The first fatal hit-and-run car accident happened in City Avenue a few hours after the arrival of the New Year. The victim was pedestrian Patrick Coyle, age 50 who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. One month later, the police were still unable to catch the errant driver so the Police Accident Division of Philadelphia is doubling their efforts to apprehend the culprit. They have asked the help of the public and so far nobody has come forward with vital information. Investigators have very minimal clues to go after the [...]

Two men in their early 20”s are unable to greet the New Year due to a car accident which happened late Sunday in West Philadelphia. Two young men died and a third was critically injured. The fatalities were identified as Malik Morris age 21, and James Rose age 22. Police confirmed Monday that they were the two who died. Another 24-year-old man, whose name was not released, was delivered to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition. But later, police reported that he in stable condition and [...]

Lisa Thomas-Laury, an anchor reporter of 6, said that she was thankful that she escaped injury in a car accident that occurred last Friday in Ardmore. A well-loved veteran news anchor in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, Lisa Thomas-Laury only sustained minor injury from the mishap and not anything serious. Last Friday, Thomas-Laury’s cream-colored Porsche Cayenne SUV was hit by another car at the intersection of County Line and Roberts roads. She was wearing seat belt and her car had an airbag. She felt lucky that her airbag deployed promptly and that [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Police stopped a suspect near the intersection of Callowhill and 63rd Streets in West Philly at around midnight who attempted to drive away as the officers approached. According to the authorities, the driver is alleged to have struck a pedestrian and a parked vehicle; the suspect’s car only stopped after hitting a utility pole. As the police are still investigating the case, they did not release the identity and age of the suspect. He was arrested, taken in custody and charged with several offenses. The police reported that [...]

Two of the most popular and common cases of personal injury are cases of slip & fall and cases of car accident. Although both are considered as personal injuries but they are different from the legal perspective. Car accident cases involving car mishaps are not as complicated as it involves only the issuance of a ticket to a driver at fault while the other driver is injured because of the impact. The fact of liability is already established and the main job of a lawyer is to ascertain make sure [...]

At least three people were injured at a two car accident which happened in the town of Hamburg. Police Accident Investigation Unit is investigating a two car accident which took place about 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday Sept. 11, on Southwestern Boulevard near Lake View Road. According to police, the driver of the vehicle was identified as Kevin Demert Jr., 21, resident of Farnham. He was crossing the center line of the roadway and struck a second vehicle operated by Ashley Derenda, 18, of Orchard Park. A passenger in the Derenda [...]

A very serious crash occurred 10:40pm Monday on the northbound side US 1 in Bensalem north of the Street Road exits. Emergency personnel responded immediately. According to Bensalem police, a car lost control, rolled over several times then caught fire. A North Carolina woman was killed while seriously injuring two others. It appears to have been racing another car late Monday night. Witnesses saw that the 2000 Volvo sedan was speeding in the 3100 block of northbound Lincoln Highway near Route 1 and Street Road. It appeared to be racing [...]

Buck County was the scene of a car accident that sent three people to the hospital. At least three people were admitted to the hospital after a car accident in Bucks County. Police reported that a car with three people inside crashed into a home on the 400 block of Fir Street in Warminster, around 2 a.m. It was in the dead of the night when a car plunged itself inside a residence Warminster. After the car accident in Bucks County, three people were admitted to the hospital. Fortunately, no [...]

CLAYMONT, Del. – It was another Friday night and another car accident which caused an injury to a pedestrian. State police reported that a Pennsylvania man was critically injured when he was struck by a car in Claymont. The accident happened shortly before 9:30 Friday night on Ridge Road at the intersection with Virginia Avenue. The darkness of the night is discounted as the cause as the intersection was fully lighted. Police identified a 53-year-old man by the name of David Jones from Marcus Hook, Pa., as the injured party. [...]

Another emergency airlift saved the life of a man from Warwick. After a car accident, he was immediately airlifted to the hospital and doctors found that he had severe injuries. It was a Saturday morning after a minivan where he was a passenger in crashed on Route 152 in Hilltown. This information was supplied by the police. The victim was identified as David Shelley, 53, from Warwick. According to Hilltown Officer Jerry Fish, Shelley was the passenger in the vehicle being driven by his 16-year-old daughter, who has her learner’s [...]