South Carolina mom witnesses son’s death in tragic truck accident
South Carolina car accident: Woman killed by suspected DUI driver
August 9, 2012Being involved in a car accident with a carload of young children is a parent’s worst nightmare. Though young children are required to wear safety restraints in cars which allow them to be safer, a car accident can still injure them, thus causing adults to be even more frantic about an otherwise stressful incident. Unfortunately, a recent car accident in Anderson has hurt five small children as well as thee adults in a crash right in front of Walmart
August 22, 2012A truck accident between a car and a truck is bad enough. However, when the truck accident involves a man and a tractor-trailer, the results can be absolutely horrific. Unfortunately, this was exactly the case for a South Carolina man who was killed by a tractor-trailer after his car broke down.
The incident started when the car that he had been in broke down. The 20-year-old man and his mother had been checking out the condition of their car before the accident happened. Unfortunately, while he was stuck on the side of the road, he was struck by a tractor-trailer which had been hauling cars. He died shortly afterward.
At the moment, it is not exactly clear what went wrong. Understandably, the mother in her distressed state gave a confusing answer to investigators which made it sound like her son walked in front of the tractor-trailer; however, investigators suspect that this may not have been the case. They plan on giving the mother another interview in order to find out how such a horrific event could have happened.
For the mother, the damage has already been done. There are no words to describe how she must feel after watching her son die from the truck accident after being stranded on the side of the road near their South Carolina home. As she and the rest of the family mourn the loss of the young man, they retain the right to file a claim for wrongful death, depending on the results of the investigation. Such a claim is necessarily based on evidence that the fatality occurred due to the negligence of another party, such as the truck driver. A successful claim may help prevent an already emotionally devastating loss from turning into a financial tragedy as well.
Source: Mauldin, SC Patch, “Mauldin Man Killed on I-85,” Hal Millard, Aug. 8, 2012
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Steven Krause is a personal injury, auto accident, and workers’ compensation lawyer who practices in Anderson, SC. He graduated form the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and has been practicing law for 40 years now. Steven Krause believes in fighting for the injured. Learn more about his experience here.
