PHOENIX, AZ — Constance Swenson was killed in a car accident in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, February 16th, 2015. News reports did not nail down the time of the accident.
Constance Swenson died when the car she was driving was struck by an SUV for reasons currently under investigation while driving through the intersection of Interstate 17 and Thunderbird. Police said that the offending SUV may have run the red light with it’s lights off when it struck the passenger car.
Swenson was killed in the accident.
Arizona State Police are handling the accident investigation.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
If the offending vehicle did run the red light, while driving with it’s lights off, no less, then the driver of the SUV is probably going to be in some serious hot water over this accident. This would more than likely be a situation where a decent attorney points at a doctrine known as negligence per-se, where an act is considered negligent because it violates a law or statute. I’m really wondering what the driver of the SUV was up to at the time of the accident if they were driving with their lights off and running stoplights as several reports indicate.
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