Camden County Car Accident Claims Life of 21-Year-Old Passenger
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, ten people have died in Missouri car accidents recently. Nine of the ten people killed were not wearing their seatbelts. One of these fatal car accidents occurred in Camden County, Missouri. The accident occurred on Route A and killed a 21-year-old girl. The girl was a passenger in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old Marine, was allegedly driving too fast at a curve and ran off the road. The car hit a fence and flipped over, partially throwing the girl from the vehicle. The driver of the car walked away without injuries, but was found drunk and arrested for several infractions. He was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated, Careless and Imprudent Driving, Minor in Possession of Alcohol and Involuntary Manslaughter.
There are nearly 40,000 fatal car crashes every year across America, and approximately 1,500 of these fatal automobile accidents occur in Missouri. Many of these fatalities could be prevented through cautious driving and wearing a seatbelt. Statistics indicate that in 2007 a driver in Missouri not wearing a seatbelt at the time of an accident had a 1 in 32 chance of being killed, where a Missouri driver wearing a seatbelt had a 1 in 1,294 chance of being killed- over 40 times the chance of survival.
Everyday, hundreds of car accidents occur across Missouri. To speak with an experienced St. Louis car crash lawyer, contact Page Cagle, A Missouri Personal Injury Law Firm. Page Cagle is based in St. Louis, MO and represents injured clients in personal injury claims and car accident lawsuits across Missouri and Illinois.
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