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Personal Injury and Automobile Accidents
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- Will VDOT approve raising the speed limit to 70mph more Virginia roads?
- Driver, cyclist killed in Fairfax crash
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Norfolk VA car & bicycle accident leaves cyclist injured
Posted on 7/29/2010
Virginia Beach police officer, civilian taken to hospital after crash
Posted on 7/27/2010
Virginia Beach car wreck kills one and injures three others
Posted on 7/27/2010
Tidewater motorists, get ready for a new seat belt law
Posted on 6/30/2010
Windsor woman dies in tragic car wreck on Rt. 258
Posted on 6/29/2010
Pickup truck wreck injures three in Suffolk
Posted on 6/29/2010
Homeless man killed by dump truck accident at Virginia Beach
Posted on 6/29/2010
Fatal Car Crash in Norfolk on I-64 Blamed on Speed & Weather
Posted on 5/31/2010
Virginia Beach man killed in serious auto wreck on I-264
Posted on 5/28/2010
Three men thrown from car in fatal crash
Posted on 5/20/2010
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Personal Injury and Automobile Accidents
- Virginia Crash Victims: What You Need to Know About Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- What three mistakes could WRECK your Virginia auto accident claim?
- Virginia motorists: What does the MOVE OVER law mean for you?
- Study of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake schools asks: does more sleep for teens mean fewer car crashes?
- How a Virginia Auto Accident Attorney Can Make a BIG Difference In Your Case
Suit Filed in Wrong-Way Crash That Left Eight Dead
Posted on Dec 14, 2009
This summer, eight people died after a minivan traveled the wrong-way on the Taconic State Parkway in New York. Diane Schuler, 36, was driving a minivan carrying her five-year-old son, her two-year old daughter, and their three cousins. She headed onto the parkway by entering an exit ramp; she continued to drive the wrong way for 1.7 miles as oncoming cars swerved to avoid her. Eventually, a SUV collided with the minivan; Michael Bastardi, his son Guy, and family friend Daniel Longo all died in the wreck. Diane Schuler and four of the children she was carrying also died; the only survivor was Schuler’s five-year-old son, who is still recovering. After hitting the SUV, the minivan flew out of control and hit another SUV, the driver and passenger of which received minor injuries. Investigators found a shattered vodka bottle on the floor of the minivan, and said that Schuler had the equivalent of ten shots of liquor in her system and was high on marijuana.
The Bastardi family has now filed a lawsuit in the State Supreme Court in Westchester County against the estate of Diane Schuler. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for what it refers to as “wanton, willful and reckless” conduct on the part of Ms. Schuler.
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