Speeding Car Causes Accident
A vehicle driven by Jacob Salley, age 19, of Perryville, lost control and was involved in an accident after a north bound vehicle on Parksville Crosspike (Boyle Co., KY) hit the crest of a hill at a high rate of speed. Salley, reacting to the other vehicle, hit his brakes and lost control of his 1996 Nissan, left the road, and struck a telephone pole. Reports claim that there were 94 feet of skid marks on the road. Salley, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was airlifted to University of Kentucky Hospital with multiple injuries. Jessica Hill, age 16, who was a passenger in Salley’s vehicle and wearing her seatbelt, was not seriously injured.
Many questions exist as to who is at fault for this accident, and this may likely become a situation of shared fault, whereby Salley will still be likely to seek a legal recovery for his injuries. Under Kentucky’s comparative fault laws, even a person who bears the majority of fault for an accident can still recovery for their injuries from others who bear 1% or more fault in the accident.
For more information on the rights of persons injured in auto accidents where no one person bears total fault, contact auto accident attorney Brent T. Ackerson at (502) 587-2002 or email Brent your questions directly. (Click here to email Brent).
