Automobile Accidents

• Bicycle vs Truck Crash: Is The City At Fault For a Dangerous Intersection?

  Claude Wyle | February 06, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The San Francisco bicycling community has been in an uproar since the latest truck bicycle crash which happened last Monday, in which a young woman was struck by a truck while riding her bicycle at the intersection of Octavia and Market Streets in San Francisco. The driver of the commercial truck was making an illegal right turn, and ran away from the scene without stopping to render...

• Big Victory for San Francisco Pedestrians

  Claude Wyle | September 23, 2007 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Good news for San Francisco pedestrian safety; 19th Avenue between Junipero Serra Boulevard and Lake Street, one of San Francisco's most dangerous streets for pedestrians, will be designated a Safety Enhancement Double Fine Zone in the next California legislative session. This residential street has a higher rate of pedestrian accidents, many of which involve children or the elderly, which will...

• 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...

• 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,...

• Catastrophic Highway Accident Linked to Shoddy Scaffolding

  Claude Wyle | July 01, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Three people suffered serious injuries early yesterday morning when scaffolding on a highway onramp near Chico, California collapsed. Miraculously, no fatalities occurred when thirty-six tons of steel crashed on top of the vehicles underneath. Three survivors suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones. One brave FedEx driver was trapped in his truck for more than three hours...

• Truck Driver Not At Fault In Fatal Gambling Bus Accident

  Claude Wyle | December 10, 2007 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The CHP have determined that the pick up truck driver who was killed in last week's gambling bus accident was not the cause of the fatal collision. Although the truck driver had been driving aggressively before the bus crash, the deadly bus accident was caused by another driver who sideswiped the gambling bus, and then hit another car behind the bus. The tour bus, on its way back to San...

• Oakland Motorcyclist Shows Bad Attitude and Causes Bicycle Accident

  Claude Wyle | October 25, 2007 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  When I ran across a blog by an irate bicyclist who's riding partner was injured by a passing motorcycle rider on Skyline in Oakland on Sunday October 21, it brought to mind some of the problems that we motorcycle and bicycle accident attorneys face when representing bikers. The problem is attitude. The bicyclist's blog is rightfully complaining about a motorcyclist who physically pushed a...

• Injured Bicyclist Closing in on a $150,000 Settlement

  Claude Wyle | October 01, 2007 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco Police Officer, Philip Welsh, struck Robert Kellogg, a bicyclist, approximately three years ago today. Officer Welsh was on duty and dressed in uniform when he smashed into Kellogg at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Stockton and Green Streets. Rather than assisting the injured cyclist, Officer Welsh fled without providing Kellogg with his full name or address, and failed...

• The Dangerous Streets of San Francisco

  Claude Wyle | September 28, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Whether you are driving in San Francisco, or trying to walk across a busy street, you will always be risking personal injuries or wrongful death. Although it's never really been easy to negotiate the Streets Of San Francisco, this year marks a troubling spike in motor vehicle collision deaths, and drivers and pedestrians should be extra careful. San Francisco is on a course for roughly one...

• Wrongful Death of Caltrans Highway Worker

  Claude Wyle | September 27, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  In Dublin, California, near the 580-680 interchange, a negligent driver lost control of his Porsche, hit a Caltrans truck, bounced off, and struck and killed Djuan Bush, age 24, of San Leandro, before striking another truck. Mr. Bush, a Caltrans employee, was hit by the Porsche as he was working on a San Francisco Bay area highway. Signs were posted near the Caltrans guardrail project advising...