Personal Injury Law

New York Car Accident Kills Toddler

An 18-month-old girl died and her mother was severely injured in a three-car accident in Staten Island, the New York Daily News reports. The fatal auto accident occurred on the northbound Martin Luther King Expressway near the Staten Island Expressway when two minivans collided and were then struck by a Cadillac sedan driven by the 32-year-old mom. The mother suffered a severely broken leg. Her daughter was transported to a local hospital where she died. Family members said the girl had suffered a fractured skull. The drivers of both minivans were issued summonses for driving without a license. The men escaped with minor injuries.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were 41,059 traffic accident fatalities nationwide in 2007. In New York State alone, 1,333 people died in car accidents during the same year.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on January 26, 2010 (boomark / email).