Aug
25
Teen Driver Allegedly Falls Asleep, Crashes Into Minivan
August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A local Indiana media outlet is reporting that an 18-year-old man avoided serious injury despite being in a car-minivan accident westbound on the Indiana Toll Road. The accident occurred on Monday afternoon near the S.R. 19 overpass in Elkhart. The driver may have fallen asleep, according to the media report and perhaps as a result, [...]
Aug
25
Campus Safety Recommendations
August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In addition to kids in public school, parents in this back-to-school season also need to be mindful of the safety of their children who have left the nest to embark on the new college semester. This is especially true for incoming freshman moving in to a dormitory for the first time and who may [...]
Aug
11
Indiana Drunk Driving Accident Lawyers
August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
John P. Young represents Hoosiers, all over the state injured in drunk driving accidents. Mr. Young and his partners practice out of the Indianapolis law firm of Young and Young. We make it our business to travel the State in pursuit of the rights of our clients who have been injured or killed by [...]
Aug
9
Teenagers and cars can be risky business, even under the best of circumstances. But it’s perhaps the worst of circumstances, i.e., when alcohol is involved, that highway safety for all concerned could be most compromised. The inexperience of teenagers with the effects of alcohol, their fearless and/or reckless attitude towards real danger, and their [...]
Aug
4
Indiana Injury Lawyer
August 4, 2010 | Comments Off
John P. Young represents Hoosiers injured in collisions all over the state out of his Indianapolis law office. Mr. Young has been representing Hoosiers injured as a result of another’s negligence for more than 22 years. The firm, Young and Young, has been in business continuously for more than 56 years, since 1954. We represent [...]
Aug
3
Are You An Aggressive Driver?
August 3, 2010 | Comments Off
When you’re out on Indiana roads, have you ever been cut off, tailgated, or have someone swerve into your lane for no apparent reason? Or perhaps from time to time you’ve been an instigator of that kind of reckless driving.
We’ve all had experiences of one kind or another that could lead to a road accident. [...]
Jul
22
Drunk Driver Sentenced To Prison Stretch
July 22, 2010 | Comments Off
A state motorist recently became subject to the full legal consequences of his involvement in an alcohol-related fatal accident in Gary, Indiana. The motorist, a 41-year-old man from Portage, received a 14-year sentence, the maximum allowable under Indiana law, as a result of crossing the center line and crashing head-on into a car driven by [...]
Jul
1
Indiana Trooper In Near Fatal Accident During DUI Stop
July 1, 2010 | Comments Off
An officer with the Indiana state police miraculously avoided the fate that recently befell a trooper in Massachusetts who was killed by a drunk driver during a DUI traffic stop.
Indiana State Trooper Christopher Townsend had just arrested a man early Saturday morning on suspicion of DUI on I-65 northbound in Indianapolis when his cruiser was [...]
Jun
30
Motorcyclist Without Helmet Killed In Evansville
June 30, 2010 | Comments Off
As we’ve blogged previously, even though a helmet is unpopular with many motorcycle riders, it is an essential piece of safety equipment to perhaps avoid a serious road accident or to minimize the consequences of one. There is no cure for a brain injury other than avoidance. A brain injury can leave permanent life-altering damage [...]
Jun
25
Fatal Accident in Indianapolis; Alcohol May Have Played a Role
June 25, 2010 | Comments Off
Especially during the summer travel season, driving drunk and/or recklessly and not buckling up can sadly be a deadly combination. On Wednesday night, police say a motorist in a Ford Explorer ran a red light on the southside of Indianapolis and crashed into the front of a Chevy Tahoe. The motorist in the Ford was [...]
Jun
22
Indiana Injury Attorney on Negligent Driving
June 22, 2010 | Comments Off
John P. Young is your Indiana Injury Attorney. Practicing with the firm of Young and Young, in Indianapolis, Mr. Young has been working exclusively for injured Hoosiers for more than 22 years. Mr. Young represents Hoosiers seriously injured by the negligence of others. Negligence is the failure to act like a reasonable person. Examples include [...]
Jun
16
The “Fast and Furious" Results in Fatal Accident
June 16, 2010 | Comments Off
Add high-speed road racing to the risks to roadway safety in Indiana. Last week, a Greene County jury sentenced a man to four years in prison for aiding in the reckless homicide in the death of an Indiana motorcyclist. In May 2009, he and another man were allegedly racing each other side by side (one [...]


