Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Anchorage

Lacey McDaniel was on the job as a road construction flagger earlier this week when she was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver. She is lucky to be alive. Authorities have since found and...

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Don Setters of Eagle River was heading home on the Seward Highway near Summit Lake July 3rd, when he crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle operated by JoeAnna Hoogland of Chugiak....

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It was the fourth of July and they were only two miles from their destination. But they car they were in left the road and rolled. Dead are three 21-year-olds; William Bradley, Nathan Pollard and...

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Minutes after she turned 49, Maidie Maillelle climbed into her pickup truck. She was too drunk to drive. Her daughter, Tammy Maillelle, tried to stop her, but Maidie ran her down. The incident...

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At 17, Jeffrey Morgan likely thought he would live forever. But his life and dreams were stolen from him last Tuesday night. At mile 95 of the Seward Highway, the 15 year old driver of the vehicle...

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3/9/08 at 8:30 p.m. witnesses reported that Marie Niemeic was westbound in the eastbound lanes of O'Maley Road between the Old Seward Highway and C street. The head on collision she caused with Ashley Goldman left Goldman seriously injured and Niemeic dead. Goldman will need a good attorney to help her through the legal maize.Unless Niemeic's insurance company voluntarily pays its liability...

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Allan Chase Sr., 71, His wife Sophia, 68, and their granddaughter, Melissa Pike, 16, all died of their serious injuries suffered in a three-car crash, about a mile north of the Parks Highway intersection, Saturday. The crash was caused by Joshua Swigart, 26, of Anchorage, who, like his passenger, was uninjured. Swigart's pickup crossed the center line and sideswiped the Chase vehicle, causing...

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David Chapman, 43, was northbound on the Sterling Highway near mile 85 when his vehicle fishtailed on the icy road when he attempted to stop for a vehicle in front of him turning west. He slid into the oncoming lane and was hit by a southbound tractor trailer. Chapman was pronounced dead at the scene. Unless the turning vehicle stopped abruptly and without warning, there is little Chapman's...

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Just before 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Kathryn Gilgus was Northbound on the Knik-Goose Bay Road. She lost control on an icy curve and was hit head on by a vehicle driven by Richard Tingstad of Wasilla. Gilgus died of her injuries. If Tingstad was seriously injured, he could use the help of an experienced personal injury attorney. He could claim the limits of Gilgus' liability coverage. If he...

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Late Saturday night Ashley Falgout, 63, was driving Northbound on the Kenai Spur Highway close to its intersection with Thunder Road. 46 year old Frances Yost was driving Southbound, crossed the center line and caused a crash that killed Falgout and sent Yost and her 16 year old female passenger to the hospital.Falgout's survivors have a wrongful death claim against Yost that can be asserted by...

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Trent Knutson is alleged to have been over three times the legal alcohol limit when he drove through a red light Friday night at 36th and A in Anchorage. The resulting crash put the other driver, Jack Body, in the hospital and took the life of Body's passenger, Timothy Oates, of Fairbanks. Knutson faces DUI, first degree assault and second degree murder charges. But his conviction won't be...

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Anchorage alone has had 12 traffic deaths this year where alcohol or drugs contributed. Alcohol and drug related deaths comprise 76% of total traffic deaths for the year. The figures haven't been that bad in a decade. If you or a loved one is the victim of a drunk or drugged up driver, hire a good personal injury attorney as soon as possible. You may have special rights against impaired...

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The driver, Robert Elliott, 39, of a "Ketchikan Duck Tour" vehicle won't be criminally charged as a result of a pedestrian collision that took the life of Californian, Myong S. Thayer last summer. Thayer stepped in front of the vehicle while it was stopped on the dock. She was standing in its blind spot. She died at the scene of the serious injuries she sustained when the vehicle was moved...

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A man driving the wrong way down an interstate collided with another vehicle killing five people, including himself on Sunday, October 28. The tragic car accident shut down all lanes of Interstate 290 for over three hours."A man was driving a Volvo westbound in the eastbound lanes when he collided head-on with a BMW carrying four people. The BMW then burst into flames -- almost an explosion....

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Denise Zehrung crossed the center line of the Palmer/Wasilla highway at mile 6.5. The head-on collision she caused took her life, and sent the other driver to the hospital with serious injuries. Both vehicles were total losses.Often there isn't enough liability insurance to take care of the injury caused by negligent driving. The survivor will likely have to look to her own underinsured...

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