Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog

The Washington State Patrol reports that a Battle Ground School Bus that was stopped at a railroad crossing on northbound SR-503 was rear ended by a car driven by Jace Delgado, age 22, of Battle Ground, Washington.

According to the report, Delgado tried changing lanes to go around the bus but ended up rear-ending it.

The bus driver, Nina Millard, age 39, of Battle Ground was not injured and was the only passenger on the bus. Delgado suffered minor injuries and was complaining of back pain so he was taken to Southwest Washington Medical Center for treatment.

The Washington State Patrol cited Delgado for traveling too fast for the driving conditions.

Washington State statute RCW 46.61.370 requires all drivers to stop when a school bus has put out a stop sign or other visual signal and the driver should not proceed until the school bus resumes or the stop sign is no longer activated.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents. With our help, you may recover compensation for your injuries.

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The Seattle Times reports that Marc and Laura Paolicelli, parents of a 19-year-old Colorado man, who was killed while bicycling in Seattle, have settled their wrongful death lawsuit with Nelson & Sons Construction of Woodinville.

The Paolicelli's son, Bryce Lewis, was killed two years ago in a bicycling accident near the University of Washington when a Nelson & Sons dump truck made a sudden right turn and hit Lewis and his bicycling companion, Caleb Hall. The two bicyclists were in a bicycle lane when they were hit.

The report did not disclose the settlement amount.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We are a personal injury firm with offices located in Seattle and Bellevue. If you or a loved one is seriously injured due to another's negligence, or a loved one killed, we will try to help you obtain compensation for your damages.

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The Tacoma News Tribune reports that three Vancouver, Washington were killed in a car accident when their car went out of control and went into a ravine on Interstate 70 near Goodland, Kansas.

Killed in the accident were the driver, Laurie Teres, age 48, Carlotta Morrison, age 74, and Lyla Poulson, age 54. All three of those killed were from Vancouver. A fourth Vancouver resident was airlifted to Swedish Medical Center near Denver.

According to the report, the Kansas Highway Patrol said the auto accident occurred around 2pm on Sunday afternoon near the Colorado border. The driver apparently lost control and the car rolled several times before going into a ravine.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent those seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed.

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The Everett HeraldNet.com reports that a Bothell woman was injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after she rolled her car off of northbound Interstate 5 in Mountlake Terrace on Friday morning.

According to witnesses, the woman swerved onto a shoulder, hitting two trees and rolling her car off or Interstate 5 near 220th Street SW. The 27-year-old woman had to be cut from her 1992 Honda Civic. Police believe driver distraction may have been the cause of the car accident. According to the report, the woman may have been driving with a suspended license at the time of the accident.

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We are personal injury attorneys with offices in Seattle and Bellevue. If you or a loved one has been severely injured in an auto accident, contact us and we will insure your rights are protected.

Two city vans with Spokane elementary students aboard collided on Thursday morning, leaving one adult and 14 children with minor injuries.

The van accident occurred when the two vans were headed to the Regal and Logan elementary schools from the Northeast Youth Center shortly before 9 am. The first van stopped suddenly and the second van rear-ended it. The second driver was cited for following too closely.

According to a report in The Seattle Times, the children suffered mostly "bumps and bruises" and the most serious injury was a cut in the cheek requiring stitches. The children, ages 5 to 12 years of age were all wearing seat belts and the van had booster seat.

This information is provided by the Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We report a story like this to remind people that wearing seat belts and placing children in proper booster seats prevents serious injuries.

Contact The Farber Law Group if you have serious personal injuries due to a car accident. Call us at 1-800-244-9087 or e-mail attorney@hgfarber.com. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A Kirkland woman, Chrissy Gombos, and her passenger were terrified when an unsecured load from the back of a pickup truck flew out of the truck, hitting her Ford Focus and causing substantial to it on Interstate 5 near Marysville.

Gombos and her companion were headed to Skagit County when a chunk of debris came flying at her car. The front axle of her car was bent and her gas tank punctured from hitting the debris. It seems from the damage to her vehicle, that disaster was narrowly averted. Had the debris gone through her windshield or if she had lost control of her car or it had caught on fire, she might have been seriously injured or killed.

Gombos speculated that the pickup truck driver was unaware that something flew off the truck reports Seattle's KOMO News.com and reporter Ray Lane.

The Washington State Patrol is asking anyone with information about the car accident to contact them.

Washington State has a statute, RCW 46.61.655, which provides a penalty for lost or unsecured loads. Dubbed "Maria's Law" after Maria Federicci, a young woman who was blinded and suffered severe injuries after a piece of particle board fell off a truck and went through her windshield, the statute makes it a second degree misdemeanor to not fasten a load on a vehicle.

In Washington State alone, more than 400 traffic accidents occur every year because of unsecured loads. Heavy objects like furniture and refrigerators, can shift and if they land on another vehicle while traveling at high speeds they can cause severe injury or even death.

It is incumbent on drivers to secure their loads and there are products like TarpX which can make it simple for drivers to do so.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed. With our help, you might recover compensation for your injuries, including pain and suffering.

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A motorcyclist, Oscar Anthony Torres, age 44, of Lacey and his passenger, Loretta Ortega, age 54, of Pasco, were both injured when the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a propane tank near Yelm.

According to a report in The Olympian, the accident occurred on Sunday afternoon at Stewart's Meat Market at 17821 on State Route 507.

Police are investigating the cause of the motorcycle accident but said both Ortega and Torres were not seriously injured.

This information is brought to you by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and motorcycle accidents. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

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The Washington State Patrol reports that one brother was seriously injured and one was killed in a very tragic single-car accident in Mason County, 14 miles north of Shelton.

According to the report, 16-year-old Joshua McGuire of Allyn went off the road on State Route 3, south of Allyn and struck a utility pole around 9:25am. Joshua received serious head injuries and a broken neck in the accident; he was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Joshua's brother, 14-year-old Jordan McGuire, was seated in the front passenger seat and was killed in the car accident.

The WSP do not believe that alcohol or drugs were a factor in the accident and said the boys were on route to school at the time of the accident.

This information is provided by Seattle car accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people with serious injuries due to car accidents. We have more than 30 years experience in the Pacific Northwest and are here to assist you.

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The Seattle 911 police blog at the Seattle PI.com reports that a motorcycle rider suffered a serious head injury in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident on Wednesday evening on Duwamish Avenue South.

According to the report, the man lost control of his motorcycle and hit a Jersey barrier. The motorcyclist was riding with another cyclist at the time.

The unconscious accident victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

In 2009, there have already been nine fatal motorcycle accidents in Washington State. Motorcyclists are required to get a motorcycle endorsement which requires both a riding as well as a written test.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent motor vehicle accident victims and their family. With offices in Seattle and Bellevue, we are here to assist you.

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An Everett teenage, Haley Salvador, age 15, was killed while attempting to cross Interstate Highway 5 on foot. Apparently teenage pedestrians often cross the I-5 as a shortcut to the Everett Mall. The teenagers say that taking a shortcut up the off-ramp saves 20 minutes. Families of teenagers are lobbying for a footbridge over the freeway reports Seattle's news station King5.com.

This report is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents, pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents.

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The Seattle Times published a report today about the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash tests of some of the mini/micro/smart cars on the market today. Crash test results studies showed that drivers of the micro vehicles face a much higher rate of serious leg and head injuries in front-end car accidents with larger vehicles than people riding in cars often twice as heavy.

The IISHS tested the following cars:

• Smart "fortwo"
  
• Honda Fit
  
• Toyota Yaris

The IIHS created their tests to simulate a high speed head-on crashes of the micro cars in collisions with vehicles such as a Mercedes C Class, a Honda Accord and a Toyota Camry. The vehicles were tested at collision speeds of 40 miles per hour.

In a auto accident involving the Smart fortwo and the Mercedes C class, the Smart car "went airborne and turned around 450 degrees after striking the C class," reports The Times. The Mercedes came out of the accident relatively unscathed but the fortwo suffered extensive front-end damage and its driver would have received serious injuries.

With higher gasoline prices, many Washington state residents are purchasing the micro cars but one wonders if the trade-off is worth it when it comes to safety in serious accidents.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed.

If you or a loved one has serious injuries, you should contact an experienced personal injury attorney to make sure your rights are protected. With the help of the experienced attorneys at The Farber Law Group, you may receive the compensation you deserve for your injuries.

The National Insurance Crime Bureauu (NICB) reports that car thefts are down 25% in Washington. The bad news is that the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma metropolitan area rank #26 in the nation for the most car thefts per inhabitants.

In Washington state, Yakima ranks the worst and the third worst in the nation with an average of 779.32 thefts per 100,000 people. In 2008, there were 1,828 car thefts in the Yakima area.

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue are had 17,561 auto thefts in 2008 which average 525.02 per 100,000 inhabitants. In 2007, there were 24,516 auto thefts in our area and in 2006 there were 31,231 thefts.

Bordering states with Mexico including El Paso and Laredo continue to have the highest rate of car thefts.

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A driver who was text messaging (also known as "texting") while driving over 60 miles per hour crashed into the back end of a Boise patrol car on Interstate 84 in Meridian, Idaho reports Seattle's KOMO TV News Station.

Luckily, the patrol car was empty at the time of impact but the driver suffered injuries and was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Meridian for treatment. The injured motorist is a 37-year-old Nampa man. He had been drinking but his blood alcohol limit (BAC) was under the legal limit.

The motor vehicle accident occurred around 10:15 pm when three Boise patrol cars were stopped alongside the road, arresting another motorist for driving under the influence.

Police credit department policies, which had the three patrol cars parked at a distance from one another and the police had the suspect DUI driver off to the side of road, for preventing further injury.

The distracted driver has not been charged at this time. Washington State Vehicle Code has several statutes which provide penalties for sending, reading or writing a text message while driving (RCW 46.61.668) or using a cell phone that is not hands-free while driving (RCW 46.61.667).

If you believe your car accident was caused by a negligent driver using their cell phone, you should contact a personal injury attorney. An experienced car accident attorney can subpoena cell phone records and establish your case that the other driver was negligent. Read What if my accident was caused by someone using a cell phone?

Contact The Farber Law Group if you'd like assistance with your case. We have more than 30 years experience representing car accident victims and their families. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The Tacoma News Tribune reports that a man was killed when his pickup truck was hit by an Army Stryker vehicle on Highway 507 near Spanaway. Killed in the motor vehicle accident was Gregory G. Wood, age 55. Spanaway is a city located approximately 10 miles south of Tacoma.

According to the Washington State Patrol, two Fort Lewis Stryker vehicle turned onto Highway 507 from Eighth Avenue South around 4:40pm. The second vehicle hit Wood's truck, demolishing it and killing Wood.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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The Bellevue city council has approved a pilot program to install traffic cameras around designated elementary schools and intersections where there has been a problem with speeding and running red lights. The presence of cameras should reduce car accident rates and improve pedestrian safety around school.

Speed cameras will be installed near the following elementary schools:

• Stevenson
  
• Lake Hills
  
• Sunset

Red light cameras will be installed on the following streets:

• Northeast 8th
  
• Bel-Red Road
  
• 148th Ave NE

Police Chief Linda Pillo said:

"The effort is expected to improve traffic safety in the affected areas, while reducing risk to our officers. With only minimal impact to our budget, the red-light cameras should provide efficient enforcement and help us continue to protect our community's children."

Statistics will be gathered from these cameras and the data will be reviewed by the city council every six months according to King5.com.

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The King County Prosecutor's Office have filed Vehicular Homicide charges against Pamela Jean Woodard, age 40, in the death of Loren Fuller, age 73, who was killed in a pedestrian accident last year in Seattle reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

The accident occurred on First Avenue South near South Dearborn Street. Fuller was crossing the street in a crosswalk when Woolard pulled around a stopped vehicle in the four lane street and hit Fuller. Fuller died of multiple internal injuries at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Two Seattle police officers witnessed the accident.

Woolard is being charged with Vehicular Homicide because blood tests determined that she had marijuana in her system at the time of the accident. Police also found crystal methamphetamine in her vehicle after obtaining a search warrant. Vehicular Homicide can be charged if someone is killed in a accident and the driver of the motor vehicle was under the influence, driving recklessly or without regard to the safety of others.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced some great news: highway traffic accident fatalities are at their lowest level since 1961. The fatality rate -- the number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles -- is the lowest on record at 1.28. Another positive statistics is seat belt usage continues to rise and Washington is one of the top states with 96.5% seat belt use.

There are many factors in the lower fatality rate and these are:

• Increased seat belt use
  
• Increased DUI awareness, education and enforcement
  
• Safer vehicles

Of the motor vehicle accident fatalities, approximately 5,154 were motorcyclists, 21,647 were drivers and 8,657 were passengers.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured and the families of those killed in car accidents due to the negligence of another motorist.

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One man was killed and two people were seriously injured when a suspected drunken driver ran his car off the road near Ocean Shores. All three were passengers in a Subaru, whose driver was not injured and has been arrested on suspicion of Vehicular Homicide.

Tommy G. Underwood, age 43, of Taholah, was killed in the car accident.

An unidentified Hoquiam man, age 33, and a Forks woman, age 28, were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and have serious injuries.

The motor vehicle accident occurred around 1am on Sunday morning approximately 15 miles north of Ocean Shores. According to KOMO News.com, the Subaru driven by Hudson was headed north on State Route 109 when Hudson swerved into the southbound lane, apparently over corrected and ran the vehicle off the road, rolling it. No one was wearing a seat belt.

Vehicular Homicide can be charged if a person is killed in a motor vehicle accident and the driver was under the influence, driving recklessly or without regard to the safety of others. Vehicular Assault can be charged if someone is seriously injured under the same conditions.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured, and the families of those killed, in car accidents. Drunk driving victims often have very serious injuries including skull fractures, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. We will work hard to help you recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

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Whiplash is a layman's term for a cervical sprain, cervical strain or a hyperextension injury. Other terms that describe this injury is acceleration flexion-extension neck injury, or neck strain. It refers to an injury to the soft tissues of a person's neck including muscles, tendons and ligaments.

Whiplash injuries can be mild with pain just lasting a few days or it can be a permanent and severe disability which causes limited range of motion or the head or the spine and chronic pain.

Whiplash can be a result of a motor vehicle accident, a fall, a sports injury or an assault. Whiplash can also occur on rides at amusement parks, as a result of being thrown off of a horse, or a fall from a bicycle or skateboard.

Whiplash is caused when a extraordinary force causes a person's neck to move beyond the neck's normal range of motion.

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According to the Washington State Department of Transportation web-site, studded tires must be removed from all motor vehicles by April 1st.

As I sit and write this, it is snowing in the greater Seattle area but the law is the law and studded tires must be removed. According to the WSDOT, both Washington and Oregon has an April 1 deadline for studded tires.

Washington State Patrol troopers will write a ticket which has a $124 fine for anyone caught with studded tires after the deadline. People driving on studded tires are easy for the WSP patrol to find as there is a distinctive sound of tires on pavements, and of course, there are the sparks at night time.

The WSDOT warns motorists, however, to anticipate winter driving conditions. The mountain passes such as Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie and State Route 2 at Stevens pass are likely to be treacherous for a few more weeks. WSDOT advises drivers to carry chains and to monitor weather forecasts.

This information is brought to you by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed. With offices in Seattle and Bellevue, we are here to assist you and make sure you receive any compensation to which you are entitled.

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