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Drunk Driving Death Threat Rises March 17
14, March 2009
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has announced its plan for extra DWI patrols on St. Patrick’s Day to reduce the threat of drunk driving death and injury. Statewide on St. Patrick’s Day, alcohol-related crashes accounted for seven of 12 traffic deaths and another 13 serious injuries from 2005-2007, according to the Minnesota Department of [...]
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Hit-and-Run Victim Has Brain Injuries
8, March 2009
Police are investigating several leads that tipsters have offered in the brutal hit-and-run accident in Apple Valley Friday night that left a 26-year-old woman with traumatic brain injuries. Joan LeVasseur, 26, of Apple Valley, was walking to Cub Foods a little after 9 p.m. when a large neutral-color vehicle ran into her in the crosswalk at [...]
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Woman Badly Injured in Hit-And-Run
7, March 2009
Apple Valley Police Department officials are looking for help in solving a hit-and-run car accident that seriously injured a 26-year-old pedestrian. Police told the Star Tribune that the woman was walking across Cedar Avenue at 153rd Street when she was struck by an unidentified vehicle, possibly a tan-colored van. That accident happened about 9:11 p.m. [...]
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Special DWI Enforcement Plan
2, March 2009
The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety will fund special DWI enforcement efforts in five counties this year as part of a heightened enforcement effort to curtail drunken driving in counties with a history of alcohol-related crashes. The five counties are Ramsey, Rice, St. Louis, Sherburne and Stearns. According to the Winter 2009 newsletter of the Office [...]
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Minnesota Fatal Accidents Down in 2008
1, March 2009
The full report is still a work in progress, but the Minnesota Department of Transportation has released the preliminary traffic death toll for 2008 — 441. Even if the final count rises to 450, as some officials expect, it would be the lowest number of traffic deaths on record in a single year for Minnesota [...]
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Many U.S. Cars Driven on “Bald” Tires
28, February 2009
The original research was done in 2001, but nothing since has contradicted government findings that a significant number of American motorists are driving on bald or improperly inflated tires Absence of tire tread and low tire pressure are factors that can contribute to Minnesota car accident injuries and deaths. If you are involved in an injury [...]
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More Effort Needed to Curtail Fatal Accidents
26, February 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week said significant progress has been made to reduce motor vehicle injuries, but additional efforts are needed to reduce the number of deaths attributed to motor vehicles. The CDC said the current national average motor vehicle death rate is well above the Healthy People 2010 objective. The [...]
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What is Minnesota No-Fault Law?
19, February 2009
Under Minnesota no-fault law, accident victims are compensated for some basic economic losses, even if they are at fault. According to the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act (Minn. Stat., Sec. 65B.41), insurance companies covering automobile accidents in Minnesota must “provide for a minimum of $40,000 for loss arising out of the injury of any one [...]
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Do I get pain and suffering under Minnesota no-fault coverage?
19, February 2009
Car accident victims with Minnesota auto accident insurance do not get pain and suffering compensation under their auto insurance no-fault provisions. Minnesota no-fault insurance coverage is governed by Minnesota Statutes, Sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 (referred to as the Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act). Under Minnesota’s no-fault auto insurance law, a driver involved in a car [...]
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