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$450K Settlement for Janesville Man Injured by Three-time DUI Offender
A Racine County jury slapped a 3-time drunk driver with a $457,000 guilty verdict for rear-ending and injuring a Janesville man while driving under the influence near Burlington, Wis. According to police reports, Kevin Armstrong, 49, of Delavan, Wis.crashed his Ford F-150 into the rear of Todd Needhams pick-up truck…
Read MoreThree-time Drunk Driver Slapped with Hefty Verdict
A Racine County jury slapped a 3-time drunk driver with a $457,000 guilty verdict for rear-ending and injuring a Janesville man while driving under the influence near Burlington, Wis. According to police reports, Kevin Armstrong, 49, of Delavan, Wis.crashed his Ford F-150 into the rear of Todd Needhams pick-up truck…
Read MoreProtect The Ones You Love From Road Traffic Injuries
We all want to keep our children safe and secure and help them live to their full potential. Knowing how to prevent leading causes of child injury, like road traffic injuries, is a step toward this goal. Every hour, 150 children between ages 0 and 19 are treated in emergency…
Read MoreLowest Traffic Fatalities for a November Since WWII
The following is a press release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Thanksgiving holiday period also was safer than past years Last month, 41 people died in 37 Wisconsin traffic crashes, which tied it with November 2008 as the safest month of November in terms of traffic deaths since World…
Read MoreTexting While Driving Ban Begins Today
Drivers can no longer send e-mails or text messages under a state law that takes effect today. Wisconsin joins 29 other states that have enacted a ban on texting while driving. The new Wisconsin law bans composing and sending electronic messages, but it does not ban reading text messages, dialing…
Read MoreSchool Boy Killed in Lake Geneva Car Accident
A nine-year-old boy, Carter Michael Dorwin, died in a car crash this morning in the “Como Flats” section of Highway H in the town of Lake Geneva. According to Police, Carters mother, Nicole, was taking her two sons to school in a family SUV. Nicole Dorwin told police that she…
Read MoreLafayette County Crash Kills Three
A two vehicle crash on Highway 11 in Lafayette County took the lives of two people and injured five others. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer on Highway 11 crossed the center line and collided head-on with a four-door sedan shortly after 2 a.m….
Read MoreChrysler Recalls Five Models Totaling 600,000 Vehicles
Chrysler Group LLC announced today a recall of nearly 600,000 vehicles due to safety concerns. The recall includes five different models and problems such as brake failure, fire hazards in doors and sticky accelerators. Doors that could catch fire, brakes that could fail and accelerators that could stick have caused…
Read MoreCrash Statistics for Older People
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration released a fact sheet on older people (65+) and motor vehicle crashes. These are some of the findings: Older people accounted for 15% of all traffic fatalities and 18% of all pedestrian fatalities. Older drivers make up 15 percent (31 million) of all licensed…
Read MoreWI Law Enforcement Receive Funds to Crackdown on Highway Speeders
Using federal funding for overtime enforcement, sheriff’s deputies and state troopers will be cracking down on speeding on heavily traveled highways in Wisconsin through September. Approximately $480,000 in federal funding, administered by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), will be used by county sheriff’s departments and the Wisconsin State Patrol…
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