While many people will be quick to advise a fast exit from a disabled vehicle on the highway or busy beltway, it’s important to realize that injury accidents can happen even when a vehicle is stopped on the roadside. Car and commercial trucks collisions happen daily in Baltimore, Frederick, Rockville…
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Maryland Auto Injury News: Three Restaurant Customers Injured When Car Crashes into Building
Anyone who watches the evening news will agree that you don’t have to be riding in a motor vehicle to be hurt as a result of a car crash. Pedestrians and bicycle riders are two groups of people that are constantly in the news due to traffic-related injuries. As a…
Maryland Auto Accident and Traffic Safety Update: Maryland’s Move Over Law Protects Emergency Personnel
If you you’re not doing it by now, you had better start. What are we talking about? Moving over a lane to give police officers, fire fighters and other emergency personnel a little extra margin of safety on Maryland’s highways. As a Baltimore automobile accident attorney, I know the kind…
Baltimore Injury News: Policeman Hurt in Hit-and-Run Auto Accident on I-495
Anyone can find themselves the victim of a car-pedestrian accident, even a police officer. The truth of the matter is that car crashes and other traffic-related accidents occur with alarming frequency in cities like Baltimore, Annapolis and Frederick, MD. As a Maryland auto accident lawyer, my experience is that these…
Baltimore Traffic Accident News: Two Highway Construction Workers Killed in Fatal Crash on Rte 228
Drivers see the signs all of the time: Construction Zone, Reduced Speed Ahead, Give ‘em a Brake. As Maryland motorists we enjoy the convenience that our highways and interstates provide and the ease with which we can cross the state or the country in our cars, trucks and buses. But…
Maryland Injury News: Pasadena, MD, Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Passing Automobile
If there is any advice that we would give to people it would be take care whenever you cross the street on foot. Regardless of how well you know a stretch of road, never for a moment assume that cars and trucks will see you in the street, especially at…
Maryland Personal Injury News: Two St. Mary’s County Policemen Injured in Separate Traffic Accidents
Automobile collisions are not uncommon, even in these days of heightened safety awareness. As a Maryland auto accident attorney, I and my colleagues read of people being hurt in car and commercial truck crashes more often than one would expect. Although civilians are exposed to potential traffic hazards on a…
Calvert County Accident News: Maryland Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Police Patrol Car on Route 4
We’ve said it here before, and we’ll say it again; Pedestrians and bicyclists are no match for a 3,000-pound motor vehicle even at low speeds. Physics cannot be changed and when a flesh and blood person is hit by a car, SUV or commercial vehicle, serious injuries are certain to…
Frederick, Maryland, Accident News: Prince George’s County Teen Hurt in Car-Pedestrian Traffic Accident
Across the nation, more than 4,000 people annually are injured by motor vehicles while walking on or near public roadways. Seeing that figure, it’s important to remember that Maryland has its share of pedestrian accidents involving cars, buses and commercial deliver vehicles. As Baltimore personal injury lawyers, I and my…
Maryland Pedestrian Injury News: Postman Dies in Prince George’s County after Being Hit by Police Car
It would be nice to think that highly trained professionals, such as police officers, never have accidents, however this is not the case. Even professional truck drivers who are seasoned veterans in a career dedicated to driving on public roads can and do get into traffic accidents involving drivers of…