Another Car Accident With Massive Injuries Involving a Disabled Vehicle in the Roadway

Just two months  ago Julie Stratton of Snyder, New York was killed when her disabled vehicle was struck from behind by a truck on the New York thruway.  A similar accident happened earlier this week in Batavia, Genesee County, when two students at Genesee Community College received very serious injuries when their vehicle was struck from behind by a minivan.  Pearl Jefferson, the driver of the vehicle that became disabled, and her friend Megan McClurg, are both lucky to be alive.  The collision occured while Megan was trying to push the car out of the road while Pearl was steering.

While we don't know the cause of the accident yet,  I can envision all sides hiring their own lawyer and blaming the other.  New York does have a rule called "comparative negligence", which means if you are partly responsible for causing the acident you can still recover from the other side, but the award the jury makes you for your injury is reduced by your share of responsibility.

What should you do if your car becomes disabled in the roadway?  Get out of it if you can safely do so, get someplace safe, and call the police.  Saving your car is not worth losing your life.