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Truck Driver Loses Control of Vehicle After Sneezing in Greenwood

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Doehrman Chamberlain

According to WLWT-TV, a driver of semitrailer hauling Coca-Cola products had a sneezing attack that caused him to lose control of the truck before it flipped onto its side. The crash happened on May 3, in suburban Indianapolis, closing streets near I-65 for several hours. According to Greenwood police, the driver reported that he had just made a delivery and was trying to make a turn when he began sneezing multiple times. The truck went into some grass and the driver apparently overcorrected, causing it to flip onto its side and block much of the roadway, WLWT reported. The driver of the truck was not injured. We are thankful that nobody was seriously injured in this crash. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), truck driver action or inaction is responsible for 88 percent of truck crashes. In fact, statistics indicate that commercial truck driver error is ten…
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Head-On Collision With Tractor-Trailer Kills Fishers Woman

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Doehrman Chamberlain

A Fishers woman was killed and a 5-year-old boy was injured in a head-on vehicle accident with a tractor-trailer on April 29 in Dearborn County. According to Indiana State Police (ISP), the crash occurred around 6 p.m., on S.R. 1 near Zimmer Road, when a minivan in the northbound lane crossed the centerline. According to the ISP, the van was struck head-on by a tractor-trailer, causing both vehicles to run off the road. The driver of the van, 38-year-old Lori Dennison, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. A 5-year-old boy was transported to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in critical condition. The driver of the tractor-trailer, 54-year-old Natalie Paine, of Ohio, suffered minor injuries, according to the ISP. Investigators said they are still trying to determine what caused Dennison’s van to cross the center lane. Collisions between vehicles that are traveling in opposing directions can result in…
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Indianapolis Injury Attorneys: Car Accidents Involving IU Students Kill Two Passengers

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Doehrman Chamberlain

According to the Indianapolis Star, two car crashes involving Indiana University students occurred on May 5, along the same stretch of I-65, north of Lafayette. According to the Star, around 2 p.m., 20-year-old Mario Guagliardo, of Deerfield, Illinois, was driving four other students back to their Chicago-area homes when the right tire of his 2003 Ford Explorer blew out. The Star reports that the vehicle veered off the road, before rolling three times. Passenger John J. Malone Jr., 20, of River Forest, Illinois, was ejected from the vehicle, which came to rest on top of him. The Jasper County coroner pronounced him dead at the scene due to massive blunt-force trauma. Another passenger, Michael D. Rende, 20, of LaGrange, Illinois, was also ejected. Rende had to be airlifted to an Illinois hospital for life-threatening injuries. Jason L. Blackman, 20, Wilmette, Illinois, was taken to Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer with…
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