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1/24/2010
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Multi-Vehicle Crash Involving a Charlotte DOT Truck on I-485 Hospitalizes Three

North Carolina State Troopers closed down a section of I-485 near Charlotte, North Carolina (N.C.) for 3 hours last Saturday morning after an accident caused a chain reaction. As reported by Charlotte's WBTV, the Mecklenburg Police alleged that a drunk driver collided with a DOT truck about 4:30 that morning. An hour afterward, an SUV struck a tractor trailer that was stalled from the initial accident.

After the dust settled from the multi vehicle wreck, three folks were brought to the hospital sustaining unknown injuries. Additionally, another driver struck a patrol car that was parked at the accident scene. The patrolman assisting the site had to dive out of the way narrowly escaping injury himself. It was reported that it took several hours until I-485 was reopened for traffic.

In many cases a road-side crash site can act as magnet drawing in other cars and causing further wrecks, usually due to distracted driving. Most rescue workers and highway patrolmen are well aware of this danger and will always strive to gain order to the scene and get off the road side as quickly as possible.

Despite safety procedures and proper protocol secondary crashes can occur and the result often adds further injuries and complications including taking out those already there assisting the injured. One of the first responders to the scene, a police officer, had to dodge the secondary crash vehicle by diving off the road and narrowly escaping injury, perhaps even death.

Many are not as lucky as the officer mentioned above. Please be aware of the danger of secondary crashes along the roadside. Always take extreme caution if you find yourself along the roadside whether due to a crash or breakdown. It has been shown in studies that out of all fatal car accidents, a full 35 percent are from roadside crashes in the United States.

 



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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.

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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