Fort Worth Car Accident Kills One Pedestrian
Motor vehicle car accident kills pedestrian
Date: July 12, 2011
Location: 300 block Riverside Drive, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Type: One car accident
Outcome: Pedestrian killed.
Benancio Herrera, a 70 year old man, was died from being hit by a car on the 300 block of Riverside Drive. Fort Worth EMS and Fire Department told Fort Worth PD that the injuries led them to believe a car had hit Mr. Herrera. When Fort Worth police arrived, Mr. Herrera was inside an ambulance and was unreponsive from a broken arm and could not provide accident information.
A witness stated Mr. Herrera was visiting a friend about 6p.m. and left his friend’s house to go to a store across the street. Mr. Herrera was taken to John Peter Smith hospital with a head injury and broken arm. He was pronounced dead at 11:40 p.m. The cause of death is blunt force head trauma caused by motor vehicle pedestrian accident.
In 2009, there were 4371 serious injury causing car accidents in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas. In this same year, 46 were killed in wrongful death car accidents in Fort Worth & Tarrant Couty, Texas. There were 59,164 serious personal injury crashes in Texas resulting in 80,360 people sustaining serious personal injuries.
Dallas Car Accident Attorneys at The Kipness Law Firm express their sorrow for the family and friends of the people that was killed in this tragic pedestrian-auto accident. If you or a family member have lost a loved on as the result of a car accident, Dallas Texas Wrongful Death Lawyer Kipness Law Firm can help you.
We understand the stress that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident. We assist car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the compensation they are entitled to receive under the law. Under the law in Texas, all injured people have the right to seek compensation for past and future damages that were caused by the negligence of another person, a company or governmental entity.
The injured person has the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit in order to seek compensation for their injuries. Damages can include: past medical bills; future medical care; lost wages; future lost wages; pain; mental suffering; impairment, and disfigurement. A person killed in an accident can file a lawsuit to recover past medical bills; lost wages, future lost wages, and burial expenses. Some relatives may recover compensation for emotional distress.
For most accidents, lawsuits must be brought two years from the date of accident or the claim is barred.
