Car Accidents

In a terrifying moment out of Ohio, two friends are lucky to be alive after a wooden plank came loose off a truck and crashed through the windshield of their car as they were traveling down the highway. Although both escaped without injury, if the vehicle had swerved even slightly in a different direction, this…

Transportation has come a long way over the past decade. We are now on the verge of having fully self-driving cars on the roads. Whether or not we should have such vehicles, of course, is an entirely different matter. There are many dangers associated with self-driving cars and autonomous tech which could be reduced (if…

You can be the safest driver in the country, take every precaution, and still find yourself at the business end of a car wreck when you cross paths with a reckless driver. But the type of vehicle you drive can make a difference in whether you walk away from a collision with minor or severe…

No matter how hard parents try to keep their kids safe, teenagers like to push boundaries. It’s always been that way and is highly unlikely to ever change. The job of a parent is also to encourage their kids to try new things and reach for their dreams. Unfortunately, when that dream involves risking life…

Even if you walk away from a car, motorcycle or bike accident feeling okay, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are. Injuries don’t always manifest immediately, and you may not even know that you were hurt until hours, days or even weeks later. After an accident or other traumatic event, your adrenaline is up, which can…

An expanding sector of the car insurance market involves driver monitoring programs. Referred to as telematics, these programs use features such as time and date monitoring, the collection of driving habits, and GPS to monitor driving habits in order to adjust insurance rates from this data. These programs offer some benefits to drivers in terms…

Every now and then, you read a report in the news (or you hear someone tell a story) about a minor car accident. Maybe the person calls it a “fender-bender,” or maybe he or she says something like, “The truck got a little banged up, but no one was hurt.” A crash with no injuries…

In mid-July, Amanda Mitchell of Fargo suffered serious injuries when the car she was driving was struck by a police car running a red light. The deputy driving the car had the lights and sirens activated, but went through a red light, as Mitchell entered the intersection on a green light. The accident was so…

Ten years ago, the majority of worker fatalities in North Dakota were related to oil field work. As the number of active wells decreased, so did the number of oil field workers, which led to a decline in worker fatalities. Now, the leading cause of worker deaths is transportation. The Williston Herald, using data from…