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5/22/2011
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Car Crash Sends Four Inmates to Hospital

It is not often that we find inmates the victims of a car accident, but on May 16, 2011, a North Carolina Department of Transportation truck was hit by another vehicle in Vanceboro, NC. The police found that when the truck went to turn onto a gravel road at 25 mph, the car that was behind the truck rear ended the truck going approximately 35-40 mph.

The injured prisoners, ranging in age from 29 to 58, were transported to the hospital and were receiving treatment. There was little, if any, damage to the NCDOT truck, and neither driver was injured.

The article did not list the crimes that landed these inmates in jail, but frankly that should not matter. What should matter is that these individuals were victims in a car accident and needed to receive treatment at the hospital.

As a society, we are too often persuaded to believe that these men deserved what happened to them. These are false beliefs, because they are people too. They deserve similar legal rights. We do not condone criminal behavior, but rather we support the victims of car wrecks. We would support and fight for them just like we fought for this client when they were rear-ended in a car wreck.

MF

Category: Carolina Car & Motorcycle Accidents

Labels: car accident car accidents crash hospital injuries injury NCDOT North Carolina rear ended wreck


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.

We also offer free special reports on distracted driving and the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in North Carolina. 

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer free initial confidential injury case consultations. Call us toll-free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can get back to you.



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