Side-impact collisions, known as T-bone accidents, can cause severe injury and property damage due to the force with which an on-coming car impacts the side of your vehicle. These accidents that generally occur in intersections place the vehicle point of impact in a “T” shape. The Charleston car accident lawyers at Salango Law can investigate your accident to protect your claim and aggressively pursue compensation.
Call (304) 342-0512 to schedule a no-obligation consultation today.
Common Causes of T-Bone Accidents
Your daily commute may take you through car accident-prone zones in Charleston, West Virginia, where T-bone accidents occur. While street designs may contribute to these accidents, many are preventable due to driver actions. Causes include:
- Distracted driving: Internal and external events and stimuli can pull a driver’s attention from the road to other tasks, including roadwork, cell phone use, or talking with passengers.
- Impaired driving: Any amount of alcohol and drugs can reduce a driver’s response time. Even prescription drugs can impair a driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle.
- Speeding: Traveling at a high rate of speed decreases a driver’s ability to stop when traffic signals change or to yield to traffic.
- Ignoring traffic lights: Drivers often rush to a destination, attempting to beat a changing light or even running stop signs.
Charleston drivers owe you a duty of care to pay attention to protect you and others sharing the road to guard against negligence.
Injuries in a T-Bone Accident
The point of impact in T-bone accidents places a car, often traveling at higher rates of speed, near the impacted car’s driver or passengers. Getting medical help immediately or scheduling an appointment as soon as possible is vital to document your claim, even if you do not think you are injured, for treating and documenting these common injuries:
Neck, spine, and back injuries: The force of a side impact may cause whiplash, pulled or torn ligaments and tendons, and disk compression.
Brain and head injuries: Bleeding, contusions, and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are severe injuries. However, some TBIs do not produce symptoms until days following the accident, making diagnosis and getting compensation challenging without immediate care — a Charleston brain injury attorney can assist you get the justice you deserve after a serious accident.
Internal injuries: Impact force may cause tearing, puncturing, or lacerations of the organs that result in internal bleeding.
Without immediate medical care, the insurance company may attribute your injuries to unrelated incidents, leading to insurance disputes. Our team can offer guidance on the steps to take after a T-bone accident to protect your claim.
Compensation in a T-Bone Accident
The severity of your injuries impacts your financial recovery. A thorough evaluation of your damages throughout the legal process by a Charleston car accident attorney will strive to ensure you receive full compensation for these and other damages that apply to your claim:
- All medical costs
- Lost wages
- Out-of-pocket expenses
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
We will relentlessly pursue the compensation you deserve. West Virginia’s modified comparative negligence law allows for distributing fault proportionately in a car accident. The insurance company may try to say you are partially responsible for the accident because of your actions. Let us fight for a fair settlement or verdict.
Contact a Charleston Car Accident Attorney
The Salango Law team will immediately begin documenting a Charleston T-bone accident to protect your right to financial compensation. Schedule a free consultation today at (304) 342-0512. Time limits apply to your claim. Our firm also charges you nothing unless we secure a successful settlement or verdict for you.