Rain storm, rear-end collision, no escape - Negligence? Factual investigation is required.

Steve Lombardi

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Question:  I'm the mother of a young driver who was involved in an auto accident.  We live in in the southern United States and have contacted an injury/accident lawyer and a criminal/accident lawyer both with no good news.  Brief description of accident: she was single occ. restrained driver on 2 lane highway traveling south(2 lanes N also). Severe thunderstorms.  She was in the right lane traveling approx 50mph on 55mph road.  Small 4 door car.  In front of her large SUV in right lane.  She saw SUV suddenly cross to left lane and then noticed people standing down embankment on right side then in front of her a disabled vehicle with no hazard lights, flares, etc.  She attempted to stop and hydroplaned. Sudden decision not go off road to right due to people there she check her left blind spot to get to left lane but collided with empty, disabled vehicle and landed in grass median.  Both airbags deployed she sustained injuries to her face, arms, chest, abd.  Nothing life threatening but did require EMS ride to ER and dc'd that day.  My first concern of course is my insurance company finding her at fault.  Later that day law enforcement issued her a ticket for failure to reduce speed to prevent an auto accident. Both lawyers have said they can handle the ticket (have it dismissed), my frustration is we've lost a car that we still owe money on, and our insurance rates will now go up. To me the guy who left his disabled vehicle in the roadway is at fault. Piece of info, his vehicle was disable due to another vehicle pulling out in front of him which he rear-ended, that other vehicle ended up in the ditch/embankment on right side of road. Please help, my daughter is crying a lot not feeling this is her fault.