Driver Side Impact News

 
Driver Dies Trying to Protect Passenger: Witness
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (blog)
By Kendra Lyn A man is dead and a woman is injured after a suspected drunken driver crashed into the pair overnight Wednesday. Police said three people were in a vehicle driving through an intersection when a pickup truck smashed into the driver's side ...


 
Illegal U-turn on I-70 causes crash
The Banner-Graphic
As Tiefel made a left turn from the driving lane, a westbound 2005 Freightliner tractor pulling a box trailer and driven by Jose A. Tello, 37, Laredo, Texas, was in the passing lane and struck the Malibu in the driver's side. Initial impact forced the ...

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Collision with truck temporarily costs ND mother the use of her legs
Bismarck Tribune
It was too little, too late, to prevent a severe impact to the driver's side that pushed metal and the engine into the driver's well. It was just enough of a swerve to save her son in the seat next to her. The accident happened April 22, her daughter ...


 
Aquebogue Delivery Truck Driver Seriously Injured in Accident
Patch.com
"The point of impact was on the driver's side," Costa said, adding that his leg was severed. Southampton Hospital emergency room doctors pronounced him dead at 2:26 pm, about two hours after the accident occurred, Costa said.

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BETTER LIVING: Car Shopping + Safety Ratings
GoLocal Worcester
The Fiat 500 scored a full 5-star rating for safety for a male driver in a side impact crash, but only 4-stars for a frontal barrier crash. The odds are even worse for a female passenger, who, with only 3-stars in a frontal crash and just 2-stars when ...

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7 Million Drivers Expected on Illinois Tollways Memorial Day Weekend
Patch.com
Traffic is detoured north through the cash side of the Touhy Toll Plaza, exit at Touhy west, turn right at River Road and re-enter I-294 southbound to reach westbound I-90. Drivers will not be double tolled. Between Half Day Road and Lake Cook Road, ...

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It wasn't my time to die
blueridgemuse
The impact drove the clutch level down onto my hand that on the left handlebar grip as my head and shoulder slammed into the driver's side outside mirror of the pickup, shattering both it and the side of my helmet. Pain shot through my shoulder but ...