Serious Chain Reaction Crash Injures Five People in the Arlington Area of Jacksonville, Florida
Several vehicles were stopped at a red light in the Arlington area of Jacksonville, Florida when a white pickup truck crashed into one of the stopped vehicles which caused a chain reaction crash that involved a total of five vehicles, according to an article on News4Jax.com. Five people were injured and taken to the hospital. The crash occurred at the intersection of Monument Road and McCormick Road.
There are several issues that arise from an accident such as this that starts with a rear end collision and involves damage to multiple vehicles and injuries to multiple people. In a personal injury lawsuit for damages from such an accident, fault for the accident must be determined. In most rear end accidents, particularly those that occur at a stop light where vehicles have been stopped for some time, fault lies primarily with the driver who did not stop his/her vehicle and starts the chain reaction crash. However, with so many people involved, the statements from the drivers and witnesses tend to differ significantly. Different people tend to see, hear and remember aspects of a crash differently, particularly when the crash comes suddenly from behind without warning. Drivers are not sure how many times their vehicle was struck and by whom. Drivers who are apparently at fault tend to blame others by saying they caused the accident first or stopped too suddenly. This can often make what seems like an obvious determination of fault more involved.
In a case such as this, where serious injuries result, it is important for personal injury lawyers to take detailed statements, or depositions, from the drivers and witnesses to determine exactly how the accident occurred as accurately as possible. Contradicting statements are almost a certainty, but a good investigation into the accident can expose which statements are accurate and which are exaggerations or just altogether false.
