CHARLOTTE, NC — A tanker-truck collision sent five individuals to local hospitals in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014, according to a news article from WBTV.
North Carolina State Police have said that they believe five people were hurt when several vehicles, including a tanker-truck collided for reasons currently unclear to accident investigators while driving on Interstate 85 around 12:40 Wednesday afternoon.
Scene of the Accident
Five people were rushed to nearby Carolinas Medical Center with unspecified injuries.
The investigation into the accident is being handled by representatives from the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
Commentary:
This accident is really going to boil down to which of the several vehicles ensnared in this crash was at fault, but you may wonder what happens if this cannot be easily determined based on the evidence at hand, as is the case in he-said-she-said scenarios with numerous, competing theories of fault. Well this is where a system of contributory negligence would possibly come into play. This system is widely regarded as the least-favorable for victims, meaning that even if the offending driver is found to be 99 percent at fault for an accident, the single percent of fault on the victim essentially sinks all liability. This is why these accidents need to be handled with the utmost care and consideration.
–Grossman Law Offices
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