Thursday, November 27, 2008

Leaving License Plate after Drunk Driving Accident Made it Easy

We have read a lot about leaving a business or calling card whenever we figured in an accident. But this one is quite a calling card – the license plate of the car itself.

The driver of a pickup truck reportedly smashed his vehicle into another vehicle somewhere in Manteca, California. He caused injuries into two of its occupant in the process, and most especially leaving the license plate of his car, making it easy for the police to track him.

According to reports, the two occupants of the vehicle were Taiwanese couple who were on their way to Santa Clara when their car was broadsided by a pickup truck. The car driver fled from the scene of the accident.

But as he left his car’s license plate, the police readily tracked him and was booked after he failed the breathalyzer, sobriety and field sobriety tests. He was taken to jail.

The victim driver said he had no recollection whatsoever of what had happened. The driver’s fiancĂ©e suffered the greatest effect of the car accident which left her trapped in the right side of the car.

In the US, there are more than 6 million car accidents and from that figure, 42,642 lost their lives; one person dies every 13 minutes or 115 each day. Others suffer bodily injury, which range from temporary to permanent injuries.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Rare Mountain Car Accident

There was one car accident in the Angeles National Forest, near Glendora, that happened and turned fatal very recently.

The single accident reportedly happened one early morning in the area of Glendora Mountain Road and Glendora Ridge Road. The Los Angeles County Fire Department reported the accident.

The agency said that the car slid for about 100 feet into the side of Glendora Mountain Road. One individual was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, while a passenger in the same vehicle was taken to the hospital.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation. No other information was released regarding the accident.

The personal injury and wrongful death which resulted from car accident have become a major tort case in the country today, especially in states where car accidents and motorcycle accidents happen too frequently.

Accidents could be a combination of driver error, defective condition of vehicle, or defective condition of roads.

Cases should be filed for rightful compensation – car accident lawyers can be of help.