Toronto Personal Injury Lawyers about single vehicle car accidents
What is a single vehicle accident? A single vehicle car accident (collision, crash) is a road traffic accident with only a single vehicle involved. There may or may not be personal injuries occurred. What are the main factors leading to a single vehicle auto collision? Slick Road Conditions Distracted Driving Bad Roadway Conditions Animals on the Road Flying Objects Bright Sun / Sun Glare Should I hire a personal injury lawyer to file a claim? A motor vehicle accident usually involves several cars, motorcycles, trucks or other vehicles. If you are not at at fault (an accident happened due to ...
Car collisions with wild animals – hundreds of injuries every year
While seeming like something that is not going to happen in anybody's life, the problem is more serious as statistics says. There are 4 to 8 vehicle collisions with large animals every hour in Canada In Ontario, 1 out of every 17 vehicle collisions involves a wild animal What to do to minimize collision risk? One of the factors you should consider is the landscape you're going through. As per research, areas with roadside flora as well as places where creeks intersect with roads are highly dangerous, tending to lead to more auto accidents. Also, it's not a surprise that ...
Car and bicycle accidents: 10 most dangerous intersections in Toronto
The City of Toronto has analyzed motor vehicle accidents data from 2009 to 2013 and came up with a list of 5 intersections, especially dangerous for car drivers and cyclists. The original data considered the number of collisions and the total traffic volume (number of vehicles using this or that intersection). Intersections with highest rates considered as the most dangerous ones and are listed below. Most dangerous intersections for drivers: Lake Shore Boulevard at Lower Jarvis Street Lake Shore Boulevard at Don Roadway Ellesmere Road at Bellamy Road Lawrence Avenue East at Midland Avenue St. Clair Avenue at Old Weston ...
Tracy Morgan blamed by Walmart for his personal injuries in the MVA
They filed a response to Tracy Morgan’s and three other victims' complaint made by their lawyers. The car accident left him Morgan seriously injured and was fatal for a friend of his. The auto collision happened in New Jersey, on June 7th 2014. Tracy Morgan and his team along, including his longtime friend James McNair, were returning back from their show, when a truck, allegedly driven by a Walmart employee, slammed into the rear of their limo bus. McNair was killed in the car crash, the other passengers were injured. Morgan was taken to the hospital with multiple trauma: broken ...
Hyundai judged to pay $73 million to the families of 2 kids killed in the MVA
September 23, 2014 The Hyundai Motor company is obligated to pay $73 million to the families of Trevor Olson and Tanner Olson - two teenagers from Montana died in a motor vehicle accident back in 2011. As per the judge's statement, the car crash is blamed on a defect of the steering wheel, and as a result both kids died. Her honor Judge Deborah Kim Christopher has rejected Hyundai’s bid for reduction of the original $240 million punitive award. Judge Christopher also upheld the state court jury’s award of $8.1 million in actual damages to the families of two cousins, ...
Toronto man charged with street racing causing death in a fatal car accident
August 8, Toronto The car crash happened in Mississauga at about 6:20 in the evening. The victim, later identified as Mohammad Haniff 29 (y.o.) was driving at a "high rate of speed". At some point he's lost control and smashed his Honda Accord into another vehicle, stated in the police report. One of witnesses from the scene said that the driver of the second vehicle, identified as a brown Toyota Camry, rapidly drifted from the scene leaving the victim helpless. Mohammad Haniff who was the only person in the car, pronounced dead at the scene. No personal injuries have been ...
Impaired driving car crash at Burlington Skyway
July 31, 2014 Burlington, Ontario The driver of a large truck crashed into the Burlington Skyway causing significant damage, right before a major long weekend. …
Woman killed in Toronto car accident
July 28, 2014 North York The collision happened around 12:15 p.m. on Yonge Street area, between Doris and Willowdale. Two motor vehicles crashed resulting in four people getting personal injuries from minor to lethal. Five ambulances came to the scene to pickup everybody who needed hospitalization. The lethally injured woman was rushed to the hospital, but unfortunately didn't make it and was pronounced dead. Two other victims of the auto collision were taken to a trauma centre with serious injuries. The fourth person whose injuries were considered as non-life-threatening, was taken to a local hospital for treatment. No information about ...
Driver killed in a car accident in Toronto
July 23, 2014 Toronto The incident happened around 2:00 am on the westbound Highway 401, exit at Keele Street. The 28 y.o. driver was traveling in his BMW 3 series sedan. Suddenly, he left the roadway resulting his car bumping into construction machinery standing on grass aside. There is no information about reasons caused him to go off the road. The driver (his name is being withheld by police) from Toronto, had to be extracted from his vehicle by the emergency response team. After that he was urged to hospital where he died because of fatal injuries. Any witnesses of ...
Hit by a car: a little girl died in a car accident in Toronto
July 16, 2014 Toronto The 7 years old girl was trying to cross the street south of Eglinton Avenue. Around 4:30 p.m. this tragedy happened when she was hit by a vehicle. …
Thornhill car accident aftermath – a man charged over 8 injured
Some details of the horrible multiple car crash happened earlier today, became available. There were eight cars involved, some of them were almost ripped into two pieces, others got serious or minor damage. Eight people (including drivers and passengers) were transported for medical treatment, having injuries of different severity (from critical to serious). One person was transported to Sunnybrook Hospital in critical condition. As witnessed by various people, the suspect driver was flying down Bathurst Street at an enormously high for streets speed. Reaching Clark, he bumped into the row of cars standing at the intersection while red light was ...
Critical injuries after a serious motor vehicle accident in GTA
The incident resulted in numerous injuries happened around 10 am, on Thursday, July 10 in Thornhill, GTA – near the Promenade Mall. …