Personal Injury Law

Hit-And-Run accident near Treynor, Iowa puts boy in the hospital

By Steve Lombardi

Hit-And-Run accident near Treynor, Iowa puts boy in the hospital

Police seek the identity of the driver of a red sports car with a black strip in and around Pottawatamie County, Iowa. The driver struck a young boy who was crossing Highway 92 at an elementary school. The child was taken to Nebraska Medical Center and is improving.

Anyone with information should call the Pottawatamie County Sheriff's office and ask for Jeff Danker. 712-328-5737.

Hit-and-run accidents can cause all sorts of problems for insurance claims. Whether or not the incident is one that should be filed under the uninsured or underinsured provisions of a policy can arise. This type of pedestrian-car or truck collision is unique in many respects. One has to know about the pedestrian's actions, attention, point-of-view, clothing as well as the street lighting, speed of the car or truck or motorcycle, driver's attention, other passengers point-of-view, witnesses, roadway characteristics like hilly versus levelness, weather conditions, road surface conditions along with any possible distractions like parked cars and busses. Photographs of the area are always helpful.

Call us if we can help to suggest what you should be doing.

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on May 03, 2009 (boomark / email).