Category Archives: Car Accidents
Prominent lawyer dies in a car crash
Attorney Corbett O’Meara, son of U.S. Judge John Corbett O’Meara, died following a car crash involving two cars at around 11:50 a.m. on Saturday, November 9 on Harper Avenue at Shady Lane. St. Clair Shores police said in a statement that the 1999 Acura being driven by O’Meara struck a tree after hitting the… Read More »
Hit and run crash leaves one woman dead
A car crash occurred at the corner of Alter Road and Mack Avenue on Thursday, October 31, leaving one woman dead. Detroit police said a van crashed into the side of an SUV around 3 a.m. on the 31st, instantly killing a woman who was a passenger of the SUV. The police added that… Read More »
Honor roll student tries to jump bridge, dies in crash, 2 injured
An 18-year old female freshman from Western Michigan University was killed and her two passengers were injured after a car crash in western Michigan on October 13. Emily Lauer, who recently graduated with honors from Paw Paw High School earlier this year, was speeding on an unpaved road and attempted to drive the 2000… Read More »
Man arrested for DWI and child endangerment
A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) and child endangerment after a single-vehicle accident on W. Drew Road in Sherman Township occurred on Wednesday, September 25. The accident happened around 5:10 p.m., according to the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department. Ryan Byberg of Weidman drove his 1999 Ford pickup truck into a ditch… Read More »
Hyundai to pay $14 million in airbag defect trial
In early July, a U.S. federal court ordered automaker Hyundai Motor Co. to pay a Virginia man and his family $14 million in damages after he sustained traumatic brain damage in a car accident 3 years ago. The Federal court in Pulaski County ruled after an eight hours of deliberation that Zachary Duncan sustained… Read More »