Personal Injury Law

Rear end collision injures two Missouri women

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Thao T. Huynh, 27, and Leann T. Nguyen, 30, were injured and hospitalized Sunday after the car they were riding in was rear ended and forced off the road into a cable median.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred on Interstate 435 in Clay County, Missouri. Christopher Jackson, 16, was driving a 2000 Ford northbound on the highway and lost control of his car sending it off the left side of the roadway. As he tried to regain control, Jackson crossed back into the highway where he struck the 1998 Acura that Huynh and Nguyen were passengers in.

After the impact, the driver of the Acura, Ai Tham Nguyen, 27, also lost control of her car and went off the left side of the roadway. The car crashed into a cable median and came to a rest before crossing into oncoming traffic.

Huynh was taken by ambulance to Liberty Hospital for treatment. Leann Nguyen suffered minor injuries but refused treatment at the scene. Ai Tham Nguyen and Jackson were not listed as injured on the initial crash report.

The Highway Patrol is still investigating the accident and charges are pending.

At the moment, it is not known what caused Jackson to lose control of his vehicle. Typically, in rear-end collision car accidents, negligence is assumed on the part of the at-fault driver. If the investigation turns up further signs of negligence or the charges pending are against Jackson, a Missouri personal injury lawyer may be able to recover damages for those injured in the accident.

This accident could have resulted in more serious injuries or even a fatality if the second car had crossed into oncoming traffic. The investigating officer said the car was stopped by a cable median. We have previously commented on the safety of cable medians in earlier blog posts.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on July 19, 2009 (boomark / email).