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9/21/2011
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Driver Charged With Reckless Driving After Tragic Crash

Two months after a tragic car accident, a driver from James City County has been charged with reckless driving in Williamsburg. In July 2011, Diep Thi Ngoc Le was taking a road test to receive her driver's license. She was driving on Parkway Drive when she lost control of her 1998 Honda sedan. She ended up in a field on Penniman Road. The car hit a tree and overturned, trapping Le and a DMV employee administering a road test. The DMV employee was flown to the hospital where she later passed away.

In Virginia, reckless driving is categorized as anything above 80 miles per hour. One can also be charged with reckless driving if speeding occurs in excess of 20 or more miles over the posted speed limit. Other reckless driving violations include racing, failing to give a proper signal, or simply driving too fast for road conditions. There are many different reckless driving charges, all of which can result in fines and points on your license.

Reckless driving frequently causes some of the most dangerous of car accidents. It's often caused by distracted driving, excessive speeding and sometimes drug or alcohol use. It's difficult to imagine that any of that would occur with a DMV employee in the car, but inexperienced drivers are also more likely to lose control of their vehicles.

This accident was incredibly tragic, as no one's life should ever be at risk on the job. Our thoughts are with the victims family and friends.


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Category: Car Accident Lawyers & Motorcycle Accident Attorneys

Labels: car accident Crash Death DMV James City County Parkway Drive Penniman Road reckless driving speeding Williamsburg Wreck


 

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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia Beach, VA-based injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and we have handled thousands of car accident, truck wreck, and motorcycle crash cases. Check out our case results to see for yourself.

We've handled car accident cases throughout Virginia including Richmond, Fairfax, Alexandria, and the Hampton Roads region including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Suffolk.

Our primary office is in Virginia Beach at the intersection of Diamond Springs Road and Northampton Boulevard. We also have an office on Eaton Street in Hampton. All of our accident injury attorneys were raised in Virginia and have deep roots with the community.

Our Virginia injury law firm has been recognized as one of the best injury law firms in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report since 2010. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed on the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and included among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Rick and Jim were named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of lawyers receive. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms.

We also offer free special reports on distracted driving and the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in Virginia.

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will get back to you shortly.




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