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It probably annoys you that your most cautious family member always reminds you to buckle up when you ride in the car together, but your family member has a point. Seatbelts really do save lives. They play a bigger role in preventing death or serious injury in the event of a collision than any of the dozens of high-tech safety features that have become available in recent decades. In fact, laws in the 1980s requiring car manufacturers to install seatbelts and requiring drivers and passengers to wear them played a role in the sharp decline in traffic fatalities. Even if you are not wearing a seatbelt, all the drivers on the road have a legal responsibility to drive cautiously, preventing collisions whenever this is possible. If you get injured in a collision when you are not wearing a seatbelt, you have the right to sue the at-fault driver, even if they were driving the car in which you were a passenger. The first step to recovering damages after sustaining injuries in a traffic collision is to contact a Houma car accident lawyer.
Two Fatal Single-Vehicle Crashes in Morehouse Involved Unrestrained Drivers
In the first five months of 2022, 11 people died in car accidents in Morehouse Parish; this figure includes one accident with two fatalities. Two of the fatal accidents were single-vehicle collisions that occurred just days apart.
Just before midnight on April 30, 2022, Donovan Blocker was driving his Chevrolet Tahoe northbound on Louisiana Highway 593. Just before he reached Louisiana Highway 830-5, his vehicle veered off the roadway and overturned. Blocker, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. He was 21 years old. Louisiana State Police do not believe that alcohol or drugs contributed to the accident. Before dawn on May 12, Ethan Nelson and at least two passengers were traveling north on U.S. 425 in a Chevy Silverado truck. Nelson lost control of the vehicle, driving off the road and striking a driveway. This caused the truck to overturn, ejecting Nelson. Nelson was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 20 years old. The passengers, who were wearing seatbelts, suffered minor injuries. Louisiana State Police suspected that alcohol or drugs contributed to the accident.
Your Rights If You Get Injured in a Single-Vehicle Accident
If you were a passenger in a car involved in a single-vehicle accident, you may have a claim against the driver for causing the accident. If another party contributed to the accident, you could also have a claim against them. This includes manufacturers of defective car parts, owners of private property with dangerous driveways, or bars that serve alcohol to drunk drivers. The last case even applies if you were the drunk driver whose actions were the proximate cause of the collision.
Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey About Single Vehicle Accidents
A car accident lawyer can help you recover your accident-related financial losses if you were injured in a single-vehicle collision. Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey in Houma, Louisiana, to set up a consultation about your case.
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