subject: Car Accidents In Which Teenage Drivers Caused Serious Injuries And Fatalities [print this page] It is well recognized that teenage drivers are at high risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Even a cursory perusal of very recent reports of motor vehicle accidents reveals that a number of these accidents involved teen drivers. Many of these accidents involve pedestrian victims. Below we review recent accounts of 3 such cases. In 3 of the accidents someone was killed.
This motor vehicle crash was caused by a sixteen year-old driver who was driving under a junior license. The accident took place at approximately 9:20 on a Tuesday evening. The junior license prohibited driving after 9 pm. The driver lost control of his car, hit another car, and then slammed into a 65 year-old male pedestrian who was waiting at a bus stop. The victim died from his injuries a short time after being hit. The driver was arrested. He was charged with speeding, manslaughter, and with criminally negligent homicide.
In this report the driver of the motor vehicle was a drunk eighteen year old male. The motor vehicle accident occurred before dawn on a Sunday. Weekend evenings present the most significant risk for the occurrence of accidents involving drunk drivers. The driver hit a male pedestrian, 44 years of age, who was crossing a road. Because of the accident he sustained significant head injuries. After the accident the driver was arrested and was charged with driving under the influence and with driving while intoxicated.
As per this report the driver was an eighteen year old male. The accident happened in the morning hours on a Sunday. The accident took place in a residential area. The accident occurred when the teenaged driver lost control of his vehicle. It turned forcefully and flipped, hitting a pedestrian who had just left his car so as to get a pamphlet from the front yard of one of the homes. The home was for sale and had a sign and the pamphlets in the front yard. After striking the man the car continued until it was finally stopped by slamming into a tree in front of the house. The 67 year old man did not survive the accident.
In this report the description was of a nineteen year old driver. The young woman was driving in a residential region. She struck a woman who was in front of her house tending to her flower bed with such force that she was hurled nearly 150 feet into a truck parked in her driveway. The teenaged driver did not stop at the scene of the accident. The driver was arrested close by around 30 minutes later as she was allegedly returning to the scene to take responsibility for the accident.
On a personal level it is sad to have to read about these accidents. These types of accidents are true tragedies. Victims who survive the accident are often left with injuries that result in permanent disabilities. In cases involving a fatality the family of the victim suffers the loss of a loved one. Even the life of the teen driver is permanently changed. Still, be it from speeding or from drunk driving these accidents keep happening.
In these situations an experienced and skilled lawyer can help the victims and their families to make sure that any potential claim(s) are fully pursued.
