The Roanoke City Police Department is reporting that officers responding to a hit and run crash near the intersection of Plantation Road and Orange Avenue, NE. The victims involved in the accident said that another driver hit their car and drove toward downtown Roanoke on Orange Ave. During the course of the investigation of that accident, responding officers learned of another, more serious accident that had just occurred at the intersection of Gainsboro Road and Orange Avenue, directly in front of the Roanoke City Schools Administration Building.
Police arrived at that accident to find 3 damaged vehicles and two seriously injured victims. Both victims were transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. One of the victims, a woman, succumbed to her injuries and died. The other, a gentleman who has not been identified was reported to have serious injuries, but is expected to be okay.
The person driving the vehicle suspected of causing both accidents was taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for a medical assessment. Charges are pending for both accidents and police have said they will identify the suspect when he is released from the hospital.
Roanoke City Police have not indicated that the suspect the driver was operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the unidentified woman lost in this tragic wrongful death.
Our thoughts are also with the unidentified gentleman seriously injured in the accident.
I have represented clients who have suffered unimaginable losses. One of my client’s lost their young son due to a defective soccer goal, another family lost the patriarch of the family in an Interstate pile-up. Every family I’ve ever represented had one thing in common, they never saw it coming. They never once imagined a police officer would knock on their doors with a tragic message that would alter the course of their lives forever. None of them knew how to heal, or how to move on, but all of them knew they had to. Most of them had bills to pay and other family members to care for. Life must move forward and that’s how I can help.
If you have lost a love one due to wrongful death, call personal injury lawyer, Paul Thomson, today. The call is free. There is no obligation. You do not have to have the police report or any other documentation when you call. You just have to call and let us listen to your story. We can help you by giving you advice on how and when to talk to insurance companies, how to preserve evidence of the crash, how to document your expenses and how to get the compensation you are entitled to. Call us today to get your questions answered about your wrongful death lawsuit.
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