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Emily is a Carolina injury attorney who handles car accidents, medical malpractice, FELA, wrongful death, etc.

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12/1/2009
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Fatal Tractor Trailer Crash on US 321 in Watauga County N.C. Kills Car Driver

72-year old Craven Presson died after a car crash that took place on US 321 in Watauga County, NC.  According to NC Highway Patrol, Presson who was in his 2005 Chevy sedan was driving northbound when he suddenly crossed the center line and  struck a southbound  2005 Volvo tractor-trailer  head-on.  Presson was immediately airlifted to Johnson City Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Dayton Cook, the driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to Watauga Medical Center and was treated for minor injuries and later released.  N.C. Troopers said Presson’s body will still be undergoing autopsy to know if he suffered medical trauma prior to the crash that caused his death.  Emergency responders and fire-fighters had to close off the section of the highway in order to perform a haz-mat clean-up from the massive debris and fuel spilled from the turned over big rig.

The majority of fatal crashes involving tractor-trailer trucks include trucks that are pulling one trailer. A recent survey showed that 64% of fatal truck crashes had one trailer. Thirty-two percent of those involved single-unit trucks (no trailer) and fewer than 4% of those involved multi-trailer vehicles (more than one trailer). The majority of fatal truck accidents occur in rural areas (68 percent) during the daytime (66 percent) and on weekdays (78 percent).

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Category: Wrongful Death

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Rick Shapiro and Jim Lewis have been recognized as Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of attorneys received. Our attorneys have also been listed among the Best Lawyers in America for Injury Law since 2008. Overall, our North Carolina injury law firm have been recognized as one of the Best Injury Law Firms in North Carolina for personal injury plaintiffs since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.

Also, two of our NC injury attorneys have been listed in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009, and our NC injury law firm is a member with Primerus, an organization for a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms.

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In terms of North Carolina personal injury cases we serve all areas of the Tar Heel State, 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.

For clients in South Carolina, we are prepared to help injury, wrongful death and accident victims in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Summerville, Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Greenvile, Anderson, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Clemson, Darlington and any other town, city or county in the Palmetto State.

Our injury lawyers are also licensed in Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC.
 

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1 Comments to "Fatal Tractor Trailer Crash on US 321 in Watauga County N.C. Kills Car Driver"

i just hope the truckdriver doesnt get in trouble for another accident caused by a car. this happends all to often and
is wrong.how can it be always the trucks
fault when 75% of the time its a cars fault.
Posted by gabriel on December 29, 2009 at 11:05 PM

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