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Two injured in Zillah accident

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Two injured in Zillah accident
Motor vehicle collision caused by inattention



Date: August 9, 2011, 08/09/2011
Location: Zillah, Yakima County, Washington
Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: Two injured

Two people were injured in a collision near Zillah on Tuesday morning.

Around 5:30 a.m. 26-year-old Esperanza Guizar Sanchez was driving on Beam Road when her car veered and crashed into a tree, causing it to roll onto its top.

Guizar Sanchez and her 3-year-old passenger were both injured and taken by ambulance to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. She was later airlifted to Harborview Medical Center.

Washington State Patrol blamed inattention as the cause of the crash.

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.

Child Accident Statistics According to a report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), more than 2,000 children are killed in accidents or die from an unintentional injury every day.  And every year tens of millions of children are left with life-long disabilities.

Children and adolescents are at high risk for many injuries including those caused by:

• Cars and other motor vehicle accidents
• Fireworks
• Playground equipment
• Ingestion of household products such as cosmetics and personal care products, cleaning substances, pain relievers, foreign bodies, and plants
• Household fires
• Falls
• Swimming-related accidents

Seattle Motor Vehicle Accident 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.  Contributing factors in traffic accidents can be vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, driver distraction (texting or talking on a cell phone while driving), and driver impairment (drunk driving). 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.