HOUSTON, TX — Officer Shane Rigdon was identified as the Harris County deputy that was hurt in a car accident that happened on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015. News reports said that the accident happened around 8:00 Tuesday night.
Officer Shane Rigdon was hurt when the police patrol vehicle he was driving was hit by another vehicle near the intersection of Fulton and Burress. Authorities familiar with details of the accident said that a speeding vehicle hit the patrol vehicle broadside.
Rigdon sustained numerous injuries in the accident. The driver of the car that struck the police car was ejected from the vehicle and died in the accident.
Houston Police are still investigating the accident.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
If the accident actually happened exactly how the news report said it did, and the offending car was speeding at the time of the crash, than there probably aren’t too many scenarios where that vehicle wouldn’t be faulted for the accident. Whenever a vehicle causes an accident while violating a law, or statute, it is more than likely a considered negligence per-se. So, unless something about the facts in this accident is missing or omitted from the news, which happens, this is probably going to fall on the shoulders of the speeding car’s policy.
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