It is well known that teenage drivers are at high risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Almost everyday there are reports of yet more accidents involving teenage drivers. Many accidents involve more than one teenager in a car. Many accidents have multiple victims. Many accidents involve pedestrian victims. In this article we consider four reported accidents. In two of the accidents someone died.
First report:
In this report a motor vehicle was described in which the vehicle was driven by a 16 year old who held a junior license which allows the teenager to drive up to 9:00 in the evening. The accident, however, took place on a weekday after 9:00 p.m. 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 died from the injuries sustained in the accident. The pedestrian victim was waiting at a bust stop when the accident happened. The victim was a 65 year old man. The driver was arrested. He was charged for speeding, for manslaughter, and for criminally negligent homicide.
Second report:
In this report the driver of the motor vehicle was an intoxicated 18 year old male. The motor vehicle accident took place late night on a Sunday. Weekend evenings pose the greatest risk for the occurrence of accidents involving drunk drivers. According to the report the victim in this situation was hit as he was crossing a road. The victim was a 44 year old male. As a result of the accident he suffered severe head injuries. Following the accident the teenage drunk driver was arrested and was charged with driving under the influence and with driving while intoxicated.
Third report:
According to this report the driver was an 18 year old male. The motor vehicle accident happened in the morning hours on a Sunday. The accident happened in a residential area. The accident happened when the driver lost control of the car. It turned forcefully and flipped, hitting a pedestrian who had just left his car in order 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 hitting the man the car get going until it was finally stopped when it struck a tree in front of the house. The 67 year old male victim did not survive the accident.
In this report the description was of a 19 year old driver. The young woman was driving in a residential area. She left the scene of the accident after she hit a woman who was gardening a flower bed in front of her own house. The teenage driver hit the woman so hard that she threw her almost 150 feet. The female victim ended up hurled against a truck that was parked in the driveway of her house. About 30 minutes after the accident the police located the young driver and arrested the driver. They located her not far from the scene of the accident. She claimed she was going back to the scene to admit she had caused the accident.
On a personal level it is sad to read about these accidents. Lives are ruined in them. Victims can die or suffer serious injuries. Some are left with life-long disabilities. The families of the victims also suffer a great loss. Even the teenage driver’s life is changed forever. Sometimes they suffer the rest of their lives from having to know what they did. Sometimes they end up in jail.
In these cases an experienced and skilled attorney can help the victims and their families to make sure that any potential claim(s) are fully pursued.
Joseph Hernandez is an Attorney focused on catastrophic injury cases. To learn more about how a pedestrian accident attorney can help you visit his website at www.vehicle-accident-law.com.
