Posts under ‘drunk driving accident’

The Seattle Times reports that Washington State Senator Tracey Eide (D – Federal Way) has introduced a bill to make using a cell phone while driving a primary offense.  Currently, a police officer cannot stop a motorist for talking on the cell phone while driving unless the driver has committed some other infraction.  By making [...]

The National Safety Council recently announced new findings regarding cell phone use and driving.  NSC states that every year at least 1.6 million car accidents are caused by cell phone use.  This number was previously thought to be far less, or no more than 600,000 accidents caused by cell phones.
 “We now know that at least 1.6 million crashes [...]

Often I am asked what is the biggest mistake that personal injury victims can make.  I discuss the most common mistakes that I see representing personal injury victims in my book, “The Ten Biggest Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Washington Accident Case.”  But which one of these mistakes is the biggest? Or the most common?
To [...]

January 3, 2009 — Seattle police arrested the driver of a black BMW that crashed into the rear of a silver Subaru.  The collision occurred around 2 a.m. on Lake City Way NE and NE 95th Street.
Two of the passengers riding in the Subaru received life-threatening injuries. A front seat passenger in the BMW also suffered life-threatening [...]

Sunday, December 21, 2008
Fall City, Washington
A pedestrian walking along State Route 202 in Fall City was hit by a car.  The pedestrian, Matthew R. Mahaffey, 34, of Snoqualmie, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.  The accident happened around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening.
The driver who hit Mr. Mahaffey was a resident of Bellevue.  [...]