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One of the many ways our visitors interact with Accident Data Center is to express their grief and loss, and also to analyze how a collision happened. In this instance, a grieving mother whose son was killed in a pedestrian collision gives details of the collision site and the dangerous nature of the roadway.
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Meridian and across Lauderdale 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 the region.
As mass transit systems grow across Mississippi and Lauderdale County, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Statistics related to bus accidents in Meridian
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years nationally:
The number of buses involved in fatal crashes decreased from 274 to 251, an 8% drop;
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Mississippi’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Meridian region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Meridian
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Truckers are a growing motorist group using the nation's highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Paducah, Cape Girardeau, and Harrisburg regions. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Paducah, Cape Girardeau, and Harrisburg
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
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 Paducah, Cape Girardeau, and Harrisburg regions rank in terms of pedestrian collisions, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
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.
When Mark Ross found out his teenage sister, 15-year-old Eliza Fletcher, had been killed in car crash, he wanted to be with his mother as soon as possible.
But without a vehicle, Ross needed a ride from where he was in Indiana back to Detroit. After convincing a friend to drive, they took off just after 3 a.m. Sunday. According to a Facebook post Ross wrote, they were speeding through Ohio when red and blue lights flashed behind them.
In a classic tale of vengeance, a New Jersey deer refused to take being hit by a car lying down.
On the night of September 17th, 43-year-old Ellen Sager was driving down Oak Glen Road in Howell Township when she struck a deer with her SUV. A Howell police officer on his way to a call happened to be driving behind Sager when he witnessed the crash and pulled over, capturing the bizarre encounter that happened next on his dashcam.
Some rich people are so bad at being rich.
According to the Orange County Register, on September 27th, 22-year-old Laguna Beach resident Aya Ibish posted a photo to her Instagram account of her "pride and joy," a brand-new Mercedes-Benz, all wrapped up in a bow. Then, even though one would suspect she could afford to take a cab, Ibish apparently went out drinking in her new car.