4 Family Members Killed from Fatal I-95 Car Wreck in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

7/6/2010
Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton
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4 Family Members Killed from Fatal I-95 Car Wreck in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Recently, four members of a South Carolina family were killed and a 90-year-old woman was critically injured when their car crashed on Interstate 95 in Rocky Mount. North Carolina State Troopers reported to multiple media outlets that Annie Mae Brown was airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital and had been listed in critical condition following the tragic I-95 wreck.

Crash site investigators are not entirely sure how Sylvester Pernell may have lost control of the 2004 Saturn Vue he was driving. The SUV veered off the road into a wooded median, then hit two pine trees before flipping over.

Along with Pernell, three family members also died as passengers in the fatal crash. The entire family were from Dillon, South Carolina. Dillon is a small town near the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Dillon is a railroad town that our firm is quite familiar with from our FELA cases.It is hard to imagine a more tragic and shocking event than a fatal car accident that takes several lives away in such terrible manner.

Although I do not personally know these folks, my thoughts and prayers go out to them. I am certain that they will be missed by many in their circle of friends and family and the community.
We are not certain what caused this terrible and senseless fatal car accident involving the Pernell family. What we do know is that there are some common reasons that may offer some insight to what may have happened. Unfortunately, car crashes happen with all too much regularity resulting in serious injury and even death as in this case.

With more than 6 million traffic accidents occurring on roadways each year in the U.S. alone, almost 3 million of those actually end up with people either being injured or killed. Many of those injuries and deaths are due to the negligence of other drivers, but some are caused by other factors, as well. The most common causes of traffic accidents include:

Driver Error, or Negligence
Road conditions
Road design or maintenance issues
Mechanical failures or defects

While not the most common causes of traffic accidents, manufacturer design defects are sometimes significant factors that cause cars to crash and may make the injuries worse. There are numerous cases where the auto maker sold a vehicle that was too likely to roll over or could not take the normal impact expected when accidents occur. This case may not involve such product problems, but if they were an issue, then such defects could be the basis for victims to file personal injury or wrongful death claims for compensation.

Category: Carolina Car & Motorcycle Accidents

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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm whose attorneys focus on injury and accident law. We maintain office in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), on East Elizabeth Street, and we have handled thousands of cases in which victims got hurt or killed in car, truck, train and motorcycle crashes caused by others' negligence or carelessness.

We serve every area of North Carolina, including Elizabeth City, Edenton, Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Greensboro, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Halifax, Northampton, Greenville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden and the Outer Banks towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, Corolla, Currituck and Dare. In South Carolina, we cover the state from Myrtle Beach and Charleston to Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Rock Hill, Darlington, Aiken, Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg.

Firm attorneys Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, our firm has been named a North Carolina "Best Law Firm" for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.

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