Automobile Accidents

• Insurance Company pays "When Pigs Fly"

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2006 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A jury in Boulder, CO, recently hit American Family Insurance with a $3 million verdict over the company's refusal to pay valid insurance claims. The jury heard testimony from former American Family Insurance employees that the company made a habit of intentionally and willfully denying claims of motorists injured in car accidents to save money. While the company continues to deny any...

• Insurance companies undervaluing "totalled" cars?

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  There's a great article on Insure.com about the way in which many insurance companies decide just how much your "totalled" car is worth. Disclosures in recent litigation have revealed that (gasp) many insurance companies tend to stray away from the standard Kelly Blue Book and instead use value databases that result in much lower car values. Apparently, to the shock of...well, no one, this is...

• Caldwell Teen Killed In Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | February 23, 2009 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A teenager was found dead yesterday morning in a car crash that occurred the night before in Payette, Idaho State Police said. Police responded to a call at 7:45 a.m. Friday at Sand Hollow Road...

• Man Dies in Elmore County Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 09, 2007 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A 58-year-old man from Castleford died in a car accident on Interstate 84 in Elmore County on Tuesday. The two passengers in the car were hurt and taken to a hospital in Boise for treatment. There were no other vehicles involved in the accident. Witnesses told deputies they saw the vehicle drive on to the left shoulder of the interstate and then roll several times in the median. The driver...

• Galena Summit Car Accident Injures Two People

  Shannon Weidemann | August 15, 2007 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A single-car accident caused a Chevy pickup truck to catch on fire and injure two people. The car accident happened on the north side of Galena Summit on Highway 75. Elle said the victims, who were traveling south back to Ketchum, were making a "sweeping left-hand turn" when they slid across the road into a rock wall about a mile north of the summit. Passersby helped the victims out of the...

• Wise Sentenced In Car Accident That Killed Two

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  Cheryl Wise received two fifteen-year sentences for two counts of vehicular manslaughter in a Hailey courtroom last Friday. Last July, after drinking six beers, Wise swerved into oncoming traffic where she crashed into a Suburban carrying seven passengers. Two were killed in the accident while the other five suffered minor injuries.According to MagicValley.com:It was later reported that Wise...

• Boise School Bus Hits Car

  Shannon Weidemann | June 01, 2007 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A schoolbus in Boise, that was full of children, hit a car early yesterday morning. None of the children were injured, but were checked out at a local hospital. The driver of the car was injured and taken to the hospital. The car accident happened on McMillan Road. Meridian Police say it appears the driver of the Camaro crossed the center line and struck the bus. No charges have been...

• Driver Hits Teenage in Boise and Flees the Scene

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A 15-year-old teenage boy was hit by a car in downtown Boise Friday night. The 19-year-old driver of the car did not stop and sped away. The accident left the teenager in a coma all weekend. The driver of the car was later arrested at her home. Prosecutors say Silva hit Aaron while driving faster than the posted speed limit on Front Street. A witness saw a vehicle going about 45-50 miles per...

• High Speed Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | January 21, 2007 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A man was killed when the car he was driving was hit by another vehicle, while he was attempting to cross an intersection.The accident happened at Columbia and Meridian (Highway 69) roads. A man was driving a red Honda that was hit on the driver's side in a direct impact by a Dodge Durango. The force of the impact caused the car to fly a couple hundred feet into a cornfield. The unidentified...

• Car Accident Injures Hailey Man

  Shannon Weidemann | July 11, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A 59-year-old man driving his Jeep west of Hailey was involved in a single car accident. The accident was on Croy Creek Road on Monday night. The driver was thrown from the vehicle. The vicitim was found lying in the middle of the road just east of the Wood River Animal Shelter about a mile and a half out Croy Creek Canyon. Paramedics and the Blaine County Sheriff's Office were dispatched...