Motor Vehicle Accidents | InjuryBoard Oklahoma City

In a sad story, Newsok.com is reporting that two Chouteau women died Friday when a teenager ran a stop sign and slammed into the car in which they were riding, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Betty Day Ashley, 61, and Joana K. Hanna, 54, died at the scene of the wreck, which occurred about 3:25 p.m. about two miles southwest of Bartlesville on a Washington County road.Troopers said...

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I know as attorneys I tend to sometimes get numb to different accidents and the horrific injuries and sometimes death I see. That said, I am always a father, husband and family man first and attorney second. I don't know how a person could survive any other way. Considering the above, I hate to report that two children were hurt in car wreck in Durant Oklahoma. The car accident involved...

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The Purcell Register is reporting that a Texas man remained in critical condition Tuesday after the semi he was driving left the interstate and landed on state Highway 74 (Grant Street) in Purcell. This is a horrible accident that shows the devastation a semi can cause in an accident. Our prayers go out to the families of those effecting by this trucking accident. I've posted the story...

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Here is an interesting legal secret that I have done for clients. In Oklahoma, you can make your uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier pay first in a car wreck or trucking wreck. This is often faster than dealing with the negligent parties insurance and can at times pay more since your UM carrier has a good faith duty to you, its insured.36 Okla. Stat. § 3636 specifically states that "for...

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I'm about to make a confession. I am a huge baseball fan. Even worse, I'm a Texas Ranger baseball fan. So while looking over what this season is going to be like, I noticed that one of my favorte players was involved in a car wreck. Dallasnews.com is reporting that third baseman Hank Blalock's car was rear ended March 3 as he came home from lunch (at Chuck E. Cheese) with his wife and one of...

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Newsok.com is reporting that two Norman firefighters are recovering after their engine rolled over north of Little Axe early this morning (Tuesday) while responding to another rollover accident. The engine was responding to an accident at 156th Avenue NE and Nelson Road just after 5:30 a.m. when it slid onto the soft shoulder of the road near 156th Avenue NE and American Legion Road. The engine...

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I just saw this blog by fellow injuryboad blogger Jamie G. Goldstein for Chicago where State Farm's practice of hiring supposed independent medical examiners is being exposed in New York . I wanted to alert any reader to the post and lawsuit against State Farm as it is an example of what we face in Oklahoma all the times with these supposed 'independent medical examiners." In her blog, she...

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I just read a press release by Democrat Oklahoma State Senator Debbie Leftwitch on her bill to create stiffer penalties for unlicensed drivers causing injury/fatality accidents. The bill was approved by the full Senate. I want to give her kudos for doing the right thing. I wanted to add that in most circumstances these drivers do not carry insurance either, thus harming the injured and/or...

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Before I get to the headline of this blog, I would like to give an explanation of how I found it. See, I'm a sports nut. I play fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball, fantasy football, fantasy golf and probably every NCAA tournament braacket you could imagine. I've always played sports from the youngest age through college and into my adult life I have started playing softball (yes I can...

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I know this is not hard hitting news, but after growing watching Gilligan's Island, I had to post this from Yahoo News. Dawn Wells who played Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving.Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts -- driving under the influence,...

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According to newsok.com a Chickasha man died in a two-vehicle accident in Blaine County. Per the authorities, the now deceased Leon Smith was driving a tractor-trailer loaded with hay bales south on State Highway 8, about four miles south of Hitchcok, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Smith tried to negotiate a curve at a high rate of speed when the tractor-trailer rolled on its side,...

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Fox 23 News in Tulsa is reporting that say just before midnight 53-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk near 5th and Lewis. That's when police say a driver went up on the sidewalk, hitting him from behind. The man died at the scene.The driver was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police are now waiting for toxicology reports to see if the driver had been drinking.

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I've become more and more fascinated with people who drive distracted. Whether text messaging, talking on a cell phone, doing makeup, shaving with an electric razor, styling hair, watching a movie, writing a grocery list, or putting in contact lenses: These activities have become common place on the America Road. Simply, with technology and are busy lives coming into one, more and more...

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Being the father of a girl who will be going to her first prom this year and a trial lawyer, I have to admit that I'm paranoid. I'm paranoid about her behaviour because she is a great child. What I'm concerned about is the other chiildren attending these events and the statistics about car wrecks that come with the prom. Studies show that alcohol related crashes kill more people from the ages...

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I wanted to follow up on the trucking accident that killed a family of 4 from Joplin, Missouri. Azcentral.com is reporting that police are recommending that the truck driver be charged with 4 counts of negligent homicide. If you recall, the accident happened in Pryor Oklahoma where the truck driver negligently rear-ended the family of 4 at a stop light.This sad story once again reiterates the...

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