Auto Accidents

07 Mar

Appleton Car Accident Leaves Local Woman Seriously Injured

An Appleton auto collision that occurred yesterday afternoon left a 38-year-old woman seriously injured. According to a story from the Appleton Post-Crescent, the collision happened at around 11:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of U.S. 41, near College Avenue. Police say the woman was attempting to merge onto the highway in a Toyota Echo. As she […]

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17 Jan

Lawsuits filed in Connection with Fatal Accident between Car and Motorcycles

Jan. 17, 2013 Victims of a collision between a motor vehicle and a group of ten motorcyclists are beginning to file civil lawsuits against the driver responsible for causing the crash. According to an article from the Appleton Post-Crescent, the crash happened on May 31, 2012, along State Highway 151 in the town of Taycheedah, just […]

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06 Dec

Appleton Car Accident Injures Five People

Dec. 6, 2012 National Safety Council statistics show that as many as 14 percent of all motor vehicle accidents in the United States are caused by failure to yield to the right of way. These accidents result in more than 7,000 lives being lost each year. One such car accident occurred in Appleton yesterday, leaving […]

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01 Nov

Wisconsin State Patrol Pulls City Vehicles for Safety Violations

Nov. 1, 2012 Following two Wisconsin residents due to city trucks mounted with leaf vacuums that can obscure the truck driver’s view of the road, the Wisconsin State Patrol is ticketing drivers or owners of the vehicles if they are driven on the road. The Herald Times-Reporter reports that last fall, an 18-year-old boy from Sheboygan was […]

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11 Oct

Distracted Driver Faces Charges for Fatal Wisconsin Car Accident

Oct. 11, 2012 A 65-year-old Prescott, Wisconsin, man is facing charges of negligent homicide and second-degree reckless homicide in a St. Croix County Court for his part in a fatal distracted driving accident. An article from RiverTowns.net stated the collision occurred in Sept. 2011 in Joseph, Wisconsin. Reports indicate the man was talking on his cellphone when […]

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04 Oct

Mock Crash Scene Teaches Teens Dangers of Drunk Driving

Oct. 4, 2012 Teen fatalities from Wisconsin motor vehicle accidents are well above national averages, with a drunken driving fatality occurring in the state approximately every fifteen minutes. Students from a high school in Kimberly, Wisconsin, recently received a lesson aimed at teaching them about the hazards of the road. NBC 26 News reports that six […]

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23 Aug

Driver Charged in Connection with Fatal Wisconsin Car Accident

Aug. 23, 2012 A 20-year-old Wisconsin man is facing charges in connection with a car accident that claimed the life of a young man and left himself and three other individuals seriously injured. The Oconto Times Herald reports the crash happened on June 15, just before 1 a.m. on Oak Orchard Road, just east of Abrams, Wisconsin. […]

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02 Aug

Five Injured as the Result of Wisconsin Car Crash

Aug. 2, 2012 Five people were injured as the result of an Appleton car accident that occurred earlier this week. According to Fox 11, the crash happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon along Highway 42 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. A spokesman from the Two Rivers Fire Department, Lt. Lee Stadler, stated that the vehicle carrying the […]

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28 Jun

Speed, Seat Belts, and Inexperience to Blame for Fatal Car Accident

June 28, 2012 Police say that speeding, combined with a lack of driving experience and seat belt use, were responsible for causing a Waushara County Car Accident that claimed the lives of two local teens and seriously injured another individual. The accident occurred this past Sunday on Highway 21, near 31st Avenue in the town of Warren. According […]

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21 Jun

Washed Out Roads Blamed For Neillsville Car Accident

June 21, 2012 A sinkhole in the middle of a Neillsville, Wisconsin, highway is responsible for causing two Neillsville auto accidents that killed three people yesterday evening. A story published by the Post Crescent stated that a passerby discovered the wreckage of the two vehicles at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning along a County Road on the outskirts of […]

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