Car Accidents

April 21, 2018

What to Know About Whiplash Claims (Part 2)

If you file a Boston personal injury lawsuit, the amount you will receive in an award or settlement depends on many factors. Mainly, it depends on the financial damaged you incurred, the non-financial damages, and your liability for the accident.

Financial

Financial damages are legally called “economic damages”. They are are accident-related costs that you can easily compute. This means items such as medical costs, lost earnings, and the lost earning potential are all types of economic damage. An award is designed to reimburse you for financial expenses that you would not have had if the collision never happened.

April 21, 2018

What to Know About Whiplash Claims (Part 1)

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Car collisions are an everyday occurrence in Boston. Victims in car accidents can sustain a variety of injuries.

Whiplash is perhaps the most well-known, and often occurring injury in a car accident in Boston.

Although common, whiplash is grossly misunderstood. Whiplash is specifically an injury to the neck from intense, quick back-and-forth movement of the neck. The term whiplash comes from the movement that creates the injury. This type of action can cause severe injury to the neck and spine.

April 21, 2018

Car Crash Closes Route 28

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

This morning, at about 10:30 a.m., Route 28 Southbound was shut down due to a car accident.

The portion of the highway near MacArthur Blvd to Otis Rotary in Bourne, was closed off.

The highway was reopened several hours later. However, another lane remained close for repairs to a pole.

April 21, 2018

Two Hit-and-Run Accidents in Danvers on Thursday

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Danvers police logs released today indicate that there were two similar accidents in the evening on Thursday, April 19.

An officer was dispatched to 466 Newbury St., at approximately 6:50 p.m., for a hit-and-run accident. There were no further details on the extent of damages, or cause.

Officers were also dispatched to Andover Street, at around 8:30 p.m., for another hit-and-run accident. No further details were provided.

April 21, 2018

Hit-and-Run Accident Under Investigation in Beverly

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

The Beverly police logs released today reveal that an accident occurred yesterday, on April 20.

Police reported to 8 Bow Street at about 1:30 p.m.

While there, they discovered a hit-and-run accident scene with damage.

A witness spoke to authorities, however no further details have been released publicly.

April 21, 2018

Salem Car Accident Caused by Falling Debris from Truck

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Yesterday, Friday, April 20, law enforcement officers reported to the area of Highland Avenue and Freeman Road, at approximately 10:35 a.m., in Salem.

The cause for the dispatch was a report of accidental vehicle damage. A female was driving southbound on Highland Avenue when a piece of plywood flew off of the back of a truck driving in front of her. The plywood hit her 2011 Toyota on the driver’s side of the bumper and puncturing her left-rear tire.

The driver of the truck remained at the scene and provided information. The plywood was removed from the road.

Police gave him a citation for the unsecured plywood. The 2011 Toyota was removed from the scene by a tow truck.

April 21, 2018

Katherine Ibanez Speaks About Being Impaled in Car Crash

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Thirty-one-year-old Katherine Ibanez was driving her car in Attleboro earlier this month, when she suddenly jerked her car to avoid hitting another car.

In Ibanez’ own words today, we learned:

“My car just spun all the way around. And then when I looked down, I had a pole stuck right here, [chest]”

The foot-long pole crashed through her windshield and into her arm, chest and back. Her lung was punctured in the collision. The pole caused extensive damage throughout her body, but sparing her main artery.

Ibanez was admitted for nine days in the hospital and her medical procedures are not over. She has already had numerous blood transfusions and surgeries, with more to come.

April 21, 2018

Terri Degennaro of Brockton Identified as Woman Who Died Hours After Gas Depot Crash (Update)

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Today the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office has released more information on the woman who died several hours after the Thursday morning Brockton Gas Depot car crash.

She has been identified as Terri Degennaro, a 54-year-old resident of Brockton. After the accident she declined medical treatment at the scene, and declined transport to a hospital. She was assessed at the scene by first responders, however later in the day she did arrive at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital seeking help with injuries. She was ultimately transported to Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She ultimately died there.

On the Thursday morning Degennaro was driving east on Perkins Street at almost 10:30 a.m., and it was at that time that the black GMC Yukon crashed into her vehicle. The accident occurred at the intersection on Main Street. The Yukon continued to barrel down the road, into the Gas Depot and onto another vehicle, before coming to rest.

April 21, 2018

Head-On Collision in Wilmington Under Investigation

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

An inquiry continued into the two-car head-on crash in Wilmington, Massachusetts, which caused injuries to both motorists.

Reports from law enforcement indicate that the accident happened at Hopkins Street at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

There were no other occupants in the vehicles.

One driver was a man who suffered serious injuries, and the other driver was a woman whose injuries were not as severe. Both were transported to the hospital.

The cause behind the incident is unknown at this time.

April 21, 2018

Driver Loses Control of Vehicle in Attleboro, Sustains Injuries

by Jeffrey S. Glassman

Law enforcement officers report today, that a man in his 30s was transported to a hospital after suffering harm in a car accident in Attleboro.

The accident occurred when he lost control of the Jeep on Highland Avenue at approximately 9:00 p.m. on Friday.

The vehicle also suffered injury.

The accident is being investigated by police.

There is no further information on whether another vehicle was involved.