Children and adults on skateboards, scooters and rollerblades are at an increased risk for injury and death if they’re involved in collisions with motor vehicles. Even with helmets, injuries arising from car accidents can be incredibly severe or even fatal. Children and adults on skateboards, rollerblades and scooters are reminded that they have all of […]
Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
Restrict Teenage Driving at Night
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released the results of a study on night driving restrictions and drivers aged 16 or 17 years old involved in fatal nighttime crashes between 2009 and 2014. Overwhelmingly fatal crashes happen during the nighttime hours and the risk is especially high for injury causing and […]
Fatal Bus Crash in Merced County
On Tuesday morning, five people were killed and many other people were injured in a tour bus crash on Highway 99. KRON Channel Four News reported that the wreck happened between Atwater and Livingston at about 3:30 a.m. The bus reportedly struck a highway exit sign pole, which tore through the middle of the bus. […]
U.S. Dangerous Driving Culture
The Lancet recently reported on the unacceptably high rates of injury-causing and deadly crashes in the U.S. and on the culture of dangerous driving across the nation. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that when compared with 19 other high-income countries, the USA had the highest rate of […]
Child on Bicycle Injured in Danville
On Sunday, an 11-year-old boy was seriously injured while riding his bicycle in Danville. NBC Bay Area News reported that a vehicle struck the child as he was riding his bike near Camino Tassajara and Lomitas Drive, sometime around 12:55 p.m. Although very little information about the incident has been released, the driver involved reportedly […]
