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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Texting While Driving Caused Pike Township School Bus Accident
We are at the end of the official National Distracted Driving Month, but its campaign of awareness of the dangers of texting while driving will last all year. The importance of this campaign is underscored by the recent school bus and truck accident in Pike Township, which sent nine children to the hospital for injuries when the truck driver received a text message and crashed into the bus. The driver worked for Piazza Produce and rear-ended the school bus carrying 17 students and the driver from Central Elementary at the 8200 block of Zionsville Road. Police confirmed to the Indianapolis Star that texting while driving was the cause of the accident. Pike Township School Police Chief Allen Kasper told reporters that the truck driver was not looking at the road when he hit the bus. “He said he had just received a text and was reading it.” The driver was…
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Doehrman Chamberlain Files Suit on Behalf of Deceased Construction Worker
Our law firm has recently filed suit on behalf of a worker killed in August of last year while building a temporary entrance ramp to Interstate 465 from westbound Crawfordsville Road. The worker was operating a tanker trailer, which crashed in the construction zone. The worker did not survive the accident and left three dependent children as survivors. The lawsuit named the Indiana Department of Transportation, Walsh Construction Company and GradeX, a subcontractor, as defendants to the suit. The estate of the deceased worker alleged that the negligence of the defendants was the proximate cause of the crash that resulted in his death. Walsh Construction Company is the same company that employed a worker who recently died on I-465 April 16th of this year, which event this blog discussed on Monday. As it is National Work Zone Awareness Month and I-465 is under heavy construction, all motorists on the road…
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April 23-27 is National Work Zone Awareness Week
Spring is the time of year when roadway construction and maintenance really kicks into high gear. This week also marks the 13th Annual Work Zone Awareness Month. In light of the recent deaths of motorists and contractors in work zones on I-465 in Indiana, all motorists must refrain from speeding and distracted driving, particularly within work zones. I-465 is being expanded and major work is set to begin on the Allisonville Road Bridge after Memorial Day, which will close the bridge for at least 110 days. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) reminds motorists to exercise extreme caution throughout construction and work zone areas. In 2011, 10 people were killed in auto accidents in Indiana work zones and four workers were killed. INDOT is encouraging all drivers to remember Work Zone Awareness Month and note the dangers that erratic driving imposes on motorists and workers. Drivers entering work zones must:…
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