Head-on collisions most certainly cause severe injuries if not death. When drugs are involved it is an accident that didn’t need to happen.

“Texas isn’t the only state that has a significant number of deaths as a result of DWIs every year. In fact, our office sees far too many DWI accidents like the one we heard about in Illinois. It left three injured and one dead,” said Austin personal injury attorney Beverly Aylmer of The Lee Law Firm.

The collision involved a pickup truck and a small car traveling on a local highway. Evidently the roads were not the greatest when this accident happened and the truck spun out of control and into the oncoming lane of traffic, hitting the small car head-on. The pickup was carrying three people, one who died at the scene. The other three people were transported to the nearest hospital.

While the road may have been slippery due to the winter weather, further investigation of this case led to the discovery that the pickup truck driver was driving under the influence of drugs. The police at the scene also charged him with improper lane usage and not having a license.

“In taking a look at the facts of this case, there are two things that stand out. The first is that the driver was under the influence of drugs, etc. and was thus negligent in driving in that condition. The family of the passenger that died as a result of the driver’s negligence should be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit. The driver of the small car that was hit should be able to file a personal injury lawsuit. These lawsuits would be in addition to his criminal charges for driving while under the influence,” explained Aylmer.

It’s best to remember that while some things look one way on the surface, often there is another explanation for them when they are investigated further. “Car accidents that occur due to the negligence and impairment of another driver should be discussed with an experienced Austin personal injury lawyer. Just don’t wait too long to talk to the attorney, or the Statute of Limitations may kick-in and bar a person from filing for fair compensation for their injuries,” added Austin personal injury attorney Beverly Aylmer of The Lee Law Firm.

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Wrongful death cases happen far too often. This case is a sad example of a dangerous driver allowed to continue driving.

“We heard about this unusual case just recently and were struck by not only how negligent the driver of the truck was, but by how negligent his employer was as well. The story involves a cyclist who was hit and killed by a city dump truck during the summer months. The driver of the truck said he never saw the man,” recounted Austin personal injury attorney Beverly Aylmer of The Lee Law Firm.

On the surface, this might make sense if the cyclist was behind the dump truck and in the driver’s blind spot. “Thankfully the family went to a skilled personal injury attorney wanting to file a wrongful death lawsuit and insisted the matter be looked into, as they knew for a fact their beloved father would not be careless enough to get in the way of a moving dump truck,” added Aylmer.

What the subsequent investigation eventually turned up was that the dump truck driver had one of the worst driving records anyone had ever seen. Many of the accidents on the driver’s extract showed him to be the at-fault driver. This particular situation was apparently just another one in a long string of negligent accidents.

In this case, while on duty as a city employee, the dump truck driver stopped at his union hall for a drink. He left by driving down a very narrow alley with extremely limited visibility and went to turn onto the main street at the end of the alley. The turn was fairly tight and as the driver was negotiating that turn he struck the cyclist, trapping him under the plow blade and dragging him 90 feet. The truck driver said he didn’t know he’d hit anyone until he saw the body in the rearview mirror and thought he heard a strange sound.

The cyclist managed to hang on to life for a short while as a passerby try to help him. He sustained horrendous injuries that included broken ribs and pelvis and one ear torn from his head. He didn’t stand a chance of surviving the multiple injuries. The police didn’t lay charges in the case, stating they didn’t know who was responsible for this accident. The dump truck driver was suspended, but returned to work.

“The personal injury attorney investigating this matter discovered over 21 incidents on the dump truck driver’s record; enough mayhem to determine the man should never have been driving, let alone be allowed to continue to handle vehicles in his capacity of working for the city. His most recent infraction, rear-ending a stopped van, had occurred two weeks before he killed the cyclist,” said Aylmer.

Cases like this need to be discussed with a dedicated and compassionate personal injury attorney with experience in this area. An Austin personal injury lawyer who aggressively represents their clients in situations just like this one,” added Austin personal injury attorney Beverly Aylmer of The Lee Law Firm, Austin, Texas.

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