Automobile Accidents

• Washoe Valley Woman Killed in Fatal Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 30, 2007 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the scene of a single car accident that happened at the intersection of SR 429 and Eastlake Blvd, near Washoe Valley, on Wednesday.Preliminary reports suggest the 20-year-old woman, of Washoe Valley, was traveling south at a high rate of speed on Eastlake Blvd in her 2003 Ford sedan when she failed to stop at a stop...

• Eureka Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 23, 2007 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A fatal car accident on U.S. 50, two miles west of Eureka, claimed the life of a 23-year-old Eureka woman, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.The woman was traveling westbound at 3:15 a.m., on Thursday, when the 2004 Volkswagen Jetta she was driving veered out of the travel lane and onto a dirt shoulder off the side of the road, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. The driver overcorrected to the...

• Truck Accidents Different From Auto Accident Cases

  Peter Wetherall | February 17, 2008 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  I attended a truck accident litigation seminar recently in order to update my practice skills, and was reminded of how different an accident case involving a truck is from the garden-variety auto case. Of the 16,000 accidents that happen every day(!) on American roads, many involve trucks, and many of these involve catastrophic injury due to the size and weight of these vehicles.A truck going...

• 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Car Accident Involving Stolen Car

  Christina Cole | May 07, 2007 10:23 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A woman was killed and two other drivers were injured in a car accident that sent two cars crashing into the wall of a house in Las Vegas.Police say the woman was a passenger in a stolen Toyota sedan that struck a Nissan, causing both vehicles to then crash into the unoccupied home.The driver of the Toyota, is in surgery and is expected to face charges that include vehicular manslaughter when he...

• Man Killed in Hit and Run

  Christina Cole | February 20, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Las Vegas Police are searching for the driver who sped away after killing a pedestrian in a hit and run car accident. The accident occurred just after 2am on Monday at Las Vegas Boulevard and Bruce.The man was crossing the street on a marked crosswalk when he was hit by a red car. Police say the car has previous damage to the front end that has been repaired. The identity of the victim has not...

• Vegas NHRA Accident Leaves Driver Hospitalized

  Christina Cole | January 30, 2007 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Brittany Force, the daughter of 14-time NHRA Funny Car companion John Force, was under observation at Las Vegas Hospital on Saturday after a car accident when she hit the wall during preseason testing at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Making her second test run in a Super comp dragster, Force, shook the tires after leaving the starting line and brushing the left-lane retaining wall. She...

• Unser Jr. Charged in Las Vegas Car Crash

  Christina Cole | January 26, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Al Unser Jr. is facing a charge of driving under the influence after he left the scene of a car accident on a Nevada freeway.Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Honea says Unser was arrested after he was identified as the driver of a car that sideswiped another on the Las Vegas Beltway on Thursday.The other car involved crashed into a concrete center median while Unser's vehicle had little...

• Rollover Accident Claims Two Lives in Las Vegas

  Christina Cole | April 10, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Two people lost their lives on Sunday morning in a rollover car crash in North Las Vegas. The crash happened at approximately 3:00 at Tropical and Decatur. The driver of a truck swerved to avoid something that was in the road, Las Vegas Police said. And in doing so he lost control of the truck, hit a curb and crashed into a brick wall. Two of the three passengers did not have their seatbelts on...

• Three Sent to Hospital in Highway Crash

  Christina Cole | February 13, 2007 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  After a car accident on Monday night, it was slow moving on U.S. 395. The accident sent three people to the hospital.The crash occurred at approximately 8:30 in the southbound lanes. Nevada Highway Patrol says one car swiped the other, causing he second car to crash with a semi-truck.Three people were taken to the Renown Medical Center. Authorities report the injuries were not serious or life...

• Biffle in Car Accident at Las Vegas Tire Test

  Christina Cole | December 15, 2006 5:50 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Nextel cup driver Greg Biffle was in a fiery car crash on Thursday while testing tires at the Las Vegas Motor speedway. Biffle was helped from his burning race car by Kyle Busch.Both drivers were helping Goodyear to test tires on the remodeled speedway when Biffle blew a tire, causing him to hit the wall between the first and second turns. The accident broke the fuel pump which then caused his...