Personal Injury Law

Hit-and-run Accident Tragically Ends Young Woman?s Life

By Pierce Egerton

Police may never learn why 27-year-old Leisa Trivette Adams of Winston-Salem was walking in the road in the 3300 block of Carver School Road at 4:00 a.m. on December 27, 2009, but they have recently located the vehicle believed to be involved in the hit-and-run accident that took her life.

FOX recently reported on the case.

It is always a tragedy when someone so young and with so much life ahead of them dies, but to have a life cut short in a motor vehicle hit-and-run adds another layer of grief to surviving family members wondering how?..why?

North Carolina law naturally requires drivers who know they have been involved in a crash resulting in serious bodily injury or death to remain at the scene of the crash. Willful violation of this requirement is a Class F felony.

Hopefully in time Leisa Adams' family will have the answers they seek. Those answers, however, will sadly not bring her back.

There are criminal and civil repercussions for hit-and-run accidents once the driver is identified. The police and district attorneys are responsible for pursuing any criminal penalties against drivers who fail to stop and render aid following a crash. Wrongful death and personal injury actions provide possible monetary recoveries on the civil side of the law.

Full post as published by Greensboro Personal Injury Lawyer on December 29, 2009 (boomark / email).