was dozing at the wheel when he crashed into the back of a second big rig at 1:20 a.m. Only twenty minutes later, when police and rescue workers were on the scene to…
New York car accident lawyers like me are taking in more and more car crash cases where our clients were struck by a “texting” driver. Why is texting while driving so dangerous? Research shows that texters take their eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds out of…
The Syracuse Post Standard reports that eight people were injured in a two-car crash last Friday night in Eaton, Madison County, New York. That’s a lot of injured people for one accident! It’s unusual, too, because nowadays most vehicles on the road have NO passengers. Look around next time you…
When I look back over the past month or so (December and January), I see that I have been blogging quite a bit about car and snowmobile accidents. It is no coincidence. This time of year, these kinds of accidents fill up the newspapers and tie up my phone line.…
The New York State Trooper dutifully pulled his patrol car over for a distressed vehicle on the shoulder of the New York State Thruway in the Town of Brutus, Cayuga County, New York. He then got out, approached the car, and—– was struck be a flying wheel. A flying wheel?…
The Syracuse Post Standard reports on a Cayuga County car accident last Thursday, in Sennett, New York. On a snow-covered Hidden Valley Road (near Route 5, a/k/a Grant Ave), a motorist drove his SUV into the side of a Finger Lakes Railroad train, which was traveling at only about 9…
The Buffalo News reports today a fatal Western New York car accident in the Town of Perry, Wyoming County, New York at about 8 a.m on Route 20A, near Smith Road. Driver number 1 was heading west on 20A when she lost control of her pickup, police said. Her vehicle…
A recent motorcycle accident in Farmington, Ontario County, New York provides food for legal thought. The Geneva Finger Lakes Times reports that on Monday a motorcyclist, James W. Evans of Victor, drove his motorcycle into the rear of a van that was attempting to make a left-hand turn into a…
The Geneva Finger Lakes Times reports a collision between two cars at the intersection of County Roads 7 and 27 in Manchester, Ontario County, New York at 8 p.m. yesterday. A motorist in the first vehicle was headed west on County Road 27, stopped at stop sign, but then entered…
Motor vehicle accidents in Geneva, New York, and the surrounding areas of Ontario County, can teach us a lot of about New York car-accident law. Here’s an example: The Geneva, New York Finger Lakes Times reports today that two people were injured in an accident at Payne and Shortsville roads…