North Carolina Man Suffers Injury in Virginia Accident
A Maryland woman was killed, and North Carolina man sustained injury in an accident in Virginia. The two-vehicle accident occurred when 27-year-old Barbara Whitener of Maryland, who was driving a Silverado pickup truck on Route 15 in Virginia, crossed the center line of the highway. When she crossed the center line, she crashed into the fuel tank on the driver's side of a tractor-trailer driven by Richard Pool of Zebulon, North Carolina, a small town about 100 miles east of Greensboro.
According to police reports, Whitener was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. Poole was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for his injury which was not considered life-threatening. Police continue to investigate the accident with the assistance of the Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
Anyone who regularly travels the roads in and around Greensboro knows that Mr. Poole did not need to travel to Virginia to encounter dangerous driving conditions or to sustain an injury from an accident. In fact, anyone who gets into a vehicle in Greensboro, Charlotte, Boston, Los Angeles, Tampa, or any other town or city in the nation, is at risk of suffering an injury in an accident.
Of course, that risk is heightened when other drivers are negligent, impaired, or reckless. The police in Virginia have not yet determined what led Whitener to cross over the center line in the accident. Many times, however, when a driver crosses over the dividing line of a highway it is due to driver sleepiness of fatigue. In other instances, drivers have driven down the wrong side of a road because they were driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. If you have suffered an injury because of such a driver in the Greensboro, it is important that you consult with an injury lawyer as quickly as possible.
A driver who causes an injury because of negligence, impairment, or recklessness may face criminal charges, but they are also financially liable for your medical costs and any other damages. However, as might be imagined, such drivers do not always rise to that responsibility willingly. This is why having an experienced lawyer at your side is so beneficial. Your Greensboro injury lawyer will work tirelessly to ensure that you get the full amount of compensation to which you are entitled, not only for your medical expenses but for time lost from work or any loss of quality of life.
You have suffered enough because of the injury someone else has caused. Contact a Greensboro injury lawyer today and get the help that is available to you so that justice can be served.
According to police reports, Whitener was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. Poole was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for his injury which was not considered life-threatening. Police continue to investigate the accident with the assistance of the Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
Anyone who regularly travels the roads in and around Greensboro knows that Mr. Poole did not need to travel to Virginia to encounter dangerous driving conditions or to sustain an injury from an accident. In fact, anyone who gets into a vehicle in Greensboro, Charlotte, Boston, Los Angeles, Tampa, or any other town or city in the nation, is at risk of suffering an injury in an accident.
Of course, that risk is heightened when other drivers are negligent, impaired, or reckless. The police in Virginia have not yet determined what led Whitener to cross over the center line in the accident. Many times, however, when a driver crosses over the dividing line of a highway it is due to driver sleepiness of fatigue. In other instances, drivers have driven down the wrong side of a road because they were driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. If you have suffered an injury because of such a driver in the Greensboro, it is important that you consult with an injury lawyer as quickly as possible.
A driver who causes an injury because of negligence, impairment, or recklessness may face criminal charges, but they are also financially liable for your medical costs and any other damages. However, as might be imagined, such drivers do not always rise to that responsibility willingly. This is why having an experienced lawyer at your side is so beneficial. Your Greensboro injury lawyer will work tirelessly to ensure that you get the full amount of compensation to which you are entitled, not only for your medical expenses but for time lost from work or any loss of quality of life.
You have suffered enough because of the injury someone else has caused. Contact a Greensboro injury lawyer today and get the help that is available to you so that justice can be served.
