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1/15/2010
Emily Mapp Brannon
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Wrong Way Drivers Often Drunk, High

On the night of Thursday, Jan. 14, a woman police suspect was drunk or on drugs drove into the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel on I-64 going the wrong way. No one died, but at least three accidents occurred and at least one other driver was injured, according to WAVY TV-10.

There may be nothing more frightening for a driver than to see another car or truck heading directly toward them, promising a head-on collision. Unfortunately, several residents of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News and the other cities of Hampton Roads have been injured or killed in wrong way accidents in the past month. The most tragic and inexplicable of these accidents was probably the crash on Dec. 29 in which a driver smashed through a lowered gate on a HOV lane exit on I-264 and took the life of a woman driving the right way.

Signs, signals and barriers are necessary to prevent wrong way traffic accidents. These are almost always in place, which then makes it drivers' responsibility for heeding those warnings. Drunk and drugged drivers are particularly prone to driving the wrong way on surfacce roads and highways because they are especially prone to ignoring traffic signs and signals. Drivers can only be assured of their safety when they can know that no one will be coming toward them, the wrong way, because of being drunk or high.

EJL

Labels: Accidents collision Crash drugged driving drunk driver DUI Emily Mapp Brannon Hampton Roads head on I-264 I-64 injury attorneys killed traffic accident tunnel wrong way


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Our VA personal injury lawyers have been selected for many accolades.

Two of the attorneys with our Virginia Beach accident injury law firm, James Lewis and Rick Shapiro, have been named the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Two of our VA injury lawyers -- Lewis and Shapiro - have been named to Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury since 2010. In addition, Lewis and Shapiro have been selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. 

Our VA accident injury law firm was the first in the commonwealth nvited to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Rick Shapiro was named as one of the Top 100 Injury Lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers Association.


In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained what was then the largest verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person. Our brain damaged client received an initial award of $46 million that rose to $60 million with interest when the defendant abandoned an appeal and agreed to settle. 


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Our personal injury lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern USA, and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.

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