Archive for the ‘Pedestrian’ Category
Tennessee hit and run driver now sentenced.
January 14th, 2011 | 
Author: Labor Day of 2010, a young lady was struck, and later died in the hospital, as she walked by the street at night. Her sister seen the accident happen, and also watched as the driver that hit her sped away.
It took two weeks for the man to turn himself in, and was charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness and leaving the scene of a deadly accident. He also had charges of intoxication, and DUI on his previous record. The families not only have to grieve the loss of a loved one, but also now, after sentencing, have to live with the fact that the driver will only face 2 years in jail. Officials say that the young lady was walking in the street, when her family knows that wasn’t the case.
The sentences for drivers that face charges of vehicular homicide should be the same as any other homicide. The carelessness of one man cost the life of a young lady, and caused countless grief for families. Our condolences go out to her broken family. To learn more about hit and run accidents, please visit this site.
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Truck accident in Nashville causes pedestrian fatality
A tractor trailer accident on October 30th, in Nashville, Tennessee caused a pedestrian fatality, and sent a driver to the hospital. How does a truck hit a pedestrian? The truck’s headlights (if properly adjusted) should show the road ahead for 200’.
In this Nashville truck accident case, a 57-year-old man was walking in the left lane of the road when he was struck and killed by an oncoming truck.
We don’t know much about the driver or deceased pedestrian at this point, but it’s obvious that the truck driver didn’t see the pedestrian until it was too late to avoid the accident. Did the pedestrian expect the truck to move over slightly? Was the pedestrian impaired? We tend to blame the victim in our society, and perhaps the dead person here has some responsibility, but do they bear total responsibility?
Our sympathy to both families. Losing a loved one is hard to describe, and being responsible (even a little ) for the death of another is difficult pill to swallow. No one wins here, but we all lose unless we can find a way to see that this doesn’t happen again.
Could it have been that no matter what this Tennessee pedestrian was doing, that this Nashville driver just wasn’t paying enough attention?
Please click here to learn more about fatal accidents in Tennessee.
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Nashville man killed crossing busy street
In Nashville Tennessee, a local man was trying to cross a busy roadway when he was struck and killed by an ongoing motorist. The accident occurred around 7:00 p.m. as he was trying to cross Ellington Parkway, toward Douglas Avenue before he was carelessly run over. Officials say that this man appeared to be in his twenties.
Ellington Parkway is a limited access, 4 lane divided highway with a grass median. Most of its path through Davidson County is through residential areas. The kind of places where someone might be taking a short cut and Ellington Parkway is the shortest path.
There is often a tendency to blame the victim in cases, especially pedestrian cases. The fact is that most of us are more likely to be drivers than pedestrians and we don’t give it a lot of thought. Do we think this pedestrian was suicidal? On drugs or alcohol? Those things are possible, but the real question is “Could this accident been avoided?” Being on drugs or alcohol doesn’t entitle someone to irresponsibly run you down like a wild animal.
Pedestrian accidents in Tennessee occur everyday due to poor lighting, not enough cross walks, and drivers carelessly not paying enough attention. At the same time, the cost of buying, insuring and maintaining a car puts more and more people “a foot”. We have lots of things that need to be done to make this a better and safer community for everyone in Nashville – dealing with public transit is one of them.
To learn more about Tennessee accidents, please click here, and to see more about accidents involving pedestrians, see here.
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Nashville drunk driver kills young woman in a hit and run accident.
A driver of a pick up truck was driving on Bell Road in Nashville around 7:45 p.m. in early September, when he struck a pedestrian and fled the scene. The young lady he hit was heading home from Percy Priest Lake here in Nashville, when she was carelessly run over. Her sister was on the way to pick her up, and saw the accident unfold. The passenger of the pick up truck in this later returned to the scene, and told officers who the driver was, and told officers that he pled with the driver to go back after the truck hit this young woman.
It is alleged that the two people in the truck were drinking before the accident. After the accident was aired on News channels, the driver turned himself in. He was later released on bond. The young woman struck in this collision later died in a Nashville hospital.
This is another sad case of what drunk driving can do to yourself, and families. You not only can destroy your life, but another’s in seconds. The family of the 22-year-old young woman now wants to know why the man responsible was able to leave with no charges, still with his license. Drunk driving is the cause of thousands of fatalities each year, (for more information about fatalities linked to drunk driving, click here). The criminal justice system is only part of the solution to this problem, as you can see by what has happened here. For example, can we be sure that this driver isn’t driving today? Suing these kinds of drivers makes sense and sends a message that you can’t walk away by paying a fine, attending classes, and spending a few days in jail.
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Tennessee Rotator cuff surgery less successful for women?
Victims of Tennessee auto accidents, work injuries, motorcycle wrecks, and other trauma can experience shoulder injuries, including rotator cuff tears.
Rotator cuff tears can be surgically repaired arthroscopically, a much less invasive alternative than the typical “open” procedure. According to the American Journal of Sports Medicine arthroscopic surgery can reduce pain and improve function, but unexplainedly the procedure seems to have poorer results among women.
If you or anyone you know has been killed or suffered a personal injury or knee injury in Nashville Tennessee, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville Tennessee personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here. No matter what you do, before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster, read our materials on dealing with insurance adjusters first!
One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved. Contact us before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster!
Tennessee Car Wrecks Can Result in Serious Brain Injury
Blows to the head from a Tennessee car accident are not uncommon. They are also very common in motorcycle accidents, and collisions involving tractor-trailers.
Most of the time people “shake it off” and go on with their lives. We now have the example of the NFL on the importance of taking head injuries very seriously.
If you or anyone you know has been killed or suffered a personal injury in Nashville ( or Tennessee), please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Tennessee personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here. No matter what you do, before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster, read our materials on dealing with insurance adjusters first!
One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved. Contact us before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster!
Nashville Pedestrians Moving Targets?
It’s not just auto accidents (or motorcycle accidents or truck accidents) that cause personal injury to people using the roads in Tennessee. A recent study produced by Transportation America quantifies the epidemic of pedestrian fatalities and personal injuries that are occurring in Tennessee and across the U.S.
Over the last 15 years more than 76,000 people have been killed when doing nothing more than walking in the neighborhood where they live. While it is common for many pedestrian accidents to be blamed on the pedestrian/victim, it is more accurate to point out that most streets are not designed for pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, or people on bicycles – even though people who are “a foot” will clearly have to use streets just like automobiles and trucks.
An AARP poll of people over 50 years old found that half of the people felt they couldn’t safely cross the main road closest to where they live. (For information about the safety of roads in your own neighborhood, click here.) The compiled data for Nashville indicates that the rate of pedestrian death puts us #28 on the list of cities in the United States. Approximately 6 pedestrians will be killed every year in Nashville, just for walking. For more information about this study, click here.
If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Nashville pedestrian accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.
One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.
