Kevin Callahan has been charged with traffic violations for a fatal crash that occurred in Baltimore on October 5th.

Callahan was working for United Postal Service (UPS) when he ran a red light and smashed broadside into a car driven by Baltimore Sun business editor Tim Wheatley. Wheatley was driving his 9-year-old daughter Sarah to her elementary school, but never made it there. He was killed on the scene of the accident. Sarah barely survived the impact with severe head injuries.

Callahan was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. There were no problems with his vehicle. All it took was the unintentional violation of a simple traffic law to end a life of one person and nearly kill another.

Immediately after the accident, Callahan was suspended from his job as a UPS driver. After several weeks of investigation it was determined that he was at fault and he was subsequently fired.

A spokeswoman for UPS admitted that the accident was completely avoidable. Callahan has been charged with failure to stop at a red light and negligent driving.

Callahan had no intent to harm Wheatley and his young daughter. He faces only the fines associated with each of the three citations. While this is good new for him, it admittedly leaves little closure for the Wheatley family.

Last month, there was a drunk driving car crash in Utah resulting in the death of a passenger.

Jerome Richard had been drinking, and drove his truck onto a raised median to pass a car ahead of him. The truck flipped as he drove off of the median and his passenger, Shelynda DeJoelie was thrown from the car. DeJoelie died from the resulting injuries.

Under Utah State Law, Richard may be charged with automobile homicide. If convicted, he could spend up to five years in prison for this felony.

Drunk driving is an all-too common occurrence across the United States. Approximately every 30 seconds, there is another wreck that involves an intoxicated driver.

One possible way to curtail drunk driving is to install breath ignitions on the vehicles of repeat offenders. In order to start the car, the driver must breathe into the device. The car will not start if it detects alcohol on the driver’s breath. This ignition lock system could save lives by keeping drunken drivers off the roads.

Two families filed a lawsuit against an errant truck driver who crashed his big rig into a line of cars on Interstate Highway 55 near Plainfield, Minnesota.

Two people were killed and another was seriously injured. Families involved filed lawsuits, claiming that the accident was the result of negligence on part of the truck driver. They also accused the freight broker who engaged the driver.

“Both parties in this case are responsible for the deaths and injuries to the drivers as well as the passengers hit by the truck”, claimed the personal injury lawyer for the families affected. “This has resulted in irreparable loss and damage to the families and the persons responsible should pay for it.”

The court accepted the arguments, and heavily punished freight contractor C.H. Robinson of Minnesota and De An Henry, the truck driver from Utah.