According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal a pedestrian was injured in an accident in Lubbock Texas. The accident occurred around 7 a.m. Wednesday January 18 when 18-year-old Ricky Lee Reed was crossing Fourth Street. He was struck by a Ford Focus traveling westbound on the street. Police do not know if Reed was using the crosswalk or if any witnesses saw the accident.
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It is interesting and indeed insightful into police investigations that currently they do not know what happened. You see many accidents begin this way and many of them are not aided with eyewitness testimony. In these situations (and quite frankly most situations) a third party must investigate the accident if strategies regarding civil remedies are to be made apparent.
Remedies are only available if certain variables are discovered namely a breach of duty from a liable party. This entails relaying to a jury that a defendant owed the victim standard of care at the time of the accident in regards to this situation safe operation of a motor vehicle approaching a crosswalk. A victim must then show that the liable party breached this standard of care by their actions. Again this highlights the importance of the independent investigation as these details may not be evident in a police report.
Lubbock Personal InjuryAttorney Michael Grossman
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