Nashville Automobile Accident Lawyer Looks At Elderly Driver Fatalities Caused By Medical Emergencies
It appears that a Tennessee automobile accident near Russellville, TN that took the lives of two Tennesseans, was caused by a medical emergency that incapacitated an 84 year-old woman driver. According to an article at the website of the Knoxville News, whatever the medical episode, it prevented the driver from stopping at a stop-sign. As she ran through the stop-sign she hit a tractor-trailer going the opposite direction and then she hit head-on with another automobile. The driver of the second vehicle a 50-year-old woman also died at the scene. The driver of the commercial truck was injured and transported to an area hospital.
Incidences of drivers who had crashes precipitated by their medical emergencies while driving are relatively rare and account for only 1.3 percent of all road fatalities. Older drivers have relatively higher incidences of crashes precipitated by drivers’ medical emergencies when compared to young and middle-age drivers. Drivers in crashes precipitated by medical emergencies were more likely than other drivers to be severely injured or to die as a result of the crash.
Patient education by health care providers on early warning signs of a health crisis, such as warning signs before seizure attacks, diabetic or hypoglycemic comas and potential side effects of medications are recommended as the most effective countermeasure.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee automobile traffic accident contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney’s at Phillip Miller & Associates and take advantage of a free consultation to determine your rights and remedies.








