Automobile Accidents

• Safety Problem with Weakened Car Doors

  Corinne Tozier | April 04, 2007 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been asked to reconsider the wording of a regulation on car door locks that might affect state tort laws. The regulation in itself is good as it makes sure that car doors, including sliding side doors, remain closed in the event of a crash.However, the language is problematic.The regulation, scheduled to take effect on September 1, 2008,...

• Humanitarian Program Founder Killed in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | January 20, 2007 2:36 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Hanley Denning, a Maine woman who founded an organization that helps destitute children who live in the dumps of Guatemala, has died in a car crash.Denning, founded the Safe Passage Organization in 1999, when she was only 29, to provide assistance to the children of Guatemalan families who are so poor they make their living rummaging through the Guatemala City dump.According to the Safe Passage...