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A head-on collision is most likely the accident that you never see coming. Since the two vehicles strike from opposite directions, the force of the impact is doubled, making trauma and injury much more likely. These accidents take place when a car or truck leaves their lane and crosses the double-yellow centerline into oncoming traffic.
On Thursday morning a 55-year-old driver was killed when he lost control of his vehicle while traveling south on U.S. 17 (RT 17) in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA) near the North Carolina (NC) border. Even a median couldn't stop him and he careened over it at 11:15 a.m. and hit a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe head-on, according to The Virginian Pilot.
When police officers arrived, the driver of the Isuzu was dead. Our thoughts go out to his family for his untimely death. We don't know yet why he lost control but it may have been the weather or even a faulty break system that we reported on earlier.
What we do know is that the two adult occupants of the Tahoe that he crashed into were taken to Chesapeake Regional Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. Although their injuries were considered non-life-threatening that just means they won't die. It certainly doesn't reduce the amount of pain and trauma that they have to go through at a time when they should be celebrating and spending time with family. The crash remains under investigation to determine whether speed or the weather were factors.
There are many legal options that are available to victims of a wrong-way driver car crash and the serious risks associated with such reckless driving behavior.
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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