Founded in 1770, Wilkes Barre is a former coal town along the scenic Susquehanna River. It is an outdoor enthusiast's paradise for kayaking, whitewater rafting and hiking an extensive system of hiking/biking trails. Four state parks and numerous ski areas make this a popular destination.
Scranton is at the center of the Lackawanna River Valley, located between the Pocono and Endless Mountains. Just ten miles from the city is Lackawanna State Park, where visitors are welcome to sail or ice skate across the 198-acre Lackawanna Lake. Nay Aug Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and includes a zoo, a museum, two Olympic sized swimming pools and a great gorge topped with a treehouse.
To get up-to-date road information to help travel around Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, go to the Pennsylvania 511 site. And to find out current weather conditions, go to the National Weather Service site.
Interstate 81 passes north–south near Wilkes-Barre, and the city is also located near the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and is about 10 miles north of Interstate 80. Public transportation is provided by the Luzerne County Transportation Authority. In addition to servicing the main arteries of the city, it provides transportation for the northern half of the county, as well as a connecting bus to Scranton via an interchange at Pittston with County of Lackawanna Transit System, the public transit authority of Lackawanna County.
The main highways that serve Scranton are Interstate 81, which runs north to Binghamton, New York and Ontario and south to Harrisburg and Tennessee; Interstate 84, which runs east to Milford and New England; Interstate 380, which runs southeast to Mount Pocono and Interstate 80 east to New York City and west to San Francisco; Interstate 476/Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, which runs south to Allentown and Philadelphia; U.S. Route 6, which runs east to Carbondale and parallel to I-84 to New England and west to Erie; and U.S. Route 11, which runs parallel to I-81.
Scranton's providers of public transportation are the County of Lackawanna Transit System the Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA), which mainly runs through The Minooka section (closest to Luzerne County) and Downtown Scranton by the steamtown mall.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is located in nearby Avoca. The airport is serviced by American Airlines, Delta, and United.
Martz Trailways and Greyhound Lines provide coach bus transportation from its downtown station to New York City, Philadelphia and other points in the northeast.
Private operators such as Posten Taxi and McCarthy Flowered Cabs service the Scranton area. They are hired by telephone through central dispatch and cannot be hailed on the street as in larger cities.
If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, go to the link above for the accident type you are seeking.
When a loved one is killed in a motor-vehicle accident, it is often helpful for grieving family and friends to get help from a grief support organization. It can be comforting to talk with others going through a similar situation, and the road to recovering from the loss may go more smoothly. Go here to get information on Wilkes-Barre grief support and Scranton grief support.
When injury or death is the result of a motor-vehicle crash, many decisions need to be made immediately and questions need to be answered. For example, how much of the medical costs will be covered by the insurance policy? How does PIP insurance help with medical bills immediately? What if the at-fault driver has no insurance?
Pennsylvania has collected crash facts and statistics in an effort to identify the problems and take measures to rectify them. Here is an overview of statistical findings in Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2014.
That was, until Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) was introduced as a relatively new diagnosis – the result of repetitive or undiagnosed concussions. Both are progressive diseases of the brain, degenerative, and have similar symptoms, but CTE cannot be diagnosed until after an individual dies.
According toRecode.net, the Pokemon Go app had approximately 9.5 million active daily users, and as addictive as it seems to be, imagine how many people are caught up in the app while driving.
In fact, the amount of fatal accidents involving teen drivers has skyrocketed 10% in just the past year, the first time in a decade that teen driver collision rate has increased in over a decade.
Police in Los Angeles believe that Popular Culture and Social Media are fueling the rise in illegal street racing, which we’re also seeing here in Philadelphia. In fact, several Philadelphia residents recently died in a street racing crash, which is why we believe it’s important to raise awareness around it’s dangers.
Vehicle manufacturers still haven’t stepped up to the plate as far as designing safety standards that make it safe to drive a keyless-ignition car. And federal provisions governing the safety of these vehicles are murky at best.
Because SEPTA is a state agency, claims must follow rules that apply to claims in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There are additional regulations in place regarding Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law and the Motor Vehicle Code that will regulate any claims against SEPTA.
This increase in bicycling accidents has been ongoing for several years and shows no signs of diminishing without serious steps being taken to protect bikers on the city’s crowded streets.
When referencing the statute of limitations, slip and fall lawsuits would generally fall into the category of personal injury lawsuits. This means that in most cases, the statute of limitations is 2 years. However, we provide more details and exceptions below.
AAA refers to the days between Memorial Day and when the kids go back to school “the deadliest 100 days of the year” in terms of car accidents. Many lives are affected by summertime car crashes. In fact, statistics have proven that car accidents are more prevalent in the summer, with the average deaths each day exceeding ten during this period of time.
