SILSBEE, TX — A two-vehicle head-on collision killed one man in Silsbee, Texas on Sunday, April 20th, 2014, according to the news release from KFDM.
Authorities with details of the crash investigation have said that 18-year-old Jamarcus Myers was killed when the Ford pickup truck he was driving collided with a vehicle while driving on Highway 418 around 9:00 Sunday morning.
Scene of the Accident
Jamarcus Myers was pronounced dead on the scene when they arrived. The driver of the other vehicle was identified as Michael Thompson, who sustained unspecified injuries in the accident.
The investigation is ongoing.
Commentary:
People involved in a two-vehicle accident may wonder how fault is decided, if police and the victims cannot reach a consensus. In the State of Texas, we have a system that is referred to in the legal industry as ‘comparative fault’, in which a jury is provided all the collected evidence before they do the best they can at assigning fault as fairly as possible. This is why the most thorough investigation possible is so important, and why independent investigations become so valuable. Police responders are often more concerned with clearing the accident and moving onto the next one, whereas independent investigators have no other accident to rush off to, and often these investigative professionals find much more than the initial investigation. For victims, the most important thing is finding the truth about the accident, as it should be.
–Grossman Law Offices
