VAN ALSTYNE, TX — A single-vehicle accident took the life of one driver in Van Alstyne, Texas on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014, according to a news article from KXII.
Investigators have said that they have reason to believe 65-year-old Charles Glass was killed when the pickup truck he was driving on FM 1231 on Tuesday afternoon. The vehicle plowed through a park before striking a nearby private residence.
Scene of the Accident
It is not immediately clear if Charles Glass was killed instantly in the crash, or if he was taken by EMS personnel to a nearby hospital where he died a short time later.
Officials from the local police department are assisting with the crash.
Commentary:
People tend to have a serious problem immediately blaming the victims of single-vehicle accidents by quickly chalking it up to driver error, when in reality there could be much more going on than we see at first-glance. I’d be willing to venture that this vehicle was not inspected from top to bottom before this news article was written. As we know with recent events in the news, accelerators can stick and steering columns can lock up. The problem is, we simply wont know if this has happened until the wreckage is inspected by a professional. If this accident was caused by the vehicle, the manufacturer they could be liable for the accident.
–Grossman Law Offices
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