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Emily Mapp Brannon
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Emily is a Virginia injury attorney who handles car accidents, medical malpractice, FELA, wrongful death, etc.

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9/23/2011
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Road Rage Wreck Leaves Man With Serious Injuries in Richmond, VA

Most of the accidents my colleagues and I deal with as attorneys are caused by inattention, alcohol or drugs, or distracted driving. But police say road rage caused a serious accident in Richmond, Virginia (VA), on September 22, 2011, and are seeking the driver of a red pickup truck, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The crash occurred at the Douglasdale Road interchange on the I-195 southbound and left one victim with life-threatening injuries, police said.

As experienced Virginia (VA) accident injury attorneys, we are appalled by deliberate wrecks such as this. Two years ago we reported on how three young people in West Virginia (WV) were killed in a senseless road rage accident. The accident also wrecked the life of the road rage driver, who rammed a pickup truck. He was sentenced to serve 10 years in jail for malicious assault and three years for fleeing the scene of the accident.

Last year I reported on a bizarre and extreme road rage case close to Woodbridge, VA, in which a man driving a Jaguar allegedly pulled alongside a dump truck and brandished a gun. The dump truck driver then hit the Jaguar and forced the car into a guard rail. Both drivers ended up in trouble with the law.

Road rage is more common than many of us think. A report commissioned by AAA revealed that more than 10,000 car crashes were caused by some form of road rage between January 1, 1990 and August 31, 1996.

We often see less extreme cases of road rage on the busy interstates around Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA. As the I-64, I-264 and the Downtown and Midtown Tunnels linking Norfolk with Portsmouth, VA, back up, tempers can become frayed. The answer is to be patient. Losing your cool could lead to a jail sentence not to mention a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit.

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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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