Hit & Run Takes Life Of Three Year Old Nashville Child
Hit & Run Takes Life Of Child
So many questions arise in the mind of an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney when I read this article on the web page of Nashville News Channel 5 this morning. A three-year old child, secured in a car seat, was killed yesterday after being ejected from a car during a high speed collision. The collision was caused, according to witnesses, when a Lexus traveling at a high rate of speed crossed the center median and spun sideways slamming into the vehicle in which the child was a passenger. The Lexus driver fled the scene but witnesses followed him and held him for the police.
My deepest condolences go out to the parents of this innocent child, I will keep this baby and the parents in my prayers.
If I was the attorney for the family the focal point of my investigation would be on the issue of what caused the Lexas driver to lose control of his vehicle and initiate this collision. According to witnesses at the scene, speed was an obvious factor, but other questions must be asked, such as was he distracted by something like a cell phone, was he texting or was he under the influence of alcohol or drugs?
The next question I would seek to answer is why he decided to flee the scene of the accident. Why do people Hit & Run? Obviously, some drivers are impaired by alcohol or drugs. If there is anything worse than a drunk driver, it is a cowardly drunk driver who causes an accident and then flees the scene. Others are drivers with no license. Perhaps their license has been suspended or revoked because of prior traffic violations and accidents . . . or they never had one in the first place..
Then there are drivers who want to avoid detection because they are uninsured and don’t want to be financially responsible themselves for the damage that they have done. Even though liability insurance is required in every state, you’d be stunned at the number of uninsured drivers on the road. I suspect that the driver in this case fits into one or more of these categories and the bad news it that he was probably not insured.
Again, if I were representing the family of the deceased child I would look very carefully into the reason why a secured car seat came free from its tether and contributed to the child’s death. Was it a recalled model? Was it poorly designed. Research on this issue might lead to some sort of legal action against the maker of the faulty car seat. Although the lawsuit could never bring back the precious life that was lost, it might well pay for the expenses and the pain and suffering of the parents and may alert other parents to the defect in this product.
If you or a loved one is injured by a driver who is at fault and leaves the scene of an accident or one in which a product malfunctions and causes death or injury to you or a family member contact the Nashville automobile accident firm of Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.
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