Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
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    11/23/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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    Pedestrian in Wyalusing struck by vehicle


    Pedestrian knock-down cases are often the most difficult motor vehicle personal injury cases to handle, particularly when the pedestrian is a child.  One of the major issues in these types of cases is who was at fault, the driver for driving too fast and not paying attention or the pedestrian who was did not "look both ways" before they crossed the street.  In many instances, it is a combination of both.

    Take, for example, the following story from the     The Towanda Daily Review newspaper:

    Brook Reese, 22, of Wyalusing was listed in fair condition at a local hospital Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle on Monday.  Raymond White, 47, of Towanda was driving west on U.S. Route 6 in Wyalusing when, according to witnesses, Reese ran out in the path of White’s vehicle, police said.  White’s 2004 Chevrolet 3500 truck struck Reese, state police said.      Reese was taken by ambulance to Robert Packer Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition Wednesday night, authorities said.  The accident occurred at 5:09 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Route 6 and John Street, according to the state police from Towanda.

    As indicated in the article, the pedestrian ran out in the path of the vehicle.  But, it was dark at that time of day and the question that i had was how fast was the driver travelling.  On that section of Route 6, many cars travel way too fast.  But, these are the types of facts and issues that an experienced trial lawyer and investigate.  The best thing to do is to contact an experienced personal injury lawyer to have him/her review the case details.


    Labels: automobile accident, motor vehicle accident, pedestrian accident, pedestrian crossing, pedestrians being hit by motorists,, Route 6, wyalusing


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