A car accident involving just one or two cars is stressful enough, but chain-reaction crashes can result in many more ruined cars, injuries or even death, which leads to a wide range of legal problems to work out. An as-yet-unidentified man was killed on Saturday crossing Interstate 10 in Louisiana. The man had been involved in an auto accident in eastern New Orleans and was struck by a third vehicle. The man was returning to his vehicle after checking on the occupant of the vehicle he had hit.
The 31-year-old man was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck when he struck a car, sending it spinning out of control. The drivers were able to get their vehicles into the emergency lanes — the pickup truck driver on the left side of the highway and the Cavalier driver on the right side of the highway — before the driver of the pickup went to check on the 25-year-old driver of the car. As the pickup driver was returning to his vehicle, a car driven by a 24-year-old woman hit him. He died at the scene.
As the car that hit the man came to a stop, it was rear-ended by another vehicle driven by a 17-year-old boy. The injured woman was taken to an area hospital for treatment of what were initially described as minor injuries.
It will now be left to authorities to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding all of the accidents. Skid marks, damage to the vehicles involved and witness statements will all be used to determine exactly what happened. While crossing an interstate is a dangerous undertaking, formal conclusions as to fault will necessarily await the publication of the official accident investigation report.
An auto accident can be nerve-wracking, but when people are injured or killed, the stress can be enormous. Adding to the trauma of the accident itself, those involved will have to worry about medical bills, property damage and potential lawsuits. It is important for anyone involved in an auto accident to be advised of their rights and responsibilities under Louisiana law and to contact an attorney to represent them.
Fatal Accidents
An Auto Accident on Interstate 59 Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured
Everyone knows that accidents happen. Milk gets spilt and toes get stubbed, but when accidents happen on Louisiana roadways, the repercussions can be disastrous. An auto accident can have fatal results, such as a recent crash on Interstate 59 that left one 42-year-old Louisiana woman dead and could land another woman behind bars for some time.
The head-on collision occurred early on the morning of May 20 in St. Tammany Parish. According to reports, the Louisiana woman was driving her SUV north down I-59 when a pickup truck swerved from the southbound lane into the northbound lane before colliding head on with the SUV. The 51-year-old woman who was driving the pickup was suspected of being impaired at the time of the accident.
Both of the women were taken to a New Orleans hospital. The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the driver of the pickup sustained moderate injuries. It was reported that, upon being released from the hospital, the pickup truck driver will be booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail to answer to charges of vehicular homicide and reckless driving. At the time that the Times-Picayune released an article reporting the accident, toxicology results were still pending.
An auto accident like this one illustrates just how serious the results of a bad decision can be. For Louisiana drivers, obeying traffic laws and driving responsibly can mean the difference between life and death when behind the wheel.