September 1, 2010, ERIE, PA — Megan Porter, 24, was a passenger on an eastbound motorcycle on East 38th Street when a reportedly drunk driver made a left turn in front of the motorcycle. Ms. Porter was thrown from the motorcycle and killed. The driver of the car, Eugene Metzger, 53, told police that he had four or more beers…
Read More September 1, 2010, North East, PA — The Erie Times reports today that Madison Utegg, 19, was killed in an Erie County motorcycle accident in North East yesterday morning. Ms. Utegg was reportedly on a Honda motorcycle that crashed into a utility pole on Vine Street near 3:15 a.m. A man was with her on the motorcycle but it was…
Read More September 1, 2010, Union City, PA — The Erie Times reports that two people were injured in a one car crash in Union City early this morning. Dennis Hodges, 33, was reportedly unable to negotiate a left curve while southbound in the 100 block of North Main Street. He reportedly traveled off the road, over corrected and collided with a…
Read More August 31, 2010, ERIE, PA — In a summer already marked by too many motorcycle fatalities, the Erie Times reports yet another fatal Erie motorcycle accident has occurred. The victim was riding on the back of a motorcycle on East 38th Street in the City of Erie when an oncoming motorist made a left turn in front of the motorcycle.…
Read More August 30, 2010, ERIE, PA — Cindy Lair was visiting her hairdresser when it happened. She suffered an Erie trip and fall. She knew almost immediately that something was very wrong. She had terrible pain and the strange sensation that her arm was hanging upside down, even though it was obviously right where it belonged. She’d fractured the head of…
Read More August 29, 2010, ERIE, PA — The Erie Times News reports that a man and 11 year old boy were injured in a motorcycle accident in North East Township yesterday on West Law Road just east of Brickyard Road. Jeffrey L. Wakley was operating his motorcycle on West Law Road when he attempted to pass another motorcyclist. Apparently, he sideswiped…
Read More August 25, 2010, ERIE, PA — The Erie injury lawyers at Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C. are pleased to help sponsor the benefit for Henry Rafferty, the landscaper who was badly injured at Sarah Reed Retirement Center on June 25, 2010 when struck by a vehicle. The benefit is scheduled for Aug. 28 to help offset some of the family’s…
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