Automobile Accidents

• 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...

• Car accident medical bills

  Dan Friedman | July 27, 2006 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  When you're in a car accident that isn't your fault, the at-fault driver's insurance company will not pay your medical bills right away. As a result, you need to be certain that you have plenty of medical payments coverage available on your automobile insurance policy. Medical payments coverage is quite inexpensive. This insurance will pay for your medical expenses when you've been in an...

• Driver dies in tragic truck accident

  Staff Writer | December 14, 2006 10:11 AM | 1 CommentLincoln, NE

  A truck driver on Nebraska Highway 8 died in a tragic motor vehicle accident last Thursday about a half mile east of Odell, a report from The Beatrice Daily Sun said. The cause of the accident was apparently a deer, which collided with the semi truck, hitting the upper portion of the hood and crashing through the windshield actually striking the driver. The driver swerved and overturned the...

• 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...

• 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...

• Weekend Car Accident Kills Two

  Dan Friedman | July 24, 2006 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A head-on crash claimed the lives of to Gage County women Saturday afternoon. Wilma and Audree Benash were heading south on Nebraska Highway 50 when Christopher Halvorsen crossed the center line in his pickup truck. While both women were wearing seatbelts, officials say the accident simply wasn't survivable for anyone in the front seat.Two passengers in the car, Wilma's husband, Dennis Benash,...

• Hero dies in Christmas Eve car accident

  Staff Writer | January 02, 2007 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  A touching story from Omaha's KETV 7 covers the story of a man who saved a baby from drowning in a bathtub less than two weeks before his own death in a motor vehicle accident on Christmas Eve.The man performed CPR on a 10-month-old who had stopped breathing after going underwater in a bathtub where the mother had left the room. He performed CPR on the baby and saved his life, according to...

• 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...

• 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...