Baltimore Personal Injury Law Blog

The investigation is continuing on a three-car accident in rural Maryland that led to the death of a 24-year-old Baltimore woman. The accident appears to be a case of a driver who was in too big of a hurry, and that attitude cost a woman her life.

The woman was a passenger in a 1994 Honda Civic that was struck by a woman driving a 1998 Volkswagen Beetle. The Volkswagen driver, traveling on Maryland Route 140, tried to turn left onto Meadow Creek Road. She attempted to beat the oncoming Honda across the road and hit the left front of the car.

Plenty of car accidents around Baltimore, Maryland, are caused by drowsy and inattentive drivers. A new commercially available technology may help prevent those car accidents by guiding drivers back to the center of their lane. Even though the technology may reduce car accidents caused by fatigue and inattentiveness, the technology may pose other risks.

Lane-keeping systems help drivers stay on the road when drivers drift outside of the lane. While the technology is one step closer to automated driving, the technology needs to improve further before it can be relied upon. Some car manufacturers offer lane-keeping systems, and Ford is one such car company. Ford offers its "lane-keeping technology" on two of its 2013 models.

A tragic car accident south of Baltimore in the early-morning hours this last weekend has left four people dead, including three teenagers. According to police, the car accident happened because the car the teens were riding in was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 50.

According to the grandfather of one of the teens, his granddaughter, who was 19 years old, was driving the wrong-way vehicle. Police did not know if speed or alcohol played a part in the accident, but the grandfather said that the girl and her friends were returning home after being at a birthday party on Friday evening.

A Baltimore organization has lauded the recommendation by a federal panel that the government should lower the amount of lead it considers to cause poisoning in children. An official of the group, the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, said the time had come for a government agency to define lead poisoning as 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood: half of the amount that currently defines lead poisoning.

Lead has long been considered a dangerous product, accounting for a hindrance to brain development and reduced IQs. Additionally, lead can lead to kidney problems, comas, convulsions, hearing abnormalities, behavioral problems and death.