Tampa Bay Injury Attorney Blog
A 17-year-old girl is recovering at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Monday after a Largo crash involving a wrong-way driver left her and three of her friends all with serious injuries.
The girl was a passenger in the front seat when the cars collided head-on.
Her three friends were also hurt and hospitalized.
Troopers said the other driver in the crash, a 26-year-old woman, was driving the wrong way on 66th Street North. They believe alcohol was a factor.
The woman died in the wreck.
Wrong-way driving collisions usually end in fatality, as this case shows. Most wrong-way driving crashes occur as a result of motorists operating their cars under the influence of alcohol or because they are confused and unaware that they’ve turned onto an exit or one-way street.
Wrong-way driving accidents take the lives of numerous people in Tampa Bay every year, and leave many more seriously injured. The recent rise of wrong-way crashes is alarming, as all of these crashes should be preventable.
If you have a family member who has been injured or killed as a result of a wrong-way driver, our Tampa Bay Auto Accident Injury Lawyers at Whittel & Melton are here to help. Call us today at 727-823-0000 or contact us online for a free consultation. We make house calls and hospital visits if you are unable to come and meet with us at our office.