Automobile Accidents

• Iowa - Is someone in Ames in a hurry?

  Steve Lombardi | September 18, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  There's an a collision between a Pontiac sedan travelling southbound on Elwood and a GMC 500 traveling north and making a left turn on Elwood. There are no drugs or alcohol involved. Of course the driver making a left-hand turn is more than likely the at fault driver. I can't say that categorically but it seems likely. Was the driver in a hurry? Everyone has a duty to drive using due care and...

• Iowa I-35 Crash Not a rare occurence

  Steve Lombardi | September 18, 2007 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  According to WHO's online edition, the police still don't know what caused a college student to stray into the breakdown lane and then to crash into an RV at mile marker 106 on the southbound shoulder or I-35 on Saturday. At first glance you might think this is an unusual occurrence but it's not all that unusual.This law office recently handled a similar crash case on I-80 eastbound in the...

• Iowa Snowmobiles Collision - Huh? There isn't any snow!

  Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  KCCI reports that Sunday, September 17, 2007, near Walker two snowmobiles collided in Linn County! The weather Sunday was in the 70's with no snow. Oh I see both men were charged with drunk driving! For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Iowa Metro - Head-on Collision Sent Five to the Hospital

  Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2007 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A blue Oldsmobile and Chevrolet Cavalier collided in the 4800 block of Hubbell Avenue last Thursday. It was reported that the Oldsmobile, being driven by Veronica Brown crossed the center line.In 26 years of practicing civil trials there aren't that many good excuses why your car crosses the center line. The center line is there for a reason and I'm not sure why this one did but when it does an...

• Iowa - Two hit-and-runs

  Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2007 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  One took place in Story County and the other in Linn. In each the victim was serious injured or dead. Under Iowa law all drivers have a duty to stop and render assistance when involved in a motor vehicle accident. That includes exchanging information. The Story County driver was apprehended, arrested and charged with vehicular homicide. There was no information available about toxicology...

• Iowa Gravel Roads and Shoulders

  Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The gravel roads in rural Iowa can cause havoc to unsuspecting drivers and their passengers. Fatalities and serious injuries are the result of the front tires going off onto the shoulder such as occurred in Wright County, Lake Mills, Iowa on August 31, 2007. After the front tires go off the roadway, the car can be pulled sideways causing it to roll.Of course the driver is legally responsible for...

• The More Teenager Passengers The More Likely Distractions Will Lead To An Accident

  Steve Lombardi | September 07, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  At least that is what the defendant's lawyers will say. Five young teenage girls from the Ames cross-country team of Ames High School were reported to be in a car collision at 580th Avenue and Lincoln Highway in Story County. Several of the girls were taken to the hospital, one in serious condition. I had a friend who once told me he and his wife researched the issue of what vehicles had the...

• Fatalities in Iowa from Motor Vehicle Accidents

  Steve Lombardi | September 04, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Young drivers, those sixteen to twenty-one account for many of the deaths from motor vehicle accidents. Passengers are often times very young, fourteen to sixteen. And it is the passengers that often times are either seriously hurt or are killed. The time of the accident is often times at night. They are not as skilled as adult drivers and lose control on gravel roads so common in rural Iowa....

• Ortiz of Iowa Killed Returning to ISU

  Steve Lombardi | August 30, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Virginia "Jenna" Ortiz, a chemical engineering major at ISU was killed as a result of a Marshalltown women crossing the center line and hitting her car head-on. The reporting is sketchy as to why Cristina Helmer, a 50 year old woman, crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 30 near Route 131.The law requires us to drive on our own side of the road so there better be a pretty good explanation for...

• Shannon of Council Bluffs, Iowa Rear-ended While Turning

  Steve Lombardi | August 30, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What Casandra Shannon needs today is a good lawyer. As she was turning into the LPL's lounge north of Harry Langdon Blvd. her pickup truck was rear ended by a Ford Escort driven by Jody L. Penny. It slammed into her so hard that she was pushed into an F-150 pickup and an F-250 pickup truck. You know the law requires everyone driving to maintain a proper lookout and to drive at a speed that...