December 26, 2013 The holidays are in full swing! Unfortunately, the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day are too often filled with serious and sometimes deadly motor vehicle accidents. The Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyers with Lundy Law point out that many of these accidents could be prevented if motorists refrained from consuming alcohol before …
August 16, 2012 TRENTON, N.J. – Police around New Jersey will begin stepping up patrols targeting drunken and impaired drivers beginning Friday. More than $750,000 will be distributed to 172 departments in the form of grants for the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” program. The program will run until Sept. 3. Figures show the …
May 16, 2012 The Detroit News (5/16, Shepardson) reports, “The NTSB on Tuesday called for a renewed push to cut down on drunken driving deaths.” During the first day of a forum on drunk driving, federal officials discussed how to stop road deaths from drunk and drugged drivers. NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman “noted that the …
(CNN) — “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn was drunk and speeding up to 140 mph when his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 crashed and caught fire on a Pennsylvania highway early Monday, police said Wednesday. Dunn and Zachary Hartwell, a 30-year-old West Chester, Pennsylvania, man who once worked in one of Ryan’s movies, died from “blunt and …
An 18-year –old died after the car he was riding in ran off of the road and rolled over. The teen was ejected from the vehicle and ended up trapped beneath the wreckage.
According to the Washington Post one in five Americans admit to drinking and driving. The piece cites a survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that also found that eight percent of all drivers, as many as 17 million people, have driven drunk at least once during the past year. Not surprisingly, 16 to …
The memories that you create during this exciting time should be good ones, filled with fun and friends, so please don’t include drinking in your celebrations. Our law firm has seen firsthand the devastating consequences of underage drinking and drinking and driving, so I encourage everyone to enjoy the end of the year without alcohol.
October 9, 2007 Alcohol and vanity motorcycle helmets may have contributed to New Jersey motorcycle accidents involving patrons coming from an Oktoberfest biker event, according to the Asbury Park Press. The motorcycle accidents in Jackson, Lakehurst, and a fatal collision in Freehold all involved patrons leaving the event at Just Plain Janes on Route 528 …
