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Four injured in collision on SR24

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Four injured in Moxee accident
Motor vehicle collision caused by rear-end



Date: May 13, 2011, 05/13/2011
Location: Moxee, Yakima County, Washington
Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: Four injured

Four people were injured in a collision near Moxee on Friday morning.

Around 3:15 a.m. 41-year-old Clarence Jackson was driving his van east on State Route 24 when he rear-ended a Cadillac Escalade that was stopped at the Riverside Road intersection.

Jackson, and the three people that were in the Escalade, were injured and taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. All of them were either treated and released or are in fair condition.

Both vehicle were destroyed and Washington State patrol is still investigating the cause of the accident.

Moxee Fatal Accident Statistics for 2006
Fatal accident count: 1
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
Fatalities: 1
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0

National Car Accident Statistics
There were an estimated 6,420,000 car accidents in the US in 2005. There were about 2.9 million car accident injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths. An average of 115 persons die each day in car accidents in the United States -- one every 13 minutes. According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in car accidents each day worldwide.There were more than 5.5 million car accidents in the United States. Nearly 31,000 were fatal, and more than 2 million people were injured. The majority of fatal crashes involved only one vehicle (61 percent). Nearly half of all fatal crashes occurred on roads with posted speed limits of 55 mph or higher. The deadliest month for car crashes was August. More than 2,864 fatal crashes occurred in 2009. Most crashes happened between 5 and 5:59 p.m. on weekdays, and between 2 and 2:59 a.m. on weekends. Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for children and teenagers. At any given moment, 812,000 vehicles were being driven by someone using a handheld cell phone in the U.S.

Seattle Car Accident Attorneys
If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident, Seattle car accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We understand the devastation that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident. We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.