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Three injured in Yakima County collision

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Three injured in Yakima collision
Motor vehicle accident caused by following too closely



Date: August 12, 2011, 08/12/2011
Location: Yakima, Yakima County, Washington
Type: Car accident
Outcome: Three injured

Three people were injured in a collision near Yakima on Friday afternoon.

A van carrying four people rear-ended a tanker semi on Interstate 82.

Aleksandr Deshkin, 43, was following too closely and struck the semi because he wasn't paying attention.

Deshkin's three passengers, 43-year-old Olga Deshkin, 17-year-old Irina Deshkin, and 19-year-old Liya Abramov were all injured and taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Neither of the drivers involved were injured.

Washington State Patrol has attributed inattention and following too closely as the cause of the collision.

Yakima Fatal Accident Statistics for 2009

• Fatal accident count: 1
• Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
• Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
• Fatalities: 1
• Persons involved in fatal accidents: 3
• Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2

National Car Accident Statistics

•     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. Averages of four children ages 14 and under were killed every day in auto accidents.
•     Nearly 500 were injured daily.
•     32 percent of fatal accidents involved alcohol-impaired drivers.
•      About 31 percent of fatalities were caused by speeding (10,591).

Seattle Car Accident Victim Attorneys
A motor vehicle accident is when a road vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, road debris, or man-made object. These collisions can result in personal injury, property damage, or death. Motor vehicle accidents can involve automobiles, trucks, semi or tractor trailer trucks, delivery vehicles, passenger vans, motorcycles, etc. If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident in Washington state, Seattle motor vehicle accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, DUI accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.