SHELBY COUNTY, TX — One child is dead after a serious single-vehicle accident that happened in Shelby County, Texas on Saturday, April 19th, 2014, according to a news article from KTRE.
Investigators say 7-year-old Logan Simmons was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in drifted off the road before returning and rolling several times while driving on Highway 7 around 2:00 Saturday afternoon.
Scene of the Accident
Logan Simmons was taken by EMS personnel to a Louisiana State University Hospital where he died a number of days after his arrival. Also hurt in the crash was Michal, Breonna, Sarah, and Katelyn Simmons, who were taken to a nearby hospital with unspecified injuries.
Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety was assisting with the crash investigation.
Commentary:
Whenever there is an accident with an ejection, people automatically assume that they were not belted into the car, and there is nothing they could have done, when this really isn’t the case with many accidents. Just like any other part on your vehicle, or any mechanical device with moving parts for that matter, seat-belts can falter and fail. The problem is, you only know a transmission breaks when the car doesn’t move, but you never know what may be wrong with the seat-belt because they arent regularly exposed to the stresses that the device is supposed to function under. Fortunately any time a part fails, it leaves evidence of such a failure, and a trained investigator may be able to spot what the initial police report may have overlooked.
–Grossman Law Offices
