NEW TOWN, ND — Two people died after a collision with a tow truck that happened just outside New Town, North Dakota on Monday, April 28th, 2014, according to the news article from KQCD.
Authorities believe 41-year-old Ricky Finley was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in is thought to have drifted into the lanes of oncoming traffic and hit a tow truck while driving on Highway 22.
Scene of the Accident
Ricky Finley, as well as the driver of the vehicle, identified by police as 39-year-old Corrina Larocque, were pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders when they arrived.
Officials expect to release more information about the accident in the coming days.
Commentary:
Whenever an accident like this takes place, people need to very skeptical of news sources and the facts they report. For the most part, these accident articles are drafted off of police reports, or lifted from other articles that use police reports as a source. While helpful in the grand scheme of things, these police reports are written by officers whose responsibility at the time of writing included clearing an accident scene, tending to victims, and documenting what they think may have happened. This is why more often than not, the police reports included in my cases are proven incorrect, or at the least incomplete. Performing an independent investigation could reveal information omitted from the report that may show more than what we see in a news report.
–Grossman Law Offices
