The icy roads caused a woman to lose control of her car and cross over into oncoming traffic on Highway 50 (Hwy 50) near Dayton, according to kolotv.com. Her car slammed into a Hummer H2. Sadly, she did not survive the accident.
The icy roads caused a woman to lose control of her car and cross over into oncoming traffic on Highway 50 (Hwy 50) near Dayton, according to kolotv.com. Her car slammed into a Hummer H2. Sadly, she did not survive the accident.
When these accidents occur, the victims face the additional discomfort associated with being far from home – in an environment where they don’t know the lay of the land or how things work. This apprehension tends to increase if there are injuries, ambulances, and/or hospitals to deal with after an accident.
Since the Civic’s driver is guilty of a hit-and-run accident and was also driving a stolen vehicle (both of which are violations of the penal code), a jury hearing a personal injury lawsuit would quite likely assign a portion of the blame for the auto-pedestrian accident to him or her – even though those two factors may not have had a direct bearing on the cause of the accident.
These two events illustrate the importance of taking extra precautions while crossing a road. Even though it may seem trivial, it is important to stay within a marked crosswalk while walking across a roadway (which may have been a factor in the fatal auto-pedestrian accident). In addition to safety concerns, pedestrians in crosswalks enjoy more protection under the law – and, by extension, in civil courts during personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits.
According to reports, a man told police, “I can’t drive home. I’m too drunk” after he crashed his PT Cruiser into a Mercedes in Las Vegas. The collision, which killed 52-year old Robert Childress, Jr., happened at the intersection of Charleston Street and Main Street when the at-fault driver reportedly ran a red light.
Thanksgiving Day conjures up images of people gathering together for a delicious meal, watching football, or just lazing around the house in a tryptophan-induced haze. You don’t envision people driving at all hours of the night, but there are more people out on the roadways of Las Vegas than you think, and two of them were involved in serious accidents.
On Tuesday night, a 52-year old man turned his car into the path of a sport utility vehicle in Las Vegas. A Honda Accord was trying to turn left onto Duneville Street from Tropicana Avenue (just west of Club de Soleil) when the vehicle was rammed by a Chevrolet Trailblazer. The 61-year old driver of the SUV suffered injuries and was transported to University Medical Center.
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.
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.
Three people were hurt in the accident. Video from a news station showed at least one car which was badly damaged in the crash.