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No one likes to think about deadly car crashes. But they happen every day in the state of Tennessee. In 2016, 1,036 people died as a result of a car accident (962 in 2015). In most of those cases, someone was at fault. If you are at fault in an accident and someone was [...]

One of the first things you should do after being in a car accident is to notify the police. The officers need to write up a police report as soon as possible, therefore it’s important you get them to the scene quickly, regardless of the severity of the accident. For more [...]

Fault is a complicated issue when it comes to car wrecks. Most accidents are, well, accidental. However, there is often an issue of negligence that determines who is at fault in an accident.

Driving while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most serious crimes of which someone can be accused, and with good reason. Consuming alcohol before operating a vehicle is nearly guaranteed to impair your ability to operate the vehicle and thus much more likely to put [...]

Drunk driving is a serious criminal offense, and police understandably exert a great deal of care to catch drunk drivers before it is too late. There is very good reason that such legal measures are taken to deter and eliminate drunk drivers: they are dangerous. The simple fact [...]

Many Tennessee residents have likely seen news reports about a multi-vehicle accident in Georgia that resulted in five deaths. The fatal accident occurred on April 22 when seven vehicles crashed near Savannah on Interstate 16. In addition to the fatalities, two people were [...]

Tennessee Highway Patrol report that the chief of the Lewisburg Police Department was injured in a two-car collision during the early morning hours of April 18. Officials do not suspect that drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.