Fatal car accidents in Ontario – 10 years statistics released by OPP
What is a fatal car accident? As defined by thefreedictionary.com, a fatal accident is an accident that causes someone to die. So, a fatal car accident or a fatal collision can be defined as an accident when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, causing someone's death. The death of a family member in a motor vehicle accident is one of the most devastating experiences that anyone can go through. The loss is even more painful when it is caused by the negligence of another person. What do fatal collision statistics say? OPP ...
GM: 75 more car accident claims; 4 more fatal accidents claimed
It started when General Motors acknowledged the defect in the ignition switch of hundreds of thousands of GM cars. The defect which caused the ignition to switch from the "Run" to "Accessory" mode on its own, resulting in vehicles stalling and preventing the airbag from deployment in a car accident. Last week General Motors Company received 75 more claims for compensation, related to the well-known ignition switch defects in GM cars, resulting in 4,312 cases, stated the official of the GM compensation program on February 16th, 2015. The number of cases, confirmed eligible for compensation, increased from 131 to 143. ...
Personal Injury Lawyers Toronto about Distracted Driving
One of the most important aspects of safe driving for all motorists is to be fully focused on and avoid distractions. Nowadays distracted driving is became one of the major factors which cause car accidents in Toronto, GTA and the entire Canada, increase the number of fatal crashes. Moreover, numerous studies conducted by different companies and organizations clearly demonstrate that all these negative effects are much higher among young or new drivers. For example, Canadians from 16 to 24 years old were more likely to have maneuvered or suddenly braked in order to avoid an accident because of in-car distraction, ...
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, ...
Man came to police after fatal bicycle accident
August 14, Milton The man (25 y.o.) came with confession after hitting a cyclist in Toronto. The 32-year-old victim of the incident got fatal injuries and died. As per the investigation report, a motor vehicle hit the male who was cycling in Milton. The victim's name has not been released as of yet. The driver suspected to be at fault, identified as Joel Van Beek, came to police on Wednesday, August 13. Now he is facing charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death.
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 ...
Fatal motor vehicle accident on railroad intersection near Trenton
August 6, 2014 A fatal car accident happened this morning around 10 am: a collision involving a CN freight train and a motor vehicle resulted in one victim. As per OPP, one male was killed when the car crashed into the front of the locomotive. Emergency response team had to extract the victim from the car. There is no information about any other people in the vehicle or any other injuries reported. The cargo train with two locomotives pulling 161 cars, was on the Montreal-Toronto route during the accident. As per CN, there were nobody injured on the train. The ...
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. …
Driver sentenced to 5 years being at fault in the fatal car accident
Toronto, Ontario A driver has been sentenced to 5 years in jail for driving under the influence resulted in a car crash caused immediate death of his passenger. …