Idaho Law Blog
Three vehicles, a grey 2007 GMC Sierra, a 2014 gold Nissan Altima, and a dark blue 2004 GMC New Sierra truck, collided on US 95 on February 28th, 2024. The crash took place at Milepost 295, just outside of Lapwai, Idaho, at 6:14 p.m.
The first vehicle, the 2007 GMC driven by an 18-year-old male from Weippe, was traveling southbound. At the time of the accident, the headlights of this vehicle were not on, making it nearly invisible. The second vehicle, the Nissan driven by a 50-year-old male from Caldwell, was traveling northbound behind the third vehicle, when he attempted to pass. He entered the southbound lane to pass the 2004 GMC, driven by a 63-year-old man from Redmond, Oregan, and did not see the oncoming 2007 GMC.
The vehicles collided head-on, and the grey GMC rolled to its side, coming to rest in the lanes of travel. Both other vehicles were also damaged and remained on the road.
The driver of the Nissan was transported to a local hospital to receive treatment. The other two individuals remained on the scene and were treated by emergency medical personnel. All three of these individuals were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.
We hope that all the injured individuals will be able to make a full recovery from this accident.
Unfortunately, according to Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report in 2023, 22% of all crashes involving multiple vehicles were a result of head on collision. Head on collisions were the largest contributing cause of multi-vehicle crashes in 2023. Multiple vehicle crashes accounted for 72% of all motor vehicle crashes in 2023, leaving a total of 19,807 multi-vehicle crashes.
LIABILTIY FOR ACCIDENTS IN IDAHO
No one who gets into or drives a vehicle wants to be involved in an accident. But unfortunately, car accidents happen. Idaho uses a fault-based system to impose liability on the party most at-fault for the accident. A legal principle called “comparative negligence,” is applied to determine the negligence of all involved parties. If the Plaintiff’s negligence is less than 50%, then she generally can recover damages from the Defendant (or the Defendant’s insurance policy).
Our personal injury attorneys can advise injured persons about their particular case and how Idaho’s legal principles of negligence, causation, and liability apply to it.
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