Hit and run accidents often end up unresolved due to lack of defendants to be indicted for it.
To impute liability, witnesses’ accounts are vital. Without it, parties at fault would remain at large. Moreover, the chance of drivers doing the same act again is high.
In Carlsbad, a 23-year old woman was struck by a blue Chevrolet truck at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard. The woman only sustained injuries.
Luckily, witnesses were able to get the license plate of the truck. When the police officers spotted and stopped the same truck, the driver sped off. A chase followed until the truck drove off an embankment and landed on the recessed driveway of an RV storage facility. Due to the impact, the driver had to be extricated from the truck.
The driver was taken to the hospital and later arrested. He would be charged with suspicion of hit and run with injury, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license and on probation for DUI, and driving under the influence with prior DUI convictions.
The driver was previously arrested and convicted of DUI.
This incident relays one thing: vigilance on the road is necessary. Were if not for the alert bystanders who witnessed the incident, the accident would just be another unsolved case.
Victims of hit and run accidents have no means of imputing liability against their assailants without anything to implicate them. A hit and run case could not be filed against them without evidence pointing them as the driver.
In case the driver would be apprehended, the assistance of a hit and run lawyer would be most convenient and advantageous.
To impute liability, witnesses’ accounts are vital. Without it, parties at fault would remain at large. Moreover, the chance of drivers doing the same act again is high.
In Carlsbad, a 23-year old woman was struck by a blue Chevrolet truck at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard. The woman only sustained injuries.
Luckily, witnesses were able to get the license plate of the truck. When the police officers spotted and stopped the same truck, the driver sped off. A chase followed until the truck drove off an embankment and landed on the recessed driveway of an RV storage facility. Due to the impact, the driver had to be extricated from the truck.
The driver was taken to the hospital and later arrested. He would be charged with suspicion of hit and run with injury, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license and on probation for DUI, and driving under the influence with prior DUI convictions.
The driver was previously arrested and convicted of DUI.
This incident relays one thing: vigilance on the road is necessary. Were if not for the alert bystanders who witnessed the incident, the accident would just be another unsolved case.
Victims of hit and run accidents have no means of imputing liability against their assailants without anything to implicate them. A hit and run case could not be filed against them without evidence pointing them as the driver.
In case the driver would be apprehended, the assistance of a hit and run lawyer would be most convenient and advantageous.
