ARKANSAS COUNTY, AR — A major crash claimed the life of one man in Arkansas County, Arkansas on Tuesday, April 15th, 2014, according to a new article from Fox 16.
Authorities have said that they believe 35-year-old Deshaun Gaither was killed when the car he was a passenger in crashed while driving on Highway 11 around 8:00 Tuesday evening.
Scene of the Accident
Deshaun Gaither was killed in the crash. The driver and another passenger in the vehicle were taken by EMS personnel to a nearby hospital for the treatment of their injuries.
The investigation is currently being handled by officials from local and state agencies.
Commentary:
Many people would skim this article and immediately blame the driver of the car for the accident, when we have almost no details of the accident investigation. Many single-vehicle accidents I’ve handled have come down to a serious malfunction in the vehicle, or the safety equipment designed to mitigate the cause of a crash failed. Most would dismiss looking at the wreckage of a car accident like this as a waste of time, but there is a tremendous amount of information that can be gained. For instance, I handled an ejection accident where the passenger was supposedly not wearing a seat belt, but investigation discovered that the seat belt failed and left burn marks on the metal clasp that proved otherwise. These are exptremely common accidents, and always worth a second look.
–Grossman Law Offices
