admin November 27th, 2007
November 27, 2007
Last December, a 45-year-old man was riding his bicycle in a designated bike lane around 8:40 p.m. when a woman swerved off the road, struck the cyclist, and the proceeded to continue driving down the road. The cyclist died as a result of the Arizona auto accident.
The woman who hit the cyclist told a jury last week that she accidentally struck the cyclist after she reached for a bottle of hand sanitizer. Last Monday she was convicted of negligent homicide and two counts of aggravated driving under the influence, according to authorities. On the night of the accident, a blood test showed that the woman had a blood-alcohol content of 0.156 percent, which is almost double the minimum level. She also was driving with a suspended license for a prior DUI. No one else was injured in the Tucson car crash.
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admin November 22nd, 2007
November 22, 2007
A man was arrested after crashing his Chevrolet pickup truck into a Toyota pickup truck earlier this week. Mike Schomisch was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder criminal damage, endangerment, and drunken driving, according to authorities.
The passenger in Schmomich’s truck, a 45-year-old man, was taken to the hospital for treatment, but later died of his injuries. Neither man in the truck was wearing a seat belt during the Arizona auto accident.
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admin November 16th, 2007
November 16, 2007
Earlier this week a woman ran a red light at an intersection on Oro Valley and caused a crash that involved three other vehicles, according to the Arizona Daily Star. The Tucson car crash happened when the woman was in the process of turning left from Oracle Road when she ran a red light and hit a car and a pickup truck.
No one was seriously injured in the Arizona auto accident, but several people involved in the crash were taken to a hospital. Authorities said everyone involved was wearing seat belts.
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admin November 13th, 2007
November 13, 2007
Last Sunday a sports utility vehicle collided with a SunTran bus at South 10th Avenue and West 29th Street in Tucson. According the authorities, the Arizona auto accident was the fault of the driver of the SUV, which rolled after the collision.
The Tucson car crash resulted in three people being transported to a local medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries. Police are still investigating the exact cause of the car accident.
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admin November 9th, 2007
November 9, 2007
A man, who last year allegedly ran a red light and collided with several cars, could be facing Arizona wrongful death charges. James Lee Hyfield was convicted last week of manslaughter in the deaths of a couple and the woman’s young child.
According to reports, Hyfield ran his truck through a red light, clipped one car, and then collided into another car, killing its occupants—a couple and the woman’s 2-year-old son. The Arizona auto accident was so severe that the brain stems of the man and woman in the car were severed.
Authorities believe Hyfield was intoxicated at the time of the Arizona car crash, but he wasn’t caught until 15 hours after the accident. Additionally, Hyfield lost his license in 1994 and has prior convictions for misdemeanor DUI, forgery, burglary and theft, according to Arizona Daily Star.
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admin November 6th, 2007
November 6, 2007
Last weekend, 22-year-old Phillip Musgrove drove his car into eight cars that were stopped at red light near the University of Arizona, according to the Arizona Daily Star. After he hit the cars he continued through the intersection, hitting an SUV, which then collided with another vehicle. As a result, two men were killed in the Tucson car crash.
Authorities aren’t sure what led Musgrove to speed through the intersection and ultimately cause the Arizona auto accident, which happened around 10:45 last Saturday evening. He faces two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of aggravated assault, one count of felony endangerment and one count of felony criminal damage.
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admin November 5th, 2007
November 2, 2007
A family has filed a lawsuit after five family members were killed by a drunk driver. According the wrongful death lawsuit, Dana Papst was returning from a business trip when U.S. Airways allegedly served him alcohol even though he seemed intoxicated. Once the plane landed, Papst went to a gas station and purchased a six-pack of beer and then proceeded to drive five miles in the wrong direction before he collided with a van.
All the passengers in the van, which included a mother and father and their three daughters, were all killed. Only one daughter survived the auto accident. Papst died the day after the accident.
As a result, relatives of the family killed in the accident have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against U.S. Airways, Giant Industries (which owns the gas station where Papst purchased the beer), the Santa Fe Opera (which employed Papst and sent him on the business trip), and Papst’s estate.
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