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Plane Crash Leaves No Survivors

Recently near Columbia Metropolitan Airport, a small plane crashed leaving no survivors. The plan had left Columbia earlier in the day as it went to Rock Hill, Virginia. Authorities investigating the wreckage are still not certain what caused the plane to crash on its way back from Virginia. Accordi

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 5 Jan 2007

Have You Been In An Auto Accident? If So, Read This…

Fellow InuryBoard.com blogger Susy Owen, of the California law firm Owen, Patterson, & Owen, recently wrote a blog about what a person should do if they are involved in an automobile accident. It provides statistics of how approximately 90% of auto accidents are attributed to driver negligence and g

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 5 Jan 2007

Have You Been In An Auto Accident? If So, Read This…

Georgia Deputy Dies In Tragic Hit And Run Accident

Two men have been arrested for their involvement in a recent hit and run auto accident that left a Cobb County sheriff’s deputy dead. The driver has been charged with vehicular homicide, a felony under these circumstances, hit and run, failure to maintain lane, and driving without a license. The pas

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 5 Jan 2007

Georgia Deputy Dies In Tragic Hit And Run Accident

Joshua's Law To Promote Teen Driver Safety In Georgia

Joshua’s Law, a new law recently passed in the Georgia Legislature governing the licensing procedures for Georgia’s teen drivers, went into effect on January 1st of this year. The law requires new drivers to complete a driver’s education course and 40 hours of supervised driving, six of which must b

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 4 Jan 2007

Joshua's Law To Promote Teen Driver Safety In Georgia

Hit And Run Vehicle Owner Sought For Questioning

In an update to a previous post concerning a hit and run diver that struck and a 17-year-old man, the police have identified the owner of the vehicle in the hit and run incident: Edgar Pena-Fernandez. Pena-Fernandez, of Lawrenceville, is wanted for questioning regarding his vehicle and its involveme

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 4 Jan 2007

Hit And Run Vehicle Owner Sought For Questioning

Cheeleaders And Driver Injured In Georgia Auto Accident

Right after Christmas, four cheerleaders from Hauser High School were involved in a car accident while in route to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The cheerleaders were selected to perform at the New Year’s Day game but did not make it after another car swerved into their path causing the

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 4 Jan 2007

Cheeleaders And Driver Injured In Georgia Auto Accident

Vikings Cornerback Smoot Breaks His Jaw In An Auto Accident

A recent auto accident involving the Minnesota Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot will sideline the athlete for the teams final regular game of the season. Details of the auto accident show Smoot broke his jaw in five places during the auto accident and as a result, Smoot subsequently had to have surgery

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 1 Jan 2007

Vikings Cornerback Smoot Breaks His Jaw In An Auto Accident

Christmas Holidays End In Death On Georgia's Roadways

The Christmas holiday period takes its toll in Georgia as a 17-year-old Roswell woman was tragically killed Christmas morning after being ejected and struck by a hit and run driver on I-285 near Ashford Dunwoody Road. Devon McKniff, deceased, was a passenger in the truck driven by Victor Cardajal-Al

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 1 Jan 2007

Christmas Holidays End In Death On Georgia's Roadways

Hit And Run Leaves 1 Bicyclist Dead And Another Injured

A Gwinnett teenager was tragically killed by a hit and run driver while riding his bicycle last night on Buford Highway. Jacob Paoleta, of Lawrenceville died at the scene, while his friend and fellow bicycle rider, Walter Lester, was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center for his injuries. According to th

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 21 Dec 2006

Hit And Run Leaves 1 Bicyclist Dead And Another Injured

Too Tired To Drive? A New Test May Now Tell You.

Are you too tried to being driving? Just ask your siliva, it just might tell you the answer according to leading researchers. In a new movement to combat drivers who are excessively tired, researchers are in the process of developing a new “fatigue-alyzer” that shows a link between drowsiness and in

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 17 Dec 2006

Too Tired To Drive? A New Test May Now Tell You.

During Hunting Season, More Deer Equal More Auto Accidents

With hunting season in full swing, motor vehicle accidents involving deer are on the rise in Georgia. According to State Farm’s annual claim statistics, Georgia ranks fifth in the country for deer related accidents. With these alarming statistics, it is incumbent for drivers to be on the look out fo

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 4 Dec 2006

During Hunting Season, More Deer Equal More Auto Accidents

Georgia Ranks At Bottom Of List For Impaired Driver Auto Accidents

The Fatal Fifteen is a list of states that rank the highest in the country for accidents with impaired drivers at the wheel. The list is complied by a group called End Need Less Death On Our Roadways (END) and is made up mostly physicians who actively seek to reduce the number of impaired drivers on

By M. Brandon Smith

/ 3 Dec 2006

Georgia Ranks At Bottom Of List For Impaired Driver Auto Accidents