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After a violent crash left him with traumatic brain injuries, a Georgia man and his wife are blaming Snapchat's "speed" filter, according to a new lawsuit.
The plaintiff, Wentworth Maynard, was merging onto a four-lane highway outside of Atlanta when, his lawyers say, his car was struck "so violently it shot across the left lane into the left embankment."
While rare compared to other types of motor-vehicle crashes, aircraft accidents do happen regularly, usually with devastating results. Despite significant safety improvements over the past decades, many people each year experience the pain of losing someone in an airplane crash.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using California’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the San Bernardino region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in San Bernardino
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Oregon’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Bend region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Bend
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Bend and across Deschutes County. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers. Whatever the cause, car accidents are a major safety and economic issue for the communities in this region.
At one point or another, everyone is a pedestrian. As the expense of driving and insuring a vehicle rise, more and more people choose to walk to their destinations. As the number of pedestrians increases, so do the number of pedestrian accidents. To see where the Bend region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
According to Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, in 2012, 726 lost their lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes nationally, just under two people every day of the year in the U.S. The death rate from bicycle crashes is high due to the relative lack of protection bicyclists have in an impact with a motor vehicle.