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What Is A Car Accident?
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Car accidents are
collisions between automobiles and other objects or
other automobiles. Car or traffic accidents
can cause personal injury or death and property
damage. Every year car
accidents in the
U.S. alone cause tens of thousands of deaths,
millions of injuries and hundreds of billions of
dollars in property damage. Nearly every one of us will be involved in at least
one car accident within our lifetime. State
laws generally require that the driver(s) involved
in a traffic accident report the accident to the
police if anyone is injured or if there is property
damage over a certain dollar amount. All
states require that automobile drivers carry a
prescribed minimum amount of accident insurance to
cover medical and property damage costs.
When involved in a car accident,
immediately check yourself for injuries and others
for injuries. If there are serious injuries or
more than minor property damage, medical help and
the police should be summoned. Automobiles
involved in an accident are at risk of catching fire
due to the possibility of leaking fuel and should be
evacuated if at all possible. Move to a
location off the roadway to avoid being struck by
another passing automobile. Try not to move any
passenger complaining of back or neck injury.
Carjackers and worse have learned
that they can get people out of their vehicle by
creating a minor traffic accident. If it
appears that your car has been struck intentionally
by another automobile, drive to a nearby well
populated area such as a busy store parking lot
before exiting the vehicle. Police should be
summoned immediately when there is a car accident.
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Car Accident News
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• Blazers Insider: Car Accident Doesnapost Prevent LaMarcus Aldridge From Playi...
OregonLive.comBlazers Insider: Car accident doesn39t prevent LaMarcus Aldridge from playing OregonLive.comquotBut after last year, it39s kind of hard to believe it. But I feel like I should have George Karl39s vote now.quot But maybe he should start believing. After all, not even a car accident can wreck his night these days. Trail Blazers vs . Nuggets.and more raquo
• State Police: 1 Dead In Singlecar Accident Chicago Tribune
State police: 1 dead in single car accidentChicago TribuneA Chicago man died and one other person was injured in a single car crash about 2:30 am Sunday on Interstate 290, according to authorities. The accident happened on the ramp to Austin Boulevard from the Eisenhower Expressway, Illinois state police said and more raquo
• New Car Accident App Accelerates Insurance Claims Independent Online
Independent OnlineNew car accident app accelerates insurance claimsIndependent OnlineBy Angelique Arde Discovery Insure has launched a free Blackberry application app that enables its policyholders to use their phones to lodge car accident claims. To date more than 1 300 policyholders have already downloaded the app,
• Phoenix Car Accident Kills 1, Injures 2 Tucson Citizen
Tucson CitizenPhoenix car accident kills 1, injures 2Tucson Citizen04, 2012, under Arizona Republic News One person was killed and two people were in critical condition following a car accident near the Loop 101 freeway and Indian School Road in west Phoenix, officials said. Capt. Scott McDonald, a spokesman for the and more raquo
• Car Accident Kills 1, Injures 2 Iowa City Press Citizen
KCRGCar accident kills 1, injures 2Iowa City Press CitizenOne person was killed and two were injured Saturday in a rollover accident southwest of Tiffin. Mickey Murray, 47 of Wellman, was driving northbound on Ivy Avenue at about noon when he lost control of the vehicle, entered the ditch near the Wellman man killed in Clear Creek crashEastern Iowa News Nowall 3 news articles raquo
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