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Date: 
Friday, April 24, 2015

Alexsandrina Hyer was driving southbound on U.S. Highway 97 at about 3 p.m. when she attempted to pass a semi-trailer, but failed to yield, striking a northbound car head-on. Hyer was injured and taken to Klickitat Valley Hospital. The four children that were riding in Hyer's car were all injured. A 12-year-old girl was flown to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old were taken to Mid Columbia Medical Center in the Dalles, Oregon, and a 6-year-old was taken to Klickitat Valley Hospital as well.

Date: 
Thursday, February 12, 2015
At about 2:20pm, Rector was exiting a Mobil gas station onto Adams street, but failed to yield to a westbound car on the road, which struck her car on the driver's side. The collision seriously injured both Rector and Mulders, who was a passenger in her vehicle, and Rector was airlifted to a hospital. The driver of the westbound car, identified as Tiffany DeRoo, 20, was hospitalized with minor injuries, and the three passengers in her car, which included two children aged 3 and 5, sustained minor injuries but were not hospitalized.
Date: 
Friday, January 30, 2015

It was about 2:00am when a male driver in his 20's was driving east on Madison Avenue, but was more focused on the burrito he was eating than on the road, and ended up veering into the median, rolling several times, and finally coming to rest in the eastbound lanes of the road. The man was tranported to the hospital, though his injuries were described as minor. Investigators also believe that the man was going over the speed limit when he crashed.

Date: 
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Elerding was heading east in a Ford Mustang on State Route 22 on Sunday afternoon when he departed the roadway to the left and entered the median, before finally enterering the westbound lanes. This sudden shift caused the car to rollover, and Elerding was taken to the hospital with injuries of unknown severity. He also faces possible charges of negligent driving. Check back for updates.

Off-duty officer injured in motorcycle accident with a car and his lawyers win their lawsuit against negligent motorist

Accident Type: 
Motorcycle Accident
Incident Date: 
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Result Date: 
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monetary Result: 
$742,907
  On Oct. 8, 2005, Ronald Knittel, 50, a K­9 officer with the federal government, was riding his motorcycle in Concord, CA. On the road ahead of him, motorist Nancy Choi was lost, looking for a soccer field. She pulled to the right to begin a U­turn, however Knittel misunderstood, thinking she was letting him pass. He attempted to pass her on the left within the lane. When Choi began the U-turn, Knittel swerved to the left in an attempt to avoid collision, but his motorcycle crashed into the left front side of her car. The motorcycle slid, hit the curb and threw Knittel roughly 15 feet onto the air, throwing him onto the asphalt. Due to the accident, Knittel lost consciousness and experienced temporary lower extremity paralysis. He was hospitalized overnight, then released as stable. He claimed headaches, radiating arm pain, lower back and leg pain. Knittel sued Choi for her negligence in causing the accident. Choi denied pulling to the right and testified that she activated her turn signal. She intended to pull into the driveway of an air ambulance business. Her lawyers argued that Knittel simply passed a slow-­moving vehicle at approximately 50 mph only four feet to the left of the centerline and that he did not notice Choi’s turn signal as he was focused on an oncoming vehicle. Knittel insisted that he could no longer take the pain and planned to retire in April 2010 at age 55 after 20 years of service. Although Knittel worked full time since his return to work in January 2006, due to his early retirement and inability to work overtime since the accident, Knittel contended that his pension would be less than it would have been, had there been no accident. Choi's attorneys responded that Knittel had only a transient aggravation to his pre­existing chronic neck and back problems, for which he underwent three sets of MRIs (two neck, one back) before the accident. Her attorneys also denied that Knittel needed surgery, contending that the accident caused a flare up or aggravation lasting about three months. Ultimately, Knittel and his attorneys won, awarding him $742,907. Choi was determined to be 75-percent at fault, while Knittel was found to be 25-percent at fault.