Fatal car accident in Massachusetts

On behalf of Aiken and Aiken P.C. Personal Injury Attorneys posted in Car Accidents, on Friday, October 9, 2015

A fatal motor vehicle accident caused by an alleged intoxicated driver took place in Shelburne, Massachusetts, On Oct. 2. The crash is being investigated by the Shelburne Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and other law enforcement personnel. In the accident, a 51-year-old woman’s car was rear-ended on Route 2. The impact caused her car to veer into the opposite lane, where she was hit by an oncoming minivan. She was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead. The minivan driver with which she collided was also taken to the hospital, but that driver sustained only non-life-threatening injuries. The Northwestern District Attorney’s office arrested and took into custody the 20-year-old man driving the car that caused the auto accident. Among the charges that he was expected to face at his arraignment are felony motor vehicle homicide by virtue of negligent operation and alcohol intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The surviving family members of a decedent who was fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident caused by an impaired, intoxicated or otherwise negligent driver will often suffer a variety of economic and non-economic losses in addition to the grief over the sudden death of a loved one. Those who are in this situation may want to speak to an attorney to discuss the possibility of filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the negligent motorist, seeking compensation for funeral and burial expenses and other damages that may be permitted by statute, including loss of companionship in some cases.Source: Mass Live, “Buckland man arrested in connection with fatal three-car crash on Route 2 in Shelburne”, Shannon Young, Oct. 3, 2015