Category: traffic accidents

Risks of Car Crashes Higher in Unvaccinated, Says Government-Funded Study

January 16, 2023
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Your risks of getting into a traffic crash are significantly higher if you’re hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19, says a government-funded study released in December. “Vaccine hesitancy is a reflection of psychology that might also contribute to traffic safety,” it says, concluding that “An awareness of these risks might help to encourage more COVID…

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Roadside Memorials Help Bring Closure, But Laws Differ From State to State

December 23, 2021
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The last five words Traci Haupert of Peru, Indiana would ever say to her daughter Taylour Sparks were, “Be safe. I love you.” On that clear spring morning of May 5, 2018, Sparks, who was just 25 years old, was a passenger on her boyfriend’s motorcycle as the two went rolling along on US Route…

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Back-to-Back Motorcycle Fatalities Result from Speeding

April 19, 2021
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Police say two speeding motorcyclists died April 17 in unrelated accidents. One crash happened in Fullerton when Francisco Sandoval, 32, of La Mirada crashed his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle into a wall at the intersection of Euclid Street and Rosecrans Avenue. Responding officers found Sandoval with life-threating injuries, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier that…

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