Personal Injury Law

Rear end Missouri car crash hospitalizes St. Louis woman

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Nermina Mehmedovic, 34, was injured Tuesday afternoon when her vehicle was rear-ended in a St. Louis area car accident.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Mehmedovic was traveling southbound in a 1998 Chevrolet Venture on Interstate 270 when she had to slow for traffic congestion. Following behind her was a 2001 Ford Explorer, driven by Richard Garavaglia, 23. Garavaglia failed to stop for the traffic and struck the rear of Mehmedovic?s car.

Mehmedovic was taken to St. Anthony?s Hospital for treatment. The investigating officer did not specify whether Garavaglia sustained any injuries.

The information in the initial crash report will need to be backed up by further investigation by a St. Louis area personal injury lawyer, but the type of crash is significant. Due to what car accident attorneys refer to as the ?rear end collision doctrine,? negligence is assumed on the part of the at-fault driver in rear end collision cases.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).