Automobile Accidents

• Five Dead From Motor Vehicle Accidents in San Francisco Bay Area Over Weekend

  Claude Wyle | September 04, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Even before the Labor Day weekend was half over, it proved deadly for several people traveling on San Francisco Bay Area roads and highways. By Saturday night, a 61 year old man died in a motorcycle crash in Concord, when he rode into the Kohl's department store. On Highway 4, a motorcyclist was killed when he was thrown from his bike, landing inside the gates of a nearby storage facility. A 47...

• Build Better Bike Lanes to Reduce Congestion and Reduce Bicycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | August 29, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  As bicycle accident attorneys, we are noticing an upsurge in the frequency of bicycle accidents and the seriousness of the personal injuries sustained by the cyclists. Why are do many European cities and countries make biking better and safer? Why are there more and better bicycle paths in so many parts of the world, when the U.S.A. is supposedly getting so "green"? Senator Boxer recently...

• Pedestrian Killed in Hit and Run in Castro in San Francisco

  Claude Wyle | August 27, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco Pedestrian Roger Tennyson, 77, was killed instantly by a speeding car in the Castro on Sunday, according to Larry Bartholomew, 66, his partner of 15 years. Tennyson had just parked his own car when an unidentified vehicle estimated to be going 70 to 80 miles per hour hit him outside his Castro home on the 100 block of Sanchez Street at 1:30 a.m. He had been a San Francisco resident...

• "Ghost Bike" Keeps Alemeda Cyclist's Memory Alive

  Claude Wyle | August 03, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Today one fallen cyclist was memorialized by a ceremony and a bicycle painted white, dubbed "the ghost bike." Ed Weiss may still be alive if only the motorcycle that struck him one year ago today while trying to pass a car learned to "share the road." Instead, this avid cyclist suffered fatal injuries. Hopefully this unfortunate event will raise awareness and prevent future auto accidents.

• Antioch Man Killed While Laying Flares on Highway 24

  Claude Wyle | August 01, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  A 60-year-old man was struck by an oncoming vehicle and killed early this morning while laying down flares on Highway 24 near Walnut Creek, California. The injuries proved to be fatal, and the motorist was pronounced dead at John Muir Medical Center. The vehicle was out of traffic, so this just goes to show how this sort of auto accident can be avoided by remaining protected in your car until...

• Motorcycle Race Fans Crash Car As They Leave Laguna Seca

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Two motorcycle race fans suffered serious personal injuries in a car crash near the Laguna Seca exit last Sunday. Apparently over-excited by the motorcycle racing earlier in the day, a driver crashed his automobile on South Boundary Road near the exit to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I didn't realize it was an automobile crash that snarled traffic as I and other fans tried to leave at the end of...

• Mill Valley Man Dies in Mt Tam Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The cause of an auto accident that killed a Mill Valley man is still a mystery. After returning from a hike on June 18, 2007 a Mill Valley man veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology tests revealed negative results. Did a dangerous condition of this Mill Valley roadway cause or contribute to this car accident and this traffic fatality? The...

• Truck v. Bicycle Accident: San Francisco Fatality

  Claude Wyle | July 26, 2007 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  No Charges in Fatal SF Truck vs. Bicycle Accident San Francisco police have not filed charges against the truck driver of a big rig that crushed to death a San Francisco Bicyclist yesterday afternoon in the city's Bayview District. According to police, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer, was driving north on 3rd Street, along with a bicyclist traveling in the same direction on 3rd. The truck began to...

• Marin County Lawsuit For Dangerous Bicycle Hubs Spurs Consumer Protection Legislation

  Claude Wyle | July 25, 2007 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  This Fall, the New Jersey legislature may pass the first-ever ban on quick-release bicycle hubs. Traditional quick release bike hubs are dangerous to children because the wheels can suddenly fall off causing serious injuries. The New Jersey ban has roots in Marin County, California, where eight children suffered serious injuries when dangerous and defective hubs caused bicycle accidents. ...

• Underage Drinking Linked to Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Police believe alcohol and inexperience were primary collision factors in the fatal crash that killed four last night in Almaden Valley, San Jose. Erik James Sattersom sped along a curvy road with a limit of 35 m.p.h. at speeds upwards of 80 m.p.h. He lost control of his car, struck an elderly couple standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple,...