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Just a horrible story appeared in today's paper about two Hope college students that were killed in a Muskegon Michigan car accident the other day. The passenger, a 19 year old woman from Sioux City, Iowa, and her boyfriend both died from injuries in the accident. Apparently the driver missed a stop sign and was struck by an oncoming vehicle.Even though the passenger was not a Michigan...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
August 09, 2007 8:39 AM

A terrible Detroit Michigan car accident resulted in the deaths of two young men and seriously injured two others yesterday. Both the injured and deceased passengers were in a stolen vehicle that lost control and hit three parked cars. None were wearing seatbelts and they were ejected from the vehicle.We read alot about the importance of wearing seatbelts and all too often injuries could be...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
August 03, 2007 10:54 AM

We often hear about car and motorcycle accidents, but bicycle accidents also occur frequently during the summer months. Many motorists simply ignore the rights of bike riders or simply are not paying attention to people on bikes. There was a recent Michigan bicycle accident in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A biker was struck by a car and taken to the emergency room for treatment for head trauma and...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
August 02, 2007 11:23 AM

Many of you have already seen the video, photographs, and read the accounts of the horrific Minneapolis bridge collapse yesterday afternoon. As many as thirty people are missing and several have been reported as dead as a result of this tragedy. The accounts of the survivors describe the deadly and frightening event. The bridge was under construction at the time and the precise reasons for...

Our firm handles a number of serious Michigan car accident cases involving drunk and intoxicated drivers. I read today a story about an underage teenager who was hospitalized with injuries after a Michigan drunk driving accident. The teenager apparently took her parents vehicle without their knowledge and ended up on its rook after hitting a tree.In many drunk driving cases, we file lawsuits...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 23, 2007 7:06 AM

Last weekend saw two tragic and deadly Detroit Michigan car accidents. The first one occurred when a car carrying three teenagers on Detroit's east side struck a piece of construction equipment on the roadside, causing the vehicle to flip over and catch on fire. All three passengers were burned in the accident and police have been unable to identify their remains. The second accident occurred...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 22, 2007 8:27 AM

I have been blogging recently on the high number of Detroit, Michigan motorcycle accidents this summer. Most of them have been due to other motorists and truck drivers driving carelessly and injuring or killing a motorcyclist. Today a story appeared in the newspaper about 32 year old Harrison Township man who died after his motorcycle struck the rear of a car. Police estimate that the...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 20, 2007 8:17 AM

A very sad story appeared in the local paper yesterday about a Michigan motorcycle accident death. An avid motorcyclist was tragically killed by a motorist trying to flee the police in Canton Township, Michigan. The accident victim, Anthony Salvatore Quasarano, was described as a kind man with a passion for motorcycles, and his friends admired him for his easygoing nature and big smile. He...

Michigan car insurance companies are trying to pull a fast one on consumers by proposing that consumers can save money on their Michigan No-Fault Insurance premiums by choosing to limit their medical payment benefits. Under the current Michigan No-Fault law, persons injured in motor vehicle accidents can receive unlimited medical benefits for their lifetime. In serious and catastrophic injury...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 19, 2007 8:15 AM

Tragedy strikes again in a Detroit Michigan car accident. A 55-year-old woman riding in a wheelchair on Detroit's west side is killed by teenage suspects in a stolen vehicle. The suspected car thieves thought they could escape police. However, Detroit police tracked them down and the teens are now under arrest and could now face murder changes. In rare circumstances, the driver of a vehicle...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 17, 2007 10:03 AM

Another terrible death reported in an Ann Arbor Michigan motorcycle accident last weekend. The 46-year-old motorcyclist from Romulus was killed when he was rear-ended by another vehicle. Incredibly, the other vehicle was being followed by police at the time for a hit and run accident that had occurred shortly before the motorcycle accident. The driver of the car could be facing charges such...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 12, 2007 8:39 AM

Seems like there have been a great number of hit and run accidents this summer in Detroit car accidents this summer. A 36-year-old Plymouth man suffered a severely broken leg and cuts after being struck by a blue minivan while trying to cross the eastbound Interstate 96 express lanes Monday evening. The man ran out of gas and was trying to cross the highway when he was struck. The minivan...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
July 03, 2007 8:53 AM

A 67 year old man was killed in a Michigan car accident when a hit and run driver struck him as he attempted to cross a Port Huron street in his motorized wheelchair. The man died after being transported to the University of Michigan Hospital. Incredibly, the person responsible for the death fled the scene of the accident. Police believe that they know the identity of the driver and are...

I read a tragic story of a Michigan motorcycle accident in which a 65-year-old Michigan State University employee was hit by a motorcycle Friday while walking on campus. Evelone "Lonnie" Herman, who works at MSU's Eli Broad College of Business, was in a marked crosswalk, crossing North Shaw Lane about 8:15 p.m., when the motorcycle struck her, police said. She is still on a ventilator at...

Posted by Larry Buckfire |
June 28, 2007 4:26 PM

A 43-year-old Belleville man died in a Michigan motorcycle crash Monday night on the exit ramp from northbound I-275 to Ecorse Road in Belleville, In a preliminary investigation, police determined the accident happened around 9:35 p.m. and didn't involve other vehicles. The man lost control of the motorcycle as he was exiting the freeway at a high rate of speed, police said. As he tried to...

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