Personal Injury Law

Teen Cited in Deerfield Two-Car Crash

A teenager from Deerfield, NY was found at fault in a two-car crash. The teen made a left hand turn and hit another vehicle at the intersection of Crookedbrook and Trenton roads, according to a WKTV news report. The driver had minor injuries and two passengers in the other vehicle were treated at a local hospital.

The teen driver was cited for failing to yield right-of-way. With over 300,000 auto accidents in New York each year, it?s important to know the laws relating to these cases and your legal rights. Under New York law, a driver intending to take a left hand turn must yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. Even if the two drivers pulled up to the intersection at the same time, since the teen driver was turning left, he was supposed to yield to the other driver.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on April 29, 2010 (boomark / email).