Idaho Law Blog
On Wednesday, May 28th, two vehicles, a 2019 Nissan Frontier and a semi-truck, collided head on while travelling on Interstate 84, east of Bliss. The accident took place at milepost 141, at approximately 12:43 p.m.
The Nissan, being driven by a 69-year-old man from Ogden, Utah, was traveling westbound, and pulling a cargo trailer. As he traveled, he veered over the center line and into the oncoming eastbound traffic, where he collided head on with the semi. The driver of the semi, a 43-year-old man from Ozone Park, New York, had a 23-year-old male passenger from Indianapolis, Indiana, and was pulling a 2020 utility trailer.
After colliding head-on, both vehicles skidded to a stop before catching fire. The driver of the Nissan sustained fatal injuries and passed away at the scene of the accident. Neither the driver nor the passenger of the semi received any major injuries.
We are sorry to hear about this accident and the loss of this man. We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones at this time.
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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