Wrong-Way Driving Leads to Head-On Crash, Two Killed, One Child Seriously Injured in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Terrible news of a wrong-way driver that caused a head-on car accident on Tennessee’s Interstate 75 hit news headlines on Tuesday morning, September 3, highlighting the dangers of wrong-way driving. According to local news reports, on the morning of Tuesday, September 3, and around 2:00 a.m., 37-year-old Kalyn Theobald drove her Nissan Sentra the wrong way down I-75 and hit a Honda Accord and its driver head-on. The head-on collision reportedly sent the Honda Accord spinning, and it was hit by a tractor trailer that was also traveling on the Interstate. The driver of the Honda Accord, 65-year-old Richard Howard Sadowitz, died at the scene of the tragic head-on car accident. A child, who was a passenger in the Nissan Sentra driven by Theobald, was seriously injured in the head-on car collision, and was transported to the hospital with “life-threatening” injuries. Details are still sparse as to why Theobald was driving the wrong way down the Interstate, and whether drugs and/or alcohol was involved in the terrible and fatal wrong-way head-on car accident. The investigation is still ongoing.
Wrong-Way Driving Presents Serious Threat to Tennessee Driver Health and Safety
There is no doubt that wrong-way driving is a serious threat to drivers in Tennessee. According to the National Council of State Legislatures, wrong-way driving, which is defined as driving where “a driver operates a vehicle the wrong way on a road or highway against the intended flow of traffic”, accounts for 3.7% of all fatal car accidents. This amounts to an average of around 500 deaths due to wrong-way driving on divided highways per year in the United States. Wrong-way driving can occur on virtually any type of roadway, and often driver confusion is found to be the reason for wrong-way driving. Because wrong-way driving accidents are often fatal accidents, it is important for Tennessee drivers to be alert for wrong-way drivers, and to understand that wrong-way driving accidents can and do happen on Tennessee roads.
Help for Victims of Serious Car Accidents in Tennessee
Under Tennessee personal injury laws, victims of wrong-way driving car accidents and other types of negligently-caused (or intentionally caused) car accidents may be entitled to money compensation for their injuries and losses. A victim of a negligently-caused car accident in Tennessee may bring a case in court for compensation for damages associated with their car accident injuries and losses. In order to determine whether you may have a claim for compensation due to your car accident injuries in Tennessee, it is best to speak with an experienced Tennessee car accident lawyer as soon as possible about your case.
The experienced Tennessee car accident lawyers at the law firm Fox Farley Willis & Burnette, PLLC are here to help victims of serious car accidents in Tennessee get justice for their injuries and losses caused by other drivers. Contact Fox Farley Willis & Burnette, PLLC and speak to a lawyer about your case now.
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