Automobile Accidents

• I35W Minneapolis Bridge Collapses; 30 Missing

  Courtney Mills | August 02, 2007 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  The I-35W Interstate highway bridge in downtown Minneapolis plummeted over 60 feet into the Mississippi River, killing at least 7. Nearly thirty people remained missing as the search continued into the next day for cars that fell from the bridge into the river. The bridge was full to capacity of rush hour traffic when the accident occurred, which may have caused it to break up into sections...

• Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto of Teen Driving

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  Nebraska Lawmakers listened to the many pleas to save teenagers' lives by voting to override the Governor's veto of a bill that would set new restrictions on teenage drivers.Votes were 33-7 to reinstate Legislative Bill 415. 30 votes are needed for a bill to become law over a governor's veto. The bill sets the limits on passengers and cell phone use by teenagers that are yet to have full driving...

• Bill Proposes Restricting Teen Drivers

  Christina Cole | March 10, 2007 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  Nebraska could help save more teenagers' lives with a law to keep them from driving at night, using a cell phone and having a crowd of passengers along while operating a vehicle, state lawmakers were told.Chealander, testifying in front of Legislature's Transportation Committee, supports a bill proposed by State Senator John Harms of Gering to tighten state teen driving laws in Nebraska. He...

• Woman in Critical Condition after Car Accident

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A Nebraska woman is in critical condition after a car accident in which she was struck by a vehicle on Sunday while outside her car helping care for an injured dog on the highway.According to Officials - the woman, 36, of Linocln, Nebraska was driving when she came upon another vehicle which was stopped in the roadway. The driver had hit a dog on the road and stopped to make sure the injured...

• Trooper, 2 Others Injured in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | February 23, 2007 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A Nebraska State Trooper and two women, passengers in seperate vehicles, were involved in a three-vehicle-accident on Interstate 80.The Trooper was checking water levels of Platte River with his vehicle facing east on the shoulder of the road. His Dodge Durango was hit by a car a going eastbound. When he went to check on the car that crashed into his SUV, that car was struck by another car.Both...

• Man Killed in Car Wreck

  Christina Cole | February 14, 2007 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A Bismarck man was killed in a car wreck on the icy roads of Nebraska.State Patrol says, a 35-year-old man died on Monday in a crash that closed the highway for approximately nine hours.Police said the driver was in a semi-trailer that crashed into the back of the car, spiraling both vehicles into the highway median.The semi-trailer continued down the road into the eastbound lanes, crashing into...

• Accident fatalities down on Nebraska's roads

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A report News 5 KHAS-TV say that fatal motor vehicle accidents on Nebraska's roadways during 2006 were down three percent from the previous year.Nebraska State Patrol says that there were 10 fewer accidents last year, giving credit to new programs encouraging drivers to wear their seatbelts. "Click It Or Ticket" is one such program that has more than half of central Nebraska's drivers buckling...

• Super Bowl party hosts liable for driving guests

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  If you are planning to host a Super Bowl party this weekend, be sure your guests who are driving home haven't had too much to drink. According to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), many states hold party hosts liable for motor vehicle accidents involving their guests who are driving under the influence. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) point...

• Winter Weather Blamed for Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 25, 2007 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A fatal accident happened on Interstate 80 near Kearney on Saturday. JoDee Hasting, age 28, of North Platte was driving her Toyota westbound on I-80, when she lost control of the vehicle, went across the median, and was hit in the side by a semi-trailer truck going eastbound. Hastings, as well as two of her children LynDee Hastings, age 5, and Paiton Hastings, age 3, were killed. A third...

• Four injured in December I-80 accident

  Staff Writer | January 15, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A motor vehicle accident in Omaha injured four people, including a Nebraska State Trooper, last month.The trooper was investigating a one-car accident on I-80. Both the driver of the car involved in the accident and the trooper were in the patrol car on the shoulder of the Interstate when another car rear-ended them. The two people in the other car, along withe the trooper and driver of the...