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The streets of down town Burbank are crowded, cracked, and at times confusing to navigate. But hopefully those road conditions will improve and cause less auto accidents in the future. The Burbank road expansion project opened yesterday, March 31, 2009. The road expansion project is an attempt by the city of Burbank to aid in car accident prevention on busy surface roads around the city. The target road is Burbank Drive and the areas which expanded were between West Lee Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard. It was reported that the road construction cost less than anticipated and one can only hope that Burbank residents and drivers do not end up paying for the money saved by the city if the roads do not hold up to standard.

Road conditions are an essential aspect of road safety. There have been numerous automobile accidents which were the result of negligence of the particular city to maintain and up keep the local highways, surface streets, or back roads. A man could be driving down the freeway and have a manhole combust into the air right as he is crossing that section of highway; the metal gutter top could shatter his SUV windshield; decapitating him and the end result is atleast one fatality. The other drivers on the road would have to try to avoid a head-on-collision with the S.U.V. and quite possibly this becomes a multi-car accident and several people are critically injured, taken to the hospital by helicopter, or the victim of a wrongful death.

Or, what about a woman who is driving on a side street and one of her tires gets caught in a pothole which has not been fixed or patched by the city? She would naturally lose control of her car and possibly crash into a light pole or another vehicle; or sadly enough she could be killed or severely injured in the accident.  If there are no other cars around there is nothing else to consider, but what if this automobile accident happens during peak after school traffic times? If her car goes off road and onto the side walk, school children are at risk of being killed in a pedestrian accident or suffering brain damage or becoming paralyzed as the result of being struck by a motor vehicle.

Both of these stories in some form or fashion have been reported in the news and actually happened. Driving a car is a huge responsibility, and the stress of drivable constructed roads should not fall on the everyday driver; and legally it does not. The Burbank road expansion project will aid in traffic flow and improve road safety, but there have been prior car crashes in the city of Burbank, or Glendale, or Pasadena that were caused by negligent road construction and / or a lack of proper maintenance.

If you or someone you know have been involved in an auto accident which resulted in serious injuries or the wrongful death of a loved one in the city of Burbank or the surrounding areas you should contact a Burbank Automobile Accident Attorney as soon as possible. If your accident revealed any signs of negligence on the part of the city of Burbank, Glendale or Pasadena you may have cause to file a personal injury or wrongful death claim.

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Glendale will be amongst several cities of the valley to receive donations from organizations like Southwest Ambulance, Phoenix Children's Hospital, and Valley public safety that have joined together in hopes of making the community more aware of drowning deaths, and how to prevent them. It has been reported that in 2009 alone, Southwest will give more than $40,000 in order than these communities can offer reduced-rate, or even free, swim lessons for families who are in need to reduce drowning deaths of children in swimming pools.

On March 24, 2009 there will be a Water Safety Day to promote drowning prevention in general and to make the community more aware of the risks in children swimming or bathing without an adult to watch them. Adult supervision is of utmost importance in issues of drowning.  For those unfortunate enough to have had a child drown, know that a split-second of unsupervised swimming could result in a fatal drowning accident in Glendale. If a fatality is not the end result, critical injuries such as brain damage  can be caused by being under the water too long. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) reported that of all the children who died between the ages of 1 and 4 in 2005, 30% of those deaths were caused by drowning.

In Southern California, and especially in Glendale, swimming is a common recreation and everyone has to bathe. As a community we should be striving for more awareness concerning drowning, and strive to provide better supervision for our children and loved ones while they are swimming or bathing in and around Glendale. Accidents happen, and when drowning is that accident, it is a horrible circumstance and in some situations legally considered a wrongful death, such as when a child drowns while under the supervision of a paid individual.

Have you or someone that you know been affected by the drowning of a loved one? Maybe you or someone you know has a family member who was the victim of a wrongful death, drowning or other fatal injury in Glendale or the surrounding areas. If so, please contact one of our Glendale Wrongful Death Lawyers for a free consultation in an attempt to find answers to the many questions you may have concerning wrongful deaths such as drowning.