South Carolina Injury Lawyer Blog

South Carolina worker's compensation lawyers found the following, interesting entertainment news. Just weeks after an extra sustained a critical brain injury on the set of the highly anticipated third installment of the Transformers series, a welder was seriously hurt while using a grinder. The welder worked on the special effects side of the action packed production and has filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures. Other companies are included in the suit, but were not named in the report by the Chicago Tribune.

Allegedly, the grinder spun out of control due to the control panel in a Chicago building used in filming that was "negligently wired" to support 220-volts. The welder's lawsuit claims that he was not informed of this prior to his plugging in the 110-volt grinder.

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In a major tractor-trailer accident one person was left dead, while four others suffered serious injuries. Apart from the three tractor-trailers in the Interstate 26 collision, there was a minivan and a car involved in the midmorning crash.

The incident is still under investigation by South Carolina State Troopers to determine exactly what happened to cause the devastating wreck. What is known is that one of three trucks jack-knifed and the other two had overturned.

In any major multi-vehicle accident it is certain there will be subsequent traffic build up. The westbound lanes of Interstate 26 in Calhoun County were closed for several hours resulting in mandatory detours for South Carolina travelers.

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At the busy downtown intersection of Calhoun and King Streets a bicyclist was struck by an S.U.V. breaking the rider’s pelvis. Breaking a pelvis can be a severe injury because of the potential damage to surrounding tissues, arteries, nerves, and veins. According to the police report, the collision occurred in the early evening and was the result of the driver of the S.U.V. failing to yield to the cyclist. The S.U.V. was identified as a 2003 Ford and was traveling west on Calhoun and struck the 21-year-old on bike, who had a green light, when taking a left onto King.

The young cyclist was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina’s Hospital to receive treatment for the broken pelvis, while the driver of the Ford was charged with reckless driving.

In regards to bicycles downtown, knowledgeable attorneys have noticed that Charleston police have made an effort to make the city safer for its two-wheeled travelers through stronger enforcement of bike laws. The campaign to make streets safer for both bicyclists and motorists will be led by educating bike riders that they are required to follow the same road rules as motorists, such as obeying traffic signals and signs.

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According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a Columbia man suspected of leaving the scene of a fatal car accident has turned himself in, three days after the hit-and-run. The man driving struck a female pedestrian late on a Saturday night. The collision resulted in the wrongful death of the 53-year-old woman.The man was arrested after he came forward to authorities and was charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.

Charleston auto injury attorneys took note of the following unfortunate aspect of this negligent incident. The Richland County Coroner’s Office was not able to immediately identify the woman struck by the drunk driver. It has, however, been disclosed that the woman was dressed in dark clothing and pronounced dead at the scene.

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Injury attorneys of Charleston took notice of the Post and Courier's report of a South Carolina educator that died in a single vehicle accident after the 29-year-old middle school teacher’s car ran off the road and overturned, according to authorities. The Rosemary Middle School teacher in Andrews was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was ejected from the vehicle. The Berkley County Coroner reported that the accident caused fatal body and brain injuries.

The Huger woman was returning home from a trip to Charleston in her Chevy Cobalt, traveling eastbound. According to S.C. Highway Patrol, when the teacher’s car crossed the centerline, an overcorrection to right the vehicle caused it to flip into a ditch. In the minds of South Carolina car accident lawyers, the most ill-fated feature of the mid-evening crash is that it took place only a half-mile from the teacher’s home.

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The Post and Courier reported yesterday a serious tractor-trailer accident. Two trucks were carrying loads of logs on U.S. Highway 21 near Ruffin, South Carolina, about an hour and a half from the offices of Charleston injury attorneys. One of the two drivers was pronounced dead on the scene by the Colleton County Coroner.

The 28-year-old Branchville man who died in the collision was traveling south on U.S. 21 when the other logging truck involved failed to yield the right of way, turning onto the highway from a side road. The wreck sent logs onto the cab of the Branchville man's truck cab, trapping him and making it impossible for Colleton County Fire and Rescue workers to free the man until heavy machinery was brought in to remove the logs from the scene, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

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Injury lawyers of Charleston noticed that week and half ago a two men were involved in serious motorcycle accidents one struck while riding on the streets in the Cannonborough neighborhood of Downtown Charleston. The operator of the pick up truck that was responsible for the collision has been charged with felony DUI. The second incident occurred in North Charleston the next morning.

The collision happening off the Penninsula, on the 205 exit ramp to U.S. Highway 78 is the only one where the motorcyclist was fatally wounded. But, the run-in Downtown is the only one where another party was found at fault.

After the wreck, which happened at the corner of Spring and Coming Streets, both the intoxicated driver of the truck and the man riding the motorcycle were taken to the hospital for treatment of personal injuries.

A 31-year-old Goose Creek man lost control of his 2003 Kawasaki on the off-ramp from I-26 at 1:20 a.m. The Charleston Deputy Coroner lists cause of death as a serious head injury, the man was not wearing a helmet.

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A Myrtle Beach man and woman were traveling north in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 17 when they collided head-on with a semi heading in the opposite direction. Charleston truck accident attorneys read in the Charleston County Deputy Coroner. Both the woman and the man were transported to the Medical University of South Carolina, where the woman died and the man received treatment to serious injuries sustained from the accident.