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

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8/16/2011
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West Virginia Woman Dies After Falling Out of Pickup Truck Bed

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department announced that a 20-year-old Chesapeake woman, Joyce Jackson, was killed in a traffic accident when she was thrown from the bed of a pickup truck.

The fatal West Virginia pickup truck accident took place on West Virginia Route 152 on Monday when the young woman was riding in the bed of the truck with her parents, Russell and Linda, in the cab of the vehicle. The pair did not know that their child had fallen out of the vehicle and were stopped by by-standers who told them about the accident. Jackson was rushed to Cabell Huntington Hospital but was soon pronounced dead of an apparent traumatic brain injury.

In West Virginia, there are no laws against riding in the back of a pickup truck; however, that does not mean that doing so is safe. Pickup truck beds do not have seat belts and do not have the added protection of a steel shell as the cab of a truck does. Those riding in the bed of pickup trucks can easily be thrown out of the vehicle, ejected, or crushed during a rollover accident.

Have you or someone you love been injured or killed in a pickup truck bed accident? Speak to a West Virginia traffic accident injury attorney today.




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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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