Jay Trucks and Associates Legal Blog

A man in Fort Gratiot died recently after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a restaurant. At the time the accident occurred, the restaurant was in the process of closing up for the night. It was later revealed by the sheriff’s department that the driver and a Marysville woman were involved in a road […]

Michigan law enforcement recently responded to an accident that occurred on Interstate 94 in Roseville. Preliminary investigations revealed that a driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with a median wall as well as a vehicle that was traveling in the opposing direction. One of the most common causes of drivers losing control of their vehicles […]

The Grand Haven Department of Public Safety reports that a man recently died in a skydiving accident. The parachutist is reported to have been completing a skydive when his parachute made contact with another skydiver who was also in the air. Witnesses have commented that the victim’s parachute collapsed approximately 50 feet from the ground. The […]

An unidentified woman in Wexford County recently drowned during a river tubing accident. On July 16, 2019, Michigan law enforcement recovered the woman’s body from the river and pronounced her dead at the scene. Law enforcement later discovered that the woman was on a tube that got stuck against a downed tree in the river. The woman […]

A 10-year-old was recently killed in a two-vehicle accident that occurred in Lenawee County. According to Michigan law enforcement, a minivan being driven by a 50-year-old woman attempted to pass a vehicle in an area that was designated as “no passing.” The minivan then collided with a second vehicle, whose driver was subsequently transported to a nearby […]

Each year, a large number of children are killed by motor vehicles. The NHTSA reports that approximately 2,000 children under the age of sixteen die each year in traffic accidents. There are some important safety tips for children on the road to to follow in order to avoid being harmed in traffic accidents. While following […]

Most drivers in Michigan remember how frightening it can be to learn to drive on on our freeways and interstates. One of the most dangerous areas of the interstates are off-ramps and on-ramps, where a large number of accidents in the state occur each year. There are some important regulations and details that Michigan drivers […]

Statistics compiled by the Insurance Alliance of Michigan as well as the Michigan State Police reveal that in Midland County, there were 26,158 motor vehicle accidents between 2006 and 2015 with a large number of these accidents occurring in the fall. Many of these accidents also involved drivers who struck deer. In 2017, approximately 51,000 vehicular accidents […]

A serious accident occurred at the Southland Center parking lot recently when a SMART Bus was struck by a smaller vehicle, injuring nine people. Due to the collision, the bus driver struck his head and was knocked unconscious. With the bus without a driver, a nearby passenger attempted to gain control of the vehicle. The bus proceeded […]

A man died recently on Interstate 94 in Detroit after an accident resulted in his vehicle catching fire. Michigan State Police officers were later dispatched to the scene of the accident to investigate the crash, which occurred when the vehicle struck a pole. Law enforcement has yet to issue a statement regarding exactly how the accident occurred. […]