Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Early Treatment for Whiplash Injuries Improves Results

  Sach Oliver | April 02, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  After someone has been in a car accident, the chances are high they suffered a hyperextension/ hyperflexion injury or more commonly known as whiplash. Studies have shown the sooner the person seeks...

• Closed Head Injuries More Common than You Think

  Drew Dixon | March 05, 2008 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Open head injuries can be easily identified, but what happens if you have a closed head injury? Closed head injuries occur when there is trauma to the brain that does not result in a skull fracture. Because the injury does not cause a skull fracture, a closed head injury may go unnoticed and untreated for several days. Closed head injuries commonly occur during a car accident. During a wreck...

• Helpful Tips on Motorcycle Safety

  Drew Dixon | February 27, 2008 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Motorcycle dealers have seen a dramatic increase in the number of new motorcycle sales. With oil prices nearing $100 per barrel new unit sales of motorcycles have increased 24 percent since the last decade. In fact, new motorcycle sales annually top 1 million units. Unfortunately, with the increase in sales comes an increase in the number of motorcycle crashes and fatalities. According to...

• Tornado Bus Driver Likely Under the Influence

  Drew Dixon | January 07, 2008 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The investigation, into the November 25th, 2007, bus crash that left four dead, has lead authorities to believe that Tornado Bus Co. Inc. driver Felix Badillo Tapia was under the influence of amphetamines at the time of the accident. While it is unclear whether or not the amphetamines were prescription, police believe Tapia had acquired the amphetamines in Mexico. In addition to having found...

• Car Accident and Curvy Roads in Arkansas

  Drew Dixon | January 02, 2008 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There is a reason Arkansas adopted the state motto "The Natural State." Arkansas roads traverse hills and mountains which provide travelers opportunities to enjoy scenic views while driving to their destinations. However, with these hills and mountains come curvy roads that require drivers to pay particular attention to safety for themselves and others. Recently a Harrison man was killed and...

• Tornado Bus Accident is Truly a Bad Storm for Victims

  Sach Oliver | December 28, 2007 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The U.S. Department of Transportation found that the Tornado Bus Driver driving in the November 25th accident on I-40 near Forest City had been driving too many hours. Too many hours means the Tornado Bus Company disregarded the passengers' safety. Too many hours means Tornado Bus Company is responsible for four deaths from the accident. Companies like the Tornado Bus Company should be held...

• Connective Tissue Injury and the Trial Attorney

  Frank Bailey | December 19, 2007 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the past it was thought that connective tissue injuries resulting from a rear end collision did not ever heal. Now new evidence suggests that Chiropractic treatment combined with good nutrition can support healing in some cases.Often victims of rear end collisions have neck pain associated with headaches within the first few hours following a wreck. Allopathic physicians like those found in...

• TODDLER SURVIVES SIX-VEHICLE COLLISION IN ROGERS, AR

  Sach Oliver | December 18, 2007 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Friday, December 14, 2007, a six-vehicle wreck on South Eighth Street killed Jerred Dubose, 18, of Springdale and Melinda Yates, 18, of Lowell. Their son,18-month-old Bryson was airlifted to Arkansas Children's Hospital, where he was in critical condition. On Saturday, his condition was upgraded to fair. Three others were injured and taken to local hospitals in the wreck. Rogers police...

• Two Lowell Teenagers Killed in Six Vehicle Crash

  Ryan Scott | December 17, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two teenagers from Lowell, Arkansas were killed Friday morning and an 18 month old child had to be airlifted to the Arkanas Children's Hospital after a car accident that involved six vehicles in Rogers, Arkansas. Timothy Aaron Smith, 21, of Lowell, Arkansas veered into oncoming traffic, side swiping three vehicles, including a tractor-trailor, and forcing one vehicle off the road and into a...

• Truck Driver involved in two-vehicle accident

  Sach Oliver | December 13, 2007 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Thursday, December 6, 2007, Thor Baardsen, the truck driver from Oshkosh Wisconsin, stood beside an overturned vehicle that was involved in a two-vehicle accident on Old Missouri Road at the intersection of East Huntsville Avenue and Rockline Way in Springdale. No information was available regarding the status of the occupants of either vehicle.For more information on this subject, please...