Personal Injury Law

Intersection With Repeated Accidents Called Unsafe

By Louthian Law Firm

In the wake of a fatal accident this month, residents are questioning the safety of an intersection in Darlington County. According to a story posted on the website of news station WBTW, the intersection of S.C. 340 and Rogers Road saw 62 crashes in the five years between 2002 and 2007. Two were fatal -- and the Jan. 11 accident made three. In that crash, a 29-year-old driver failed to yield to a tractor-trailer traveling north on the highway. Residents blame the addition of two turn lanes, which they say creates blind spots. They?re asking for a traffic light at the intersection.

Clearly, the longer an unsafe situation at an intersection is allowed to go on, the more likely it is that it will cause multiple avoidable deaths and injuries. That seems to be the case here, judging from the article:

?We?ve had cars sideways in the ditch. We had an accident ... not too long ago, where we had a wreck on Tuesday and then we had a wreck on Thursday,? said Carol Kiker, who lives close to the intersection.

Full post as published by South Carolina Lawyer Blog on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).