Posted on April 25, 2012 in Car Accidents
Lexington, KY, April 13, 2012 — Lexington personal injury lawyer Frank M. Jenkins III said today that he supports the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety’s effort to promote distracted driving awareness and the “One Text or Call Could Wreck It All” campaign. “Distracted driving and, in particular, texting while driving represent a terrible trend that…
Posted on April 18, 2012 in Car Accidents
One of three pedestrians hit by a van on I-64 on Friday died over the weekend, the Kentucky Herald-Leader reports. According to a news release from the Kentucky State Police, a 65-year-old man of Morehead died at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Two other men were also struck in the accident on the eastbound side of I-64…
Posted on April 11, 2012 in Car Accidents
State police have launched a safety campaign aimed at reducing the alarmingly high number of motorcycle accidents that have taken place in Kentucky this year. According to the Associated Press, officials will send out safety messages using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter and encourage motorcyclists and drivers to exercise caution on the roads. …
Posted on March 30, 2012 in Car Accidents
Lexington police have asked for the public’s help in finding the driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash sometime after midnight on Saturday, March 24, 2012, leaving the victim lying by the side of Leestown Road until his body was finally discovered around 4:45 a.m. At a press conference March 27, which was…
Posted on March 30, 2012 in Car Accidents
The recent death of a Lansing, Michigan choir boy in a van rollover is a pointed reminder of the necessity of observing load limits on church vans and avoiding carrying too many passengers. A 15-passenger church van was transporting 17 people home from a choir performance in Grand Rapids when the van’s rear tire blew,…