Personal Injury Law

Single vehicle rollover accidents demonstrates the dangers of OWI

By Steve Lombardi

Here is what is reported: On August 23, 2009 a vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when he came to the intersection of Wink Ave. and 160^th St. where Wink turns from hard surface to gravel. According to police reports, when making the transition from a hard surface to gravel the car began to fishtail (probably on loose gravel) and lost control entering the East ditch before rolling over several times ejecting both occupants and coming to a rest on its top in a soybean field. The two passengers are Adam Anderson and Thomas Dugan, Mr. Anderson died as a result of the injuries suffered and Mr. Dugan was airlifted by Mercy One helicopter. It is uncertain who was driving and an investigation is ongoing. However investigators are saying that alcohol was probably a factor as the two had been attending a 10 year reunion and alcohol was found at the scene.

It goes without saying that driving and alcohol don't mix. Being drunk while driving is in itself a distraction. The passenger may be found to have been culpable for what the law calls complicity, meaning he too is at fault.

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).