TOOELE, UT — A collision with a wrong-way driver left a mother and her two children dead in Tooele, Utah on Friday, July 4th, 2014, according to a news report from Fox 13 Salt Lake City.
Authorities from the Utah State Police say that a woman and her two children were killed when a wrong way driver collided with the minivan they were in while driving on interstate 80.
Scene of the Accident
Three people were killed in the accident, although the news summary does not specify if they were killed instantly in the accident, or if they were taken by EMS to a nearby hospital where they died later on.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Paul Mumford, who currently faces drunk driving charges in connection with the fatal accident.
Commentary:
If this driver had recently left a bar, and was trying to get home, there could be what is called a third party dram claim against the bar. Third party cases happen when a bar either continues serving an obviously drunk person, or fails to refuse service to an intoxicated person who then goes off to cause an accident. I’ll keep saying it until I’m blue in the face, the only way bars will see drunk drivers as a liability is by holding bars liable for drunk drivers they fuel.
–Grossman Law Offices
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