ROGERS, AR — Trenton Whitfield died after a single-vehicle accident that happened in Rogers, Arkansas on Friday, February 21st, 2015. Local news said that the accident happened at about 8:30 Friday morning.
17-year-old Trenton Whitfield died when the Jeep he was in crashed while driving on an unspecified road in Rogers. Police said that the vehicle drove off the road and crashed in to Lake Atalanta.
Whitfield was pronounced dead when he was pulled from the water.
The investigation into the accident is underway.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
The news was not clear if the victim in this accident was the driver or not. If the victim was a passenger, then people need to know how passengers are viewed in the eyes of the law. I’ve only researched one case in 25 years of litigating accidents where a passenger shared any of the fault, and that was because they grabbed the steering wheel while the vehicle was in motion. Needless to say, passenger fault in car accidents is rare, so there is a very, very good chance that the victim would have a claim against the driver’s policy if they were in fact a passenger.
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