Personal Injury Law

Missouri Man Thrown From Motorcycle In Rear End Collision

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Kelly Glover, 53, was thrown from his 2004 Yamaha motorcycle when he was rear ended Tuesday night in Callaway County.

According to the highway patrol, the Missouri motorcycle accident occurred when Glover stopped on Route F to allow the vehicle ahead of him to make a left turn. Glover was then rear ended by a 1993 Chevrolet, driven by Laura Williams, 45, and thrown from his motorcycle.

Glover was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Columbia where he was listed in moderate condition. Williams was not injured.

Fortunately, Glover was wearing a helmet. In motorcycle crashes, riders have almost no protection to prevent injury and, as a result, are more at risk on Missouri roadways. Statistics indicate motorcycle riders are four times more likely to sustain injury and twenty-one times as likely to die compared to those in other vehicles.

Missouri motorcycle accidents often occur because other motorists don?t see the person on the motorcycle. Many drivers don?t look out for bike riders and will change lanes or turn into the motorcyclist.

This Callaway County crash was also a rear end collision. From a Missouri personal injury lawyer?s perspective, this means the ?rear end doctrine? would likely apply. This rule of evidence says when one vehicle hits another motorist from behind, negligence is presumed against the person who rear ended the car in front without having to identify how the crash happened. Many other factors can apply to rear end collisions, however, so it is important that a personal injury lawyer with extensive experience is contacted to prove this doctrine should apply.

The Bradley Law Firm has over thirty years of experience handling personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from Missouri motorcycle accidents. Contact the Bradley Law Firm today and speak to an experienced motorcycle personal injury lawyer about your case for free.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on July 02, 2008 (boomark / email).