Automobile Accidents

• High School Student Killed in Wreck

  Ryan Scott | October 31, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Kurry L. Tindel, 18, of Brookland was killed in an accident about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, October 29, near the intersection of U.S. 49 and Jewel Drive when an F-150 truck crossed the centerline and stuck the vehicle driven by his mother Susan Tindel.Ryan Stevens, 25, of Jonesboro, was driving his 1983 Ford F-150 truck south on U.S. 49 when he crossed the centerline and struck a 2000 Chrysler...

• School Bus Accident in Valley View

  Shannon Weidemann | October 15, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  A school bus from Valley View was hit by a car on Thursday morning. The school bus accident happend in Jonesboro. The bus had 35 students on it. There were no seat belts on the bus. The accident occured at approximately 7:20 a.m. at or near the intersection of Craighead County Road 403 and Lawson Road, behind the old Walker's Catfish building, when the bus was struck by a car driven by a...

• Underride: An Unknown Danger

  Paul Ford | January 16, 2009 12:16 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  As we drive the highways of our state and nation, we come into contact over and over again with a great danger....vehicle underride. I am referring to the danger posed by tractor-trailers by the...

• Can I Afford To Have An Attorney Represent Me?

  Frank Bailey | July 28, 2008 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Attorney’s contingent fee agreements have recently been under attack by large multinational corporations and the insurance industry. It is important that victims of personal injury understand why an...

• Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mis

  Frank Bailey | May 10, 2008 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Cell-phones are everywhere. It is common practice now for lawyers to ask about cell-phone use during an accident. Studies overwhelmingly show that talking on a cell-phone while driving increases...

• Cell-Phone Use While Driving

  Frank Bailey | May 02, 2008 4:27 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  Cell-Phones can kill. I am not talking about the possible risk of cancer. I am talking about the use of a cell-phone while driving a vehicle. In a recent case filed in Fulton County Georgia an...

• Tornado Bus Line Wreck-Justice Makes a Beginning

  Jeanie Oliver | January 04, 2008 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  The passengers and families of the dead in the November Tornado Bus Line wreck can begin to hope for justice. Information was released yesterday, January 3, 2008, that announced that the driver of the bus, Felix B. Tapia was being charged with four counts of negligent homocide.Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division were granted a warrant for the driver when...

• Life Lost in Motorcycle Wreck in Northeast Arkansas

  Sach Oliver | October 30, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  Hurshel Bentley, 57, was killed in a wreck in Fulton County on October 21. Mr. Bentley died when he lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 62-412 west of Salem. His 2005 Suzuki crossed the center line while attempting to negotiate a curve, hitting another vehicle in the opposite lane head on.At the point of impact, Bentley was thrown from his motorcycle into the west bound lane at which...

• Two-Car Wreck in Fulton County

  Sach Oliver | October 30, 2007 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  A two-car collision occurred at the intersection of Highways 9 and 62 on October 18 in Salem, Arkansas. Melissa K. Stewart, 18, of Salem and Rodney D. Cope of, 31, of Jonesboro were traveling in opposite lanes on Highway 62 when the wreck took place.Salem Police Chief Albert Roork commented that Stewart was traveling east on Highway 62 and attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Highway 9N. ...

• Are Hands-Free Better Than Hand-Held Cell Phones In Preventing Accidents

  Frank Bailey | June 15, 2008 1:11 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  Most people agree that cell phone use increases the risk of accidents. But, is there a difference between hands-free and hand-held? In a recent study, a branch of the Brookings Institute found...