An Ohio law signed into law by Governor John Kasich in 2012 prohibits using an electronic device while driving for both minors and adults. While obeying the law should be a good enough reason to abstain from texting while driving, the safety concerns of such activities provides a better incentive. If you were injured or […]
Cleveland Police Officer Injured In Hit and Run
A Cleveland police officer was injured early December in a hit and run accident, reported Cleveland.com. The officer was treated with a concussion after a truck rear ended his police cruiser and then sped away from the accident. If you were injured or lost a loved one in a hit and run accident contact a […]
Tips to Avoid Commercial Truck Accidents
If you often drive on the highway, you know how daunting of an experience it can be passing or driving near a large semi-truck. Accidents with these vehicles are some of the most devastating and deadly crashes on the road. But by following a few simple guidelines, you can avoid most, if not all situations […]
Driver High On Heroin Crashes Head-on into School Bus
A Cincinnati man intoxicated on heroin crashed into a school bus after leading police on a chase in late November, reported Fox19. The man swerved into oncoming traffic after failing to comply to a traffic stop for reckless driving. The school bus was filled with 30 children from 30 Sycamore Community School. The bus driver […]
December Is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
The holiday season is one of the busiest times on the nation’s roadways, and due to inclement weather and slippery roads, it is also considered one of the most dangerous. President Barack Obama has declared December to be National Impaired Driving Prevention Month in order to curtail some of these holiday fatalities that could otherwise […]
Franklin County Woman Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Crash that Killed Three
In November, a Franklin County woman was sentenced to 18 years in jail for a drunk driving accident that killed three people in 2013, NBC4 reported. The perpetrator of the crash, Melissa Ann Robins, 34, plead guilty to three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and four counts of vehicular assault. If you were injured or […]
Columbus Woman Killed By Car While Crossing the Street
A Columbus woman was killed crossing a four lane street in South Linden, Ohio early December, reported the Columbus Dispatch. The accident happened around 3pm near the corner of Cleveland and Cordell avenues. Police say the woman was crossing the street where there was no crosswalk and was pronounced dead on the scene. If you […]
Worst Vehicle Models for Personal Injury Insurance Claims
In October, the Highway Loss Data Institute of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released the findings of a comprehensive study analyzing the best and worst vehicle models from 2012 to 2014 for insurance losses. The institute ranked each vehicle by how often personal injury claims were filed through drivers’ insurance. These claims insure against […]
Ohio Patrol and Neighboring States Crack Down on Drunk Driving
The Ohio Highway Patrol and five other neighboring states took part in a crackdown exercise early in December that lasted a week. The effort that included state police from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia was intended to increase visibility of impaired driving enforcement in the attempt to reduce frequency of drunk drivers. If […]
Supreme Court Will Take On Driver’s Right to Refuse Drunk Driving Test
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases challenging states’ rights to criminalize a driver’s refusal to take a drunk driving test, reported the Associated Press. The court plans to examine three cases in North Dakota and Minnesota that challenge the states’ laws criminalizing the refusal of tests that check a driver’s blood alcohol […]