Personal Injury Q and A

New York Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and Senator Daniel Squadron introduced a bill that would require eggs sold in the state of New York to be produced by chickens that have been vaccinated against salmonella.

Jeramy Abshire, 34, was killed in a car accident when his vehicle crashed head-on into a school bus full of children. According to a NBC 24 report, the fatal bus accident occurred the morning of October 15, 2010 on Gas Point Road in Cottonwood.

Juan Aguilar, 57, was injured in a San Francisco area car accident after his motorcycle was struck by an SUV. The Press Democrat reports that the injury motorcycle accident occurred on Highway 12 the morning of October 13, 2010.

A truck accident on the 605 Freeway in Long Beach the morning of September 30, 2010 resulted in serious injuries for four firefighters, The Press-Telegram reports. The injury collision occurred when a concrete pump truck rear-ended a fire engine, causing it to veer off the roadway and almost strike another fire engine that was stopped on the shoulder. All four injured firefighters were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

A man who was seriously injured in a car accident near Fresno has been identified as 32-year-old Joshua Plunk. The Porterville Recorder reports that Plunk was struck by a Honda Accord driven by 24-year-old Dustin Reed the night of September 27, 2010 at the intersection of Avenue 196 and Road 256 in Strathmore.

A child was injured in a bicycle accident in Petaluma after she was struck in a crosswalk by an elderly driver. A CBS News report states that the accident involving a 5-year-old girl occurred at the intersection of North McDowell Boulevard and Sunrise Parkway.

An elderly pedestrian was fatally injured in a Los Angeles car accident after he was hit by a vehicle the evening of September 17, 2010. According to a news report in The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the fatal pedestrian collision occurred on Slauson Avenue in Whittier.

A dump truck accident in Oakland triggered a chain reaction crash, which left four people injured the evening of September 8, 2010.

Two people sustained injuries in a Santa Ana car accident that involved four vehicles the morning of September 3, 2010. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury collision occurred on the southbound 55 Freeway near 4th Street.

A 57-year-old woman who was killed in an Orange County car accident the night of September 1, 2010, has been identified as Eloisa Aguilar. The Orange County Register reports that the fatal crash happened in the 2600 block of Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana, when a 19-year-old driver in a Toyota Scion ran a red light, lost control of his car, veered into the curb and struck Aguilar, who was walking on the sidewalk. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe speed and impairment may have been factors in this collision.