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Category Archives: Auto Accidents
South Carolina Injury Attorneys Urge State Legislators to Take Action on Distracted Driving
The South Carolina news website MyHorryNews.com reported on May 7 that a state Senate bill that would strengthen distracted driving laws stalled in the state legislature. Senate Bill 186 would make it a felony when accidents caused by distracted driving result in a fatality. The bill was referred to the Senate judiciary committee, but it has remained there since January 8 and MyHorryNews.com said that passage in the current legislative session “appears unlikely” since May 1 was the deadline for legislation passed in one chamber to be sent to the other. The timing was particularly disheartening since prosecutors also recently decided to drop charges in a fatal crash in which distracted driving was a factor. MyHorryNews.com reported that a charge of reckless homicide against truck driver Vincente Virola Rodriguez was dropped. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said Rodriguez was driving too fast for conditions and was also using a cell…
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Accident Survivors, Safety Advocates Implore Congress to Pass Bill Limiting Truck Size
Last April, Goose Creek resident Pina Arrington lost her husband Scott when a truck driver turned sharply to the right, crossed two lanes of traffic and slammed into the 44-year-old man while he was driving his motorcycle to work. According to the Goose Creek Patch, Pina was Scott’s common-law wife and they were supposed to get married nine days after he died. On May 7, Pina and other families of truck accident victims joined the Truck Safety Coalition in Washington DC to call on Congress to stop “dangerous and deadly” increases in the weight and size of commercial trucks. “What happened to my husband was not an accident,” Pina said. “The unacceptably high numbers of truck crash deaths like Scott’s are the result of bad actors in an industry choosing profit over safety, and adding more size and weight to trucks will only result in greater loss of life.” The…
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Man Charged With Leaving Scene of Fatal Accident in Greenville County
WBTW-TV reported that a 32-year-old man and his 12-year-old stepson were both killed after being thrown from their motorcycle in a hit and run crash on April 14. At a news conference two days later, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the driver of the suspect vehicle, 54-year-old Gordon Owens, was arrested and charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death. Investigators said the car that hit the motorcycle on Woodside Drive and 7th Street in Greenville County left the scene of the accident. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office said Robert Austin Blackstone died on the scene and his stepson died at the hospital. According to WBTW, the victims were not wearing helmets. South Carolina law requires all motorcycle operators and passengers under the age of 21 to wear motorcycle helmets, but the more outrageous crime in this case is the hit and run allegation….
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