ASHEBORO, NC — A woman has died following a major crash in Asheboro, North Carolina on Monday, June 8th, 2014, according to a news article from the News & Record Online.
Fay Jordan was killed when the vehicle she was driving collided with a North Carolina Department of Transportation that was driving the opposite direction after one of the vehicles crossed the center line of traffic while driving on Zoo Parkway around 2:00 Monday afternoon.
Scene of the Accident
Emergency responders rushed Fay Jordan to nearby Randolph Hospital where she died a short time after her arrival.
The investigation is being handled by local authorities.
Commentary:
You may think that the handling of a government vehicle crash is no different than the handling of a typical commercial vehicle accident, but you’d be wrong. Goverment entities such as DOT vehicles, school buses, police cars, and fire trucks are all protected by what is called in the legal industry as doctrine of sovereign immunity. In cases like this, the government is shielded from civil action depending on the nature of the accident. In addition, many government bodies have an extremely truncated statute of limitations, which means time is one of the most important factors in a case like this one.
–Grossman Law Offices
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