Like many of your friends, you love to spend the day in the city shopping, seeing a movie or walking through a museum. Many commercial buildings have elevators. In fact, you have probably walked into countless ones without thinking much about your personal safety....
Northern Georgia Injury Law Blog
A push is being made to make trucks safer
Georgia residents who are involved in crashes with large trucks may be at a greater risk of injury or death. In many cases, a smaller vehicle can slide underneath a big rig. This is called an underride, and installing guards on tractor-trailers could prevent such...
School bus crash in Georgia injures 13
Authorities in Georgia have reported that 11 children and two adults required hospital treatment following a motor vehicle accident in Barrow County involving a school bus on the afternoon of March 19. Initial reports suggest that none of the accident victims were...
Tanker collision blocks traffic on Highway 123
Georgia residents who live in Pickens County may have heard about the tanker truck crash that occurred on U.S. Highway 123 on March 26. That morning, the driver of a commercial tanker was turning from Highway 123 onto Highway 124 when he sideswiped a commercial Chevy...
Bus crash injures 23
On March 9, 23 people were injured when a bus overturned in South Carolina. The accident occurred in Georgetown County at approximately 7:30 a.m., according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Local media reports indicate that a Williamsburg County Transit bus was...
The future of driverless cars
Georgia motorists who are curious about self-driving cars may have to wait a little longer to see them on highways in any great numbers, and some experts say much more testing is needed. Google has been testing autonomous cars since 2009, and Uber began doing so in...
Man accused of causing deadly crash facing new charges
The criminal charges against a 25-year-old Georgia man accused of causing a deadly accident in late 2018 have been upgraded from vehicular homicide in the second degree to vehicular homicide in the first degree. Media reports suggest that prosecutors decided to pursue...
High school basketball coach injured in car crash
A South Carolina high school basketball coach was seriously injured in a car accident on March 6. The crash took place in Florence at approximately 7:15 a.m. According to an officer with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the coach for the East Clarendon High School...
Lawsuit filed against sheriff’s office for 2017 crash
A lawsuit has been filed against a county sheriff's office in South Carolina for a 2017 vehicle collision that injured a family of four. The accident occurred in the early morning hours as the family was leaving a Greenville outdoor festival. A deputy was traveling 96...
Speed limiters may help combat rise in truck crash deaths
Road Safe America, the Atlanta-based highway safety non-profit, has found that all but six states experienced a rise in large truck crash deaths between 2009 and 2017. Georgia saw the fourth greatest number of truck crash deaths; the top three were Texas, California...