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Three Children Killed in Tragic Tow Truck Accident

On a bright sunny day, our client, a young mother, left her house with her three children to take one of them to a doctor’s appointment. Tragically, the family never made it to their destination. On the way there, her vehicle was struck from behind by a tow truck.

The impact occurred at a high rate of speed resulting in the tow-truck driving over the top of our client’s small car and then flipping into the median. The mother’s five-year-old son was killed instantly, while she and her four-year-old son, three-month old baby boy and the tow truck driver were airlifted to a hospital. The driver of the tow truck and the two young boys died at the hospital, leaving their mother as the only survivor of this horrific crash.

While nothing can compare to the pain of losing her children, our client also suffered serious physical trauma including leg and hip fractures, a closed head injury and internal injuries. She spent several weeks in the hospital and endured multiple painful surgeries.

The liability for the crash and the causation of the children’s deaths were highly contested by the defendants. There were no witnesses and the mother only remembered slowing down before the crash because her baby was crying. At the time of impact, the car was going approximately 25 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone.

The defendants argued that the car stopped off the side of the road immediately before the crash and pulled out directly into the path of the truck. They also alleged the children were not properly restrained in the back seat.

Our Florida accident attorneys represented the boys’ mother in her case against the Personal Representative of the Estate of the tow truck driver and the tow truck company. Through expert testimony, our attorneys were able to establish that the tow truck driver was speeding and had the time and opportunity to avoid the crash. Due to the severity of the crash, they were also able to demonstrate that the use of seat belts would not have saved the boys lives.

The case settled confidentially for extra contractual damages. While our client was pleased with the outcome of the case, no amount of money can ever take the place of her three little boys whose lives were cut so tragically short.

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