Former Tennessee Football Star Killed in One-Car Collision
The Honolulu Advertiser www.honoluluadvertiser.com reports that former University of Tennessee and Tennessee Titan football player Jesse Mahelona was killed in an automobile accident in Kailua, Kona. He was 26 years old and he leaves behind his wife and daughter. His wife is pregnant with their second child. Police are not exactly sure what caused the one-car accident but it appears that the Honda sedan he was driving struck a cement construction barrier and parked construction equipment. The roof of the vehicle was torn off by the collision and Mahelona, who was not wearing his seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle. The police say that alcohol might have been a factor in the collision.
As a Nashville car accident lawyer I have come to understand that popularity and personality are no protection against tragedy on the highway. Every highway death leaves families and friends with a terrible loss, one that can never be understood. Mix alcohol and no seatbelt and you have a deadly cocktail that has lead to so many deaths and injuries on our roads. We will probably never know the full story of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jesse Mahelona , but we can take a lesson from his passing. When you drink don’t drive, when you drive wear your seatbelts
Alcohol and No Seatbelt
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