Category: Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents

Ontario car crash results in 1 death and multiple injuries

On behalf of Clonfero Law Firm posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Monday, May 19, 2014.

A five-vehicle crash that occurred on the QEW near Port Credit has resulted in one death and multiple injuries. According to police, the accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. May 4 when a Nissan Murano became disabled in the right eastbound lane on the QEW near Cawthra Road. The Murano was being assisted by a tow truck in front of it and a Ministry of Transportation crash truck behind it when a white van crashed into the MTO truck with such force that it ripped the van apart and ejected two of its passengers.

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Several people injured in multiple-vehicle Ontario car crash

On behalf of Clonfero Law Firm posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Wednesday, May 7, 2014.

Several people were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash in Burlington that occurred on April 28. According to an OPP constable, a minor collision that occurred around 6:35 p.m. on Highway 403 led to a police officer pulling over to the shoulder of the road along with five other vehicles. As the officer was investigating the accident, a 44-year-old man who was driving a passing black Cadillac SUV ran into several of the vehicles parked alongside the road and struck two other vehicles.

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Ontario reviews procedures for diabetic drivers

On behalf of Clonfero Law Firm posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Friday, May 2, 2014.

Nearly five years after a diabetic driver’s dangerously low blood sugar levels resulted in the deaths of three people, an Ontario ombudsman has released a list of 19 recommendations for the Ministry of Transportation. The original report came about because relatives of two of the people killed asked for new guidelines regarding diabetic drivers.

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Mother and father sue GM after son dies

On behalf of Clonfero Law Firm posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Monday, April 28, 2014.

In April, the parents of an Ontario man who died in a 2012 auto accident at the age of 22 lent their voices to a class action lawsuit. They joined numerous others in suing General Motors Canada over the way that the American automaker dealt with recall notices that ultimately affected 1.6 million vehicles across the globe and more than 230,000 in Canada alone. Reports did not say whether all of the lawsuits were related to fatal motor vehicle accidents or personal injury accidents.

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Man killed in Ontario tanker truck accident, 2 injured

On behalf of Clonfero Law Firm posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Friday, March 21, 2014.

A tanker truck accident involving two other vehicles on Grey Road 8 in the Township of Southgate injured two people and killed a man just before lunch on March 15. According to Grey County Ontario Provincial Police, a vehicle stopped in a southbound lane of Grey Road 8 because of whiteout conditions. The driver got out of his car, and while he was standing at its rear, an International tanker truck heading south ran into the car and driver. After that, another vehicle ran into the tanker truck.

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