A teen was returning from a college visit in Reno when the car she was in hit another vehicle and rolled over. The teen was thrown from the car, but the other two occupants survived the crash. She was a cheerleader and the homecoming queen of Shadow Ridge High School.
The driver, a 29-year old California woman, lost control on the rain-slicked street, jumped the curb, struck the man, and pinned him to a tree. The unidentified victim, who was conscious while emergency crews freed him, later died from his injuries at a hospital.
If you take evasive action to avoid roadway debris of unknown origin and subsequently cause a car, truck or SUV wreck, it is you who will be held responsible for the ensuing damage and injuries.
The three models affected are the Montgomery Floor Lamp, the Montgomery Task Lamp, and the Clay Task Lamp (both of the task lamps are designed to sit on desks or other furniture). The products, which have bronze-colored finishes, were sold at Pottery Barn stores nationwide and on the retailer’s website from July of last year through August of this year for between $60 and $300 each.
All of the vehicle’s occupants were taken to University Medical Center, with three of the teenagers sustaining critical injuries. One teen was pronounced dead at the scene.
While it is unclear exactly who is at fault for which car caused the accident in this case, it is possible that a single motorist could be held responsible for injuries caused by some or all of the seven collisions. It is not uncommon for the motorist who starts a chain reaction collision to be found liable for all of the damages incurred during the entire mishap. Ironically, it appears that the chain reaction continued even though the initial two vehicles were obeying the law, which states that you must move your wrecked vehicle off of the roadway if possible after an car accident.
The victim has been identified as 50-year old Maria Nunez de Mendez, who died from suffocation and multiple blunt force injuries after being struck by a pickup truck on Craig Road last week. Nunez de Mendez was trapped underneath a Toyota Tundra when emergency responders arrived. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Las Vegas Sun reported that a person was killed when a commercial vehicle struck a bike rider. The accident occurred near the intersection of Craig Road and Losee, forcing authorities to shut down a portion of Craig Road for several hours. The article doesn’t list what type of commercial vehicle was involved, nor does it detail how the accident took place.
There are plenty of questions that will need to be answered about this incident in the coming days. Was the oven altered by the owners in some way that caused it to be off balance, or is the appliance an example of a defective product? If the latter is the case, the boy’s relatives might be able to file a product liability lawsuit against the stove’s manufacturer.
Black ice is defined as ice which is not easily visible on the roadway but still has the potential to cause auto accidents that are associated with icy conditions. In fact, many people feel that black ice is more dangerous because drivers do not notice the potential hazard and therefore do not take adequate precautionary measures.