subject: Examples Of Motor Vehicle Accidents With Teenage Drivers And Catastrophically Injured Pedestrians [print this page] Statistically, young drivers are at higher risk of having an accident. Even a cursory look at very recent accounts of motor vehicle accidents demonstrates that a number of these accidents involved teen drivers. Many of these accidents have two or more teenagers in the car, have multiple victims, and involve pedestrian victims. Below we review recent publications of 3 such incidents. One of the cases resulted in severe injuries. The additional three ended in a fatality.
This motor vehicle collision was caused by a 16 year-old driver who was driving with only a junior license. The accident took place at roughly 9:20 on a Tuesday evening. The junior license did not allow driving after 9 pm. The reason why is unclear but somehow the driver lost control of the car. As a result the car hit another vehicle and then struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian, was waiting at a bust stop when the accident happened, died from his injuries. The victim was a 65 year old man. The driver was arrested. He was charged with speeding, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide.
In this report the driver of the motor vehicle was a drunk 18 year old male. The incident took place on a Sunday morning at approximately 2:30. The greatest percentage of drunk driving accidents take place on weekend nights. The driver struck a male pedestrian, forty four years of age, who was crossing a road. The force caused the pedestrian to suffer severe head injuries. The driver was arrested. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence.
Based on this report the driver was an eighteen year old male. The accident took place 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 car. The car spun violently before it flipped over, hit the victim and slammed against a large tree in front of the house. The victim had just left his car to pick up a pamphlet from the front yard on a home which had a For Sale sign when he was hit by an out of control car. The 67 year old man was killed in the accident.
In this report the description was of a nineteen year old driver. The young woman was driving in a residential region. She left the scene of the accident after she struck a woman who was gardening in a flower bed in front of her own residence. The driver struck the woman with such force that she hurled her almost 150 feet. The female victim ended up slamming against a truck that was parked in the driveway of her house. The driver did not stop. She was arrested nearby approximately half an hour later as she was reportedly going back to the scene to take responsibility for the accident.
On a personal level it is sad to read about these accidents. These types of cases are true tragedies. Victims who survive the accident are often left with injuries that result in lifelong disabilities. In cases involving a death the family of the victim suffers the loss of a loved one. Even the life of the teen driver is forever 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 thoroughly pursued.
