Drunk driving is a terrible act that we unfortunately have to live with. It’s just a fact of life: some people are going to make poor decisions, and sometimes those poor decisions lead to innocent people getting hurt. When someone makes such a terrible decision --...
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Semi-truck rolls over in Phoenix, freeway shut down
If it’s possible for one motor vehicle accident to be more terrifying than another motor vehicle accident, than you could say that rollover accidents bring a certain added level of dread than your ordinary bumper-to-bumper collision. Rollover accidents tend to involve...
Fatal wreck leaves vehicle on top of center divider
Unfortunately for many people, they can already imagine being in a serious car accident because they have lived through such an ordeal. But for the people who have not, take a look at the photographs in our source article for this post, and you will see just how...
Texting bill falls flat, new drivers could be subject to cell ban
Arizona is one of the few states remaining that does not have an explicit ban on texting while driving. A vast majority of the country has adopted texting or other cellphone-related bans relating to drivers. However, Arizona’s place among the minority could soon come...
Pedestrian suffers serious injuries after car strikes him
A pedestrian was struck by a car in Phoenix after he entered the intersection against the traffic signal. The pedestrian was hospitalized in critical condition, and the driver of the vehicle involved remained at the scene to talk with police. It seems as though the...
Marijuana use in fatal wrecks is skyrocketing in the US
As Arizona residents are well aware, Colorado is directly northeast of our state. Together, these two states form half of the “Four Corners.” But what our two states don’t share is the same laws about marijuana. In Colorado, the state passed a law that makes...
Head-on collision between bus and SUV leaves 5 injured
While the following bus accident didn’t occur here in Phoenix (or even the state of Arizona), the circumstances of the wreck could happen anywhere and everyone should know what to do in the wake of a bus accident if they are unfortunately involved. The bus crash in...
Drunk, speeding, red-light-running driver arrested after crash
No matter how many times you see car accident stories and think “surely these things ebb and flow,” there’s another car accident story just waiting for you hours later. Car accidents happen all the time; there’s no stopping that. But the sheer negligence involved in...
3 vehicles, 2 pedestrians involved in Gilbert car accident
A wild motor vehicle accident on the streets of Gilbert, Arizona left multiple people injured and the police looking at an older driver as a possible reason why the wreck occurred. According to the police, an 81-year-old driver made a left turn in front of another...
Police suspect distracted driving involved in Phoenix wreck
Two kids and one woman were hurt in a car accident in Phoenix recently after a black sedan plowed into a white vehicle that was stopped at a red light. The black sedan was carrying two women and two children, and the latter two occupants had to be hospitalized for...
Fatal wreck in Phoenix leaves many questions in its wake
A car accident in west Phoenix claimed one life and left two other people injured after two vehicles collided at an intersection last week. One of the injured people needed to be taken to a trauma center, while the other injured person suffered undisclosed injuries....
Neck pain after a car accident is common, yet little is done
It’s a hypothetical situation that no one wants to be in: you’re driving down the road, having a completely normal day, when you’re hit by another vehicle. Now, this isn’t a “worst case scenario” accident. Your vehicle and the vehicle that strikes you are merely...
Woman flees scene of boyfriend’s death after car accident
The lives of two 20-year-old Phoenix residents were changed forever this past weekend after an unfortunate accident killed one of them and left the other in handcuffs. The accident occurred at some point during the early morning hours of Saturday, and alcohol is...
Car accident demonstration at Phoenix high school sends message
Teen drivers exist in a difficult environment. The dangers of driving don’t change as you get older -- an accident could happen at any moment, whether you’re a good or bad driver. However, even with the constant threat the road presents, teen drivers are inherently at...
Video camera catches harrowing drunk driving accident
Imagine you are driving down the road as safely as you can, when all of a sudden you are blindsided by another vehicle. You survive the wreck but spend a day in the hospital. Over the next few days you learn that a drunk driver struck you and that you weren’t the only...
Intoxicated truck driver flees after killing 2, injuring 5
A truck accident in western Arizona killed two people, dealt numerous others serious injuries and left a man in handcuffs. It appears the tractor trailer accident was entirely avoidable -- if the driver had only decided to not act in a negligent manner. The accident...
Speeding, drinking possibly involved in Phoenix car accident
A teenage driver could be in a lot of trouble after he played a role in a serious car accident in Phoenix, Arizona recently. An 18-year-old was in a car with a 16-year-old passenger, when they clipped another vehicle. The teens’ car ran across a sidewalk and...
Rollover wreck in Phoenix injures 5 people, 4 seriously
Five people in Phoenix were injured after a tire blowout caused their vehicle to swerve out of control and into oncoming traffic. The vehicle eventually came to a stop, but not before it rolled over and tossed multiple people out of it. According to officials at the...
Motorcyclist hit by ‘several vehicles’ in fatal Arizona wreck
One of the great myths about motorcycle riders is that they are social rebels that have a “death wish.” This stigma comes from the portrayal of motorcycle riders as “evil” and “grungy” on TV shows and movies. For example, the stereotypical way of describing a...
Drunk driver charged in death of 19-year-old victim
A 19-year-old man was killed in Phoenix while riding as a passenger on December 13th. Another vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver slammed into the car containing the victim and caused the car to flip over and subsequently crash into a brick wall. The victim's...