Massachusetts accident injures 5, kills 1

On behalf of Aiken and Aiken P.C. Personal Injury Attorneys posted in Car Accidents, on Wednesday, June 4, 2014

According to the Massachusetts State Police, a May 30 accident involving three vehicles on Interstate 95 left one woman dead and injured five other people. The Norwood auto accident was caused by a wrong-way driver at about 4:22 p.m., police reported. According to police, a 58-year-old man was traveling northbound on the interstate in an SUV when he traversed a grass-field median and entered into the southbound lanes. The 58-year-old man’s SUV then struck a sedan containing three people head-on before striking a southbound SUV with two occupants. Police indicated that they are still investigating what caused the man to veer into oncoming traffic. Officials pronounced the driver of the sedan, a 59-year-old woman, dead at the scene. Reportedly, two other occupants from the sedan suffered serious injuries, and they received a helicopter transport to Boston Medical Center. The driver of the first SUV, the 58-year-old man, suffered minor injuries in the accident and received treatment for them at a hospital, authorities reported. Emergency medical crews transported the two occupants from the second SUV to the hospital as well. As this particular case illustrates, head-on collisions can be catastrophic in nature, and they often inflict serious damage upon the people and property involved in them. Those who do suffer damages as a result of an auto accident may be entitled to financial compensation via civil action. Accident victims often retain a personal injury attorney to file a suit against the parties at fault for the accident and then to prove to a civil court that those parties should be held responsible for the resulting damages. If successful, claimants in a personal injury suit may receive compensation for hospital bills, medical expenses and rehabilitation costs directly related to the accident. Source: Boston.com, “One Person Killed in Crash on I-95 South in Norwood“, Chris Caesar, May 30, 2014