Over this past weekend, a man was killed in a three-vehicle accident in Bloomington. According to a report by the Indiana Student Daily, the 67-year-old man was driving west in a Buick LeSabre near North Kinser Pike and the State Road 45/46 bypass. At about 10:40 a.m. Friday morning, the…
Earlier last month, two teens were hit by a truck while riding a Moped scooter in Kokomo. The driver of the truck did not stop, but instead fled the scene. Both the driver and the passenger of the Moped were taken to the hospital. The 13-year-old driver sustained fatal injuries…
Earlier this week, two women were arrested for their involvement in a fatal hit and run accident in Indianapolis. On September 17, two women got into a fight with co-workers that escalated as they got into their cars and onto the road. According to a report by Fox 59, the…
Police suspect that alcohol was involved in a recent fatal accident involving an automobile and a motorcycle that took place in Indianapolis last month. At around 3:30, a motorcyclist and his passenger were nearing the intersection of East 56th Street and North College Avenue when a Mitsubishi drove into the…
On March 26, Indianapolis’s morning commute was rife with weather related dangers. After a historic snowfall of 6.2 inches in Indianapolis Sunday and other records being broken throughout the state, Indiana first responders were confronted with a staggering 52 accidents on Tuesday morning between just the hours of 5am and…
The town of Versailles, Indiana is reeling from the news of a car accident that took the lives of three local teenagers. The accident occurred Thursday, March 7 when two pickup trucks collided after a local church function. The three victims were declared dead at the scene of the accident.…
We extend our condolences to the families of two Indianapolis medics who died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in the early morning of February 16, 2013. These were reportedly the first fatalities in an on-the-job vehicle collision in the history of Indianapolis EMS. The accident happened at approximately…
A Nebraska law allowing wrongful death claims for unborn children is getting its first test in a federal lawsuit. The suit, Baumann v. Slezak, et al, arises from a multi-vehicle accident that killed a family of four and their unborn child. It asserts causes of action for negligence and violations…
Allstate Insurance released its annual “America’s Best Drivers Report” in late August, listing the cities with the lowest rates of automobile collisions, both per driver and compared to the national average. The survey ranked the two hundred largest American cities, including two cities in Indiana. Indianapolis ranked 60th, and Fort…
An unexpected invocation of the Indiana Tort Claims Act (ITCA) led to the dismissal of an auto accident lawsuit in Schoettmer v. Wright, et al. The ITCA requires plaintiffs to serve written notice of a planned lawsuit against the state or one of its political subdivisions within 180 days of…