In a bizarre Tennessee automobile fatality a 22-year-old Knoxville woman was found dead in a ditch alongside her wrecked Mitsubishi Eclipse. Police believe that she was involved in a high speed chase with Tennessee State Troopers just after midnight. Troopers said that after speeds during the chase reached 100 MPH they broke off the pursuit.

According to investigators, an initial reconstruction shows that she was driving south when she lost control of her vehicle, crossed both North bound lanes hit a billboard and flipped over. The driver was most probably not wearing her seat belt and that led to her being ejected and killed.

As an experienced Tennessee automobile accident attorney it’s difficult to decide where to start when discussing an accident of this sort. Should we talk about the driver’s responsibility to respond appropriately to a law enforcement officer’s attempt to pull them over? How about the danger that a high speed chase creates for innocent drivers and pedestrians? Maybe we could talk about the benefits of wearing seat belts that just might have saved her young life?

The investigation is on-going and more answers will come in time. An autopsy will reveal whether or not this young lady was under the influence of alcohol or drugs which might have been the precipitating factor in her initial decision to get into the high speed chase.

If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee automobile accident caused by a fleeing driver you owe it to your self to contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys at Phillip Miller & Associates

Evading Police Fatality

and find out about your rights and remedies.

Michael James Price 37-years of age of Clarksville, Tennessee was no stranger to trouble with the police, but his run of trouble took a fatal turn yesterday morning. According to the Nashville Tennessean at about 12:10 a.m. Price left the scene of a single-vehicle wreck where the vehicle he was driving had run into a ditch on Park Lane.

It appears that Price walked to Fort Campbell Boulevard and at 12:20 a.m. as he crossed the street he stepped into the path of a southbound 1989 Honda Civic, was struck and went into the windshield and died at the scene. The driver of the Honda, 72-year-old Geraldine Benne was unhurt but according to Clarksville Police, was badly shaken-up. Our sympathies go out to the family of this troubled man and also to the innocent driver who collided with him

At the time of his death Price was on bond on charges related to a recent arrest during which he was charged with evading police, driving under the influence of alcohol, assault on a police officer and various other charges following his arrest. While he was being field tested for DUI he spit on a police officer, not always a good idea, and when in the police cruiser he had to be Tazered and hobbled when he tried to kick out the window of the patrol car.

According to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention, every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion dollars. In 2006, 13,470 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (32%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.

If you or a family member is injured in an alcohol related automobile accident in Tennessee contact our experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.