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On the evening of June 21, 2011, just three days after many local high school students graduated, a Grassfield High School graduate looking forward to her fresman year at Norfolk State University student died in a car accident after a SUV collided head-on with her car in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA). According to police, an SUV was traveling east the westbound lanes of Moses Grandy Trail when it struck the teen girl's four-door sedan at around 8 pm.
Both drivers died at the scene of the accident. The driver of the sedan was only 18-years-old. My thoughts go out the families of these two victims.
As a Virginia personal injury attorney I know that wrong-way drivers are often confused, distracted and, sometimes, driving drunk. It's tragic that this young lady lost her life when she had only just begun to live it.
LIke wrong-way collisions, failure-to-yield accidents, while a very preventable type of accident, are quite common. Anytime you enter an intersection, you should be alert even if you have the right-of-way. Driving through an intersection with a red light, whether unintentionally or because of blatant disregard, is a recipe for disaster. We recently wrote about how a neighboring city, Virginia Beach, dealt with the situation.
Virginia Beach police say red light violations have declined at intersections that have been monitored by cameras. Some intersections at which cameras operate have seen a 69 percent reduction in cars speeding through stop signals. I hope the city of Chesapeake looks into red light cameras to help reduce the number of car accidents and injuries in the area.
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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