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An 18-year-old female lost her life in an accident involving a wrong-way driver. The at-fault driver was headed eastward in the westbound lane of Moses Grandy Trail in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA). The wrong-way driver crashed head-on into a sedan heading westbound, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The driver of the sedan and the at-fault wrong-way driver were killed in this car wreck.
This Chesapeake car crash is a tragedy. Any accident where a death occurs is terrible, but it is especially painful when the victim is young and had their whole lives ahead of them. Our deepst sympathies go out to the victim’s family.
Authorities are unsure whether drugs or alcohol played a role in this wrong-way car wreck. We will have to wait and see what the actual cause is determined to be when the investigation is complete.
A study indicate that accidents caused by wrong-way driving car wrecks only amount to about 0.1 percent of all accidents in Virginia, but when they do occur, they're frequently deadly. In fact, they are 27 percent more likely to cause car crash deaths than other types of car accidents.
Wrong-way drivers tend to either be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Other times, they are elderly, confused drivers. Sometimes, wrong-way drivers are doing it intentionally, often to avoid traffic or make a U-turn. Others may simply be inattentive, mistaking an off-ramp for an on-ramp.
To learn more about wrong-way driving wrecks in Virginia, take a look at this blog written by a firm attorney.
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.
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