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A man was killed in an accident on I-70 in St. Louis Christmas Eve morning after being hit by a pickup truck driver who lost control and struck him while the man was outside his vehicle. The accident occurred Dec 24 when the victim had been involved in a car accident. He then got out …

Maryland Police charged a UPS driver last week after the driver ran a red light and collided with another vehicle, killing the driver. According to the reports, authorities charged the driver with negligent driving, failure to stop at a red light and failure to obey a traffic device. When the accident occurred, the other driver …

A wrongful death suit filed on behalf of an 82-year-old woman was settled last week for $65,000, with the damages divided among the woman’s children and estate. The May 11 accident occurred when the victim was attempting to walk across the street at a stop sign intersection. She walked in front of a pickup truck …

The family of a motorcyclist who was killed in an accident involving a police offer won a $2.3 million verdict against the city named in the wrongful death suit. At the time of the accident, the police officer was attempting to make a U-turn onto a highway and struck the motorcycle, killing the victim. The …

The brothers of a truck accident victim have filed suit in California this month against four trucking companies and the drivers involved in a fatal truck accident in November 2008 for the wrongful death of their father, younger brother and two others. According to the suit, the brothers alleged that one of the defendants was …

Earlier this month, a family filed a wrongful death suit against an Illinois nursing home, alleging the staff was negligent and failed to properly treat multiple bedsores that resulted in sepsis and eventual death. When the deceased was admitted to the nursing home, she had stage two bedsores after a week-long stay at a local …

A tragic car accident took the lives of four people earlier this month when a drunk driver ran a stop light going about 40 mph and hit a sedan, killing the driver and all passengers in the car. Initially, the drunk driver left the scene of the accident but returned a short time later, admitting …

Last month, two teenagers were working in a median in Tennessee when a truck driver veered off the road, striking the two workers and knocking down several metal fence posts. Both workers died at the scene. This month, a wrongful death suit was filed seeking $5 million from the company that owned the truck. The …

A recent accident in Illinois has once again shown how damaging truck accidents can be when truckers are negligent or fatigued from long hours. The accident occurred on I-57 in Northern Illinois near Chicago when a semi-truck failed to observe a traffic stop, causing an eight-vehicle collision that killed one person an injured two others. …

A tragic collision between an SUV and a semi truck in California earlier this month took the lives of three people after the SUV slammed into the back of the truck. At the time of the accident, the big rig was parked on the side of the highway, and initial reports indicate the SUV did …