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Posts Tagged ‘auto accident lawyer’

Highway 16 Locked Up after Car Loses Control

auto accident lawyer, Car accidents

March 9th, 2010: Law Blogger

Highway 16 at Center StreetA white car of an unknown make and model may have hit an icy patch going eastbound on highway 16 during the early commute. From what can be seen on Washington Department of Transportation cameras located throughout the area, the car was the only car involved.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s office showed up as did a vehicle from the Fire department. The driver, though shaken, seemed to be uninjured as there were no medical crews on the scene of this car accident.

Th accident happened around 6:30 am. The scene has just cleared in the last 30 minutes to allow normal traffic flow.

After an unseasonably warm winter that was a stark contrast to last year’s snows which left made many roads dangerous, this year may deceive people into a false sense of security. Please keep in mind that the temperature still drops to or below freezing in the foothills and can leave the roads slick.

Please be careful out there.

If you or a loved one get into a car accident and seem to be getting nowhere with your insurance settlement, at some point it is best to get legal council to mediate. Call Phillips Webster for a consultation.

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Pregnant Woman Goes to Hospital after Rear-end Collision

auto accident lawyer, Auto Accidents, rear end collisions

February 25th, 2010: Law Blogger

Rt 305 & Day Road, BainbridgeBainbridge Island – A car driven by a pregnant woman 8:35 a.m. rear-ended another car on southbound SR-305 just north of Day Road. The impact was such that it propelled the female driver’s car over the center line of the highway and into an embankment.

The collision blocked all lanes of State Route 305 for 40 minutes yesterday morning.

Along with the pregnant driver, there was a man in the passenger seat. Police said the driver was seven months pregnant and the man had back problems. Because of their pre-existing conditions, both drivers were taken to Harrison as a precaution. Police said neither driver sustained injuries in the crash.

Rear-end collisions may not seem serious in the beginning, but can result in latent neck and back pain later on. There can also be latent brain injuries from sudden jostling of the brain in the cranial cavity.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a rear-end collision it is important that you get a legal professional that can tell you all of your legal options. Call Phillips Webster for a consultation.

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Posted in Auto Accidents, rear end

Woman Hits Herself with Her Own Car; Rushed to Emergency

auto accident, auto accident lawyer, insurance

February 15th, 2010: Law Blogger

2700 block 127th ave, vancouverVancouver – A woman was out looking for her dog last week. The good news is she found it. Then the situation turned weird.

The odd incident happened about 4:45 p.m. Monday in the 2700 block of Northeast 127th Avenue, in the Burton area of Vancouver, said Capt. Bill Garlington with the Vancouver Fire Department.

The woman got out of the car, Garlington said, hoping to coax her dog inside and apparently failed to put the transmission in park or otherwise make sure the car would stay stopped. When the car kept moving, she stumbled and was injured by the car.

En route to the hospital, medics called a trauma alert, notifying hospital emergency room staff to be ready, Garlington said.

The 21 year old Vancouver Washington resident is named Samantha Gardner, confirmed Officer Ilia Botvinnik with the Vancouver Police Department. She was in the emergency department at Southwest Washington Medical Center, said a nursing supervisor. Pending results of X-rays and scans, her condition hadn’t been determined.

This embarrassing situation could have been avoided if she had merely been patient, made sure her car was in park, and not moving.

Patience is one of the most important parts of defensive driving and quells feelings of  stress and panic which can lead to serious injuries.

If you are injured in an auto accident, call Phillips Webster for a consultation on your legal options.

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Deadly Sultan hit-and-run Leads to Felony Charge

auto accident lawyer, Auto Accidents, Seattle auto accident attorneys

February 12th, 2010: Law Blogger

SultanSULTAN — Prosecutors on Thursday charged Teresa Ort, 46, with hitting Paula Stierns, 47, and fleeing from the scene, a felony.

It happened on Oct. 9th. Stierns had been fishing with her husband on the Skykomish River. She was walking in the road outside of Sultan when she was struck. Witnesses said that the driver didn’t stop, but kept on driving.

Stierns died later of brain and neck injuries.

The Everett Herald reported that Snohomish County sheriff’s detective Al Baker identified the vehicle that struck Stierns from pieces of a broken plastic fender liner that were found under Stierns clothes, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Tobin Darrow wrote.

Ort said that she had not been drinking at the time of the accident. Ort allegedly told Baker that she thought that she had hit some garbage that fell from a truck in front of her, court papers said. She said she learned that police were investigating a hit-and-run death, but she didn’t step forward because she was afraid to go to jail, Darrow wrote.

The 40 people gathered at Stern’s funeral said that she was always kind and generous.

Busy roads can always be dangerous, but so can roads off the beaten path. They don’t have sidewalks and vehicles generally don’t expect to see people on them. If you must walk a road with non-pedestrian access dress brightly or wear reflective gear. If you are a driver driving side roads, regardless of your familiarity with them, drive at a reasonable speed.

As you can see, head injuries, neck injuries, and brain injuries caused by pedestrian injury accidents are deadly. If you or a loved one is a victim of hit-and-run, pedestrian injury, or wrongful death call Phillips Webster for a consultation.

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Man Critical in Harborview After 3 Car Collision

auto accident lawyer, Auto Accidents, injuries

February 5th, 2010: Law Blogger

first ave s & 112 ave s

White Center – A car and a truck were stopped at a red light on the corner of First Avenue South and South 112th Street when a speeding truck plowed into both of them. Both men in either truck sustained minor injuries. The man in the car on the other hand was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition. There has been no update as to his condition.

This particularly nasty wreck mangled the car into an almost unrecognizable ball of metal and locked up traffic in either direction of the road for 5 hours.

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Injury Crash in Pierce County Yields Drugs

auto accident lawyer, Auto Accidents, personal injury lawyers, Seattle auto accidents

February 5th, 2010: Law Blogger

Interstate 5 South bound lanes outside of TacomaTacoma – A state trooper just happened to be following three girls in a 1992 Nissan on Interstate 5 at 9:15 am on Wednesday when the driver fell asleep. The vehicle veered into a tree, vaulted into the air, and slammed into an overpass column. The wreck was reported to have been captured on the troopers dashboard camera, but the footage has not yet been released.

The driver, Crystal Green, 23, of Tacoma, was taken to Tacoma General Hospital. One of the passengers was a 16-year-old girl who possessed methamphetamine, 13 Vicodin pills, and $3,700 in cash. The other passenger, Ahria J. Graham, 21, had a warrant for her arrest. Both passengers were treated at St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood.

Green was cited for second degree negligent driving. The other two passengers were booked into the Pierce County Jail upon their release from the hospital.

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Two Men Killed in Everett Overpass Accident

auto accident, auto accident lawyer, DUI accident, DUI accident attorneys

February 4th, 2010: Law Blogger

Overpass of 19th Ave and Interstate 5Everett – Yesterday at 6:51 pm, four people riding in a sport utility vehicle struck a guard rail at high speed, flipped, and the two men sitting in the back seat were ejected. Police reported that the two, identified as Mario J. Torres, 25, of South Everett, and Eric Vanalstine, 23, were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.

Torres was pronounced dead at the scene. Vanalstine was rushed to Providence General Medical Center’s Pacific Campus, where he was pronounced dead 6 hours later. The driver walked away from the wreck, the front seat passenger was treated for minor injuries.

Later Everett Police Lt. Jim Brauch said that the driver was speeding and may have been under the influence of alcohol. He is currently being held on suspicion of vehicular homicide.

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Woman Drives down 20 Foot Ravine

auto accident, auto accident attorney, auto accident lawyer, auto accident lawyers

February 4th, 2010: Law Blogger

corner of 3rd nw and 115th nwSeattle – On Wednesday evening at around 6 pm on the intersection of 3rd Avenue Northwest and 115th street NW, a woman veered off of the road into a steep 20 foot ravine. Her car landed in a thick bramble of blackberry bushes making it barely visible.

Medics responded immediately to the scene and had to access the car through a house property on 114th place NW. Police have not released the details of the accident or the age of the woman. Fire crews told a dispatcher that she was able to walk away from the wreck.

Traffic was backed up all the way down 3rd Avenue NW to Carkeek Park, but resumed by 6:40.

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Speeding Through Yellow Lights – Another Problematic Driving Decision

auto accident lawyer, Auto Accidents, pedestrians, running traffic signals, speeding, yellow lights

August 3rd, 2009: Washington Law Blogger

We’ve all been in a hurry at one time or another and encountered a traffic signal that had just turned yellow. Many of us have made the decision to speed up and make that light as opposed to spending the 1 – 2 minutes sitting and waiting for the signal to turn back to green. While it’s so common that it’s almost seen as customary behavior, the fact is that it’s dangerous behavior that leads to unnecessary accidents.

When someone speeds through a light, they may technically be in line with traffic laws as long as they get through the signal before it turns red. However, most people will accelerate to a speed that’s above the speed limit to do so, which is clearly illegal. Additionally, the decision of whether or not one can make it through the light comes down to fractions of a second many times, and none of us are capable of those types of calculations in that amount of time.

The issues arise when someone is wrong on those calculations and speeds into an intersection as vehicles begin to move from opposite directions. Accidents are highly likely at that point, and any pedestrians who may assume that the traffic signal can be trusted will walk into that intersection. If the timing is not proper, people can get injured and killed.

Finally, taking this sort of risk is simply not worth the ‘benefit’ of saving 2 minutes of drive time. If you or someone you love has been injured as a result of someone running through a traffic signal, you need to contact the auto accident lawyers at Phillips & Webster today to schedule a free initial consultation.

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Early Morning Crash Near Monroe Leaves Two Dead

alcohol, auto accident, auto accident lawyer, collision, fatalities

August 2nd, 2009: Washington Law Blogger

When you read about an auto accident that occurs at 2 a.m., certain thoughts immediately come to mind. The most obvious is the question of whether or not alcohol was involved, and tragically, that appears to be a possibility in the wake of a crash that occurred near Monroe yesterday morning. Two people were killed in the collision and another is listed in serious condition.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

“Two people have died in a crash outside Monroe, and state troopers believe alcohol or other drugs may be involved.

Troopers report that shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, an eastbound 2008 Hyundai Tiburon went off State Route 522 to the right, then veered across the center line and collided with a 2001 Ford F-250 pickup truck.

The driver of the car and a passenger died at the scene. Trooper Keith A. Leary says both were men in their 20s. A second passenger, 26-year-old Christopher A. Anderson of Everett, was listed in serious condition Sunday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.”

Clearly, more investigation work needs to be done before a definitive cause of the accident can be revealed. However, these types of crashes are all too common when someone makes a mistake behind the wheel and over-corrects. Sadly, it cost two people their lives. If you or someone you love has been injured in an auto accident that involved alcohol or for any other reason that was not your fault, you need to contact the personal injury lawyers at Phillips & Webster today to schedule a free initial consultation.

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