On July 27th, at approximately 11:41 a.m., a motorcycle traveling on State Highway 3 failed to navigate a curve, and collided with another vehicle.
At the time of the accident, the driver of the motorcycle, a 30-year-old man from Spokane, was traveling southbound on US 3. He was traveling on a black 2025 Kawaski ZX400. As he approached mile post 92, he failed to negotiate a curve and crossed into the oncoming northbound lane. He collided head on with the second vehicle, a 2016 Toyota Rav 4, driven by a 20-year-old man from Missoula.
The driver of the motorcycle sustained critical injuries. Emergency personnel performed life saving procedures before he was taken to a hospital in Kootenai via life flight. Later, he succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. No report is given on the condition of the driver of the Toyota.
We are so sorry to hear about this accident and the loss of this man. We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones.
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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