CONWAY, SC — Derrick Adams and Stacy Godwin were identified a the two people that died in a majro car accident that happened just outside Conway, South Carolina on Sunday, February 1st, 2015. Local news pinpoints the accident just minutes after 7:00 Sunday evening.
Both 29-year-old Derrick Adams, and 36-year-old Stacy Godwin were killed when the Chevy Avalance they were in and a Lincoln SUV collided while driving on Highway 378. Officials think that the Chevy crossed over the middle line of traffic and into the oncoming lanes when it struck the pickup truck head-on.
Adams and Godwin were killed in the crash. The driver of the SUV was taken by EMS to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center where they were being treated for serious injuries.
Representatives from the South Carolina Highway Patrol is still investigating the accident.
Scene of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
With an accident bearing this kind of fact-pattern, many people wonder what the rights of passengers are in respect to liability. Well, considering passengers don’t have control over the vehicle, typically none. From a purely legal perspective, the driver of any vehicle that kills or injuries a passenger in an accident can be held liable, depending on how the facts of the investigation materialize.
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