Four people, including two children, were injured in a Mesa car accident involving four vehicles. According to The Arizona Republic, the multiple vehicle crash occurred on Baseline and Dobson Roads in Mesa. Officials said that a Mitsubishi Outlander ran a red light and crashed into the side of a Chevrolet Trailblazer before flipping onto its side. A 25-year-old woman, a 9-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, who were in the Mitsubishi, were injured. The driver of the Trailblazer was also injured in the crash. It is not clear if the driver of the Outlander will be cited for the crash.
According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) 2009 Crash Facts Report, 22 people were killed and 2,958 were injured in Mesa car accidents. During that same year, there were 306 fatalities and 32,204 injuries reported as a result of Maricopa County car accidents. Street intersections are some of the most common locations for serious injury accidents. Drivers who fail to properly obey traffic signals may be held liable for the damages they cause.
The family of a child who is injured in an Arizona car accident may pursue financial compensation on their child’s behalf with a personal injury claim. Compensation may be available to cover the cost of the child’s hospital expenses, cost of surgery, medication and other damages.
The reputed Mesa child injury lawyers of The Breyer Law Offices P.C. serve the families of Arizona. If you or a loved one has been harmed in a Mesa car accident, please contact our law office at 480-753-4534. We will review the specifics of your case and provide you with a free consultation.
Nearly a hundred children were killed and 2000 injured in the United States, according to a published report, due to a car backing over them. Most of these tragic children injury accidents in Arizona and throughout the nation occurred in residential driveways, meaning that in most cases someone reversing failed to identify that there was a child behind them.
It is always important to proceed with caution when backing out of a drive to avoid this kind of auto accident in Arizona. We understand too that mistakes happen, and that not every tragedy needs a lawsuit.
There are times, however, when there is negligence involved, and though nothing can be done to mitigate such a terrible loss as the death of a child, many of our clients want to see justice done, and so pursue a wrongful death lawsuit in Phoenix, Ahwatukee, or elsewhere in Arizona. Money does not eliminate the pain that comes from such a loss, but often it is comforting for families to know that there is some small measure of compensation available when the accident is due to someone else’s negligence, even if it is just an insurance company paying its policy holder’s limit.
Now, we do not mean to say that everybody who experiences the loss of a child should go out and hire a wrongful death lawyer in Arizona. This is often not in the best interests of those who have experienced such a loss. We have often encouraged people not to bring lawsuits even when it was within a person’s right to do so. Yet the time in which one can file a claim, usually two years in most Arizona personal injury cases, tends to run quickly after a terrible tragedy, so we do encourage people who believe they may have a personal injury or wrongful death case in Phoenix, Peoria, or elsewhere in Arizona to contact our skilled Phoenix child injury attorneys to help you make a decision.
