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Teen From Little Rock in Louisiana Crash

February 28, 2016 By

On Sunday, February 8, there was a crash in Louisiana involving a teen from Little Rock.

According to Louisiana State Troopers, the crash happened on the Interstate 55, north of LA 442 in Tangipahoa Parish. Nakayla Camp, who was 19 years old and of Little Rock, was driving an SUV when she lost control of her vehicle which went off of the right lane onto the grassy shoulder. She over corrected to the left and the car went across the southbound lanes and into the median. It then overturned, landing in the northbound lane.

Camp was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected but survived and was airlifted to a hospital in a critical condition. However, her passenger, 19 year old Shayla Hayes, who did have her seat belt on, was severely injured and died on the scene.

As part of the investigation, blood and alcohol tests were done on Camp, and she was issued a summons for careless operation and no driver’s license. Once the results of toxicology are in, there may be additional charges.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call The Law Offices of Alan LeVar at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Auto Accidents

How to Travel Safely on Vacation Overseas

January 29, 2016 By

When people go on vacation overseas they think about what they will need to pack and what vaccines they should have but many do not consider that they might be involved in a traffic accident.

However the number one cause for death of healthy travelers is traffic accidents, but with some awareness and knowledge there is a better chance you and your family will be safe.

The problem is indeed a large one with 1.3 million people killed on the roads each year and up to 50 million being injured. The vast majority of these deaths, some 85%, occur in poorer or middle income countries and every year 25,000 tourists die in traffic accidents. Of those people who are medically evacuated home to the United States around half are following a car accident.

The reasons why there are more crashes in developing countries are that the roads are not as well maintained, traffic laws not always enforced, less strict criteria for driving licenses and a lack of emergency care. In addition the medical care is often not up to the same standards as the United States. If tourists decide to drive abroad they may be forced to drive on a different side of the road and in a vehicle they are not familiar with. They make not know the local laws and they may take risks they would not at home such as drinking and driving.

In order to avoid a crash, don’t ride a motorcycle if you can avoid it, learn about the local laws, always wear a seatbelt, don’t drive at night and avoid getting on overcrowded public transport and poorly maintained taxis.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Driver safety

MTV Reality Show Star Killed in Car Crash

December 30, 2015 By

Very early on Friday morning, December 4, a former MTV reality show personality was killed in a car crash.

According to Arkansas State Police, the accident happened shortly after 1.30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 70 approximately six miles east of Hot Springs. Chris Carney, son of the mayor of Hot Springs as well as a television personality and his childhood friend 37 year old Ezekiel Blanton were driving back from Little Rock where they had been attending a fantasy football event. Police say their vehicle, being driven by Blanton, failed to negotiate a curve and over-corrected, leading to a collision with a tree.

Neither was wearing a seat belt and both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses at the Tavern in Little Rock say that both were drinking and Carney was unable to stand up, making him unable to judge whether his friend, who had also been drinking, was fit to drive.

This incident makes 12 deaths on Highway 70 in the past 12 months.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Auto Accidents

The Dangers of Distracted Driving

November 29, 2015 By

Distracted driving is a contributory factor in more than 5,000 traffic related deaths each year.

Although drivers can become distracted in many different ways, the main distraction is cell phone use.

Different states have different laws on the use of cell phones and some ban hand held cell phones but allow hands free technology. However, just by communicating via a cell phone, even hands free, will make drivers distracted as they concentrate more on the phone than on the road ahead and their surroundings.

Currently, no state bans all cell phone use, but more employers are banning their employees even from using hands free devices as evidence reveals that they too lead to the driver becoming distracted. For example, it has now been proved that voice to text is more distracting than actually typing the words into the phone.

In order to prevent distracted driving do not use your cell phone while driving, whether hands free or not.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

A Man from Little Rock was Killed in a Crash

October 30, 2015 By

On Thursday, October 8 a man from Little Rock was killed in a crash on Interstate 40.

According to State Police, the accident happened shortly before 2.30 on the I 40 near mile marker 120 south of Menifee. Malcolm Xavier Webb, aged 23, from Little Rock was a passenger in a 2015 Dodge Caravan and the vehicle was slowing down due to heavy traffic eastbound. It was struck from behind by a 1996 Peterbilt and this impact caused the Dodge to collide with a 2013 GMC Terrain which in turn hit another unknown vehicle.

Webb was taken to Conway Medical Centre but was pronounced dead at 3.53 p.m. the same day. The driver of the Dodge, 24 year old Brianna McCulloughof St Louis was injured as well as three other passengers in the vehicle; Joshua Banner-Summerville, aged 22 of Little Rock and 22 year old Aleisha Brown and 26 year old Jacob Deaver, both from Sherwood. The driver of the GMC, 51 year old Jacqueline Chandler of Kansas City and her passenger, 21 year old Tony Dewayne Glover Jr., of Little Rock were also injured.

The investigation is still ongoing but it is thought that the weather could be a contributory factor as it was cloudy and the road was wet at the time of the crash.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call the Little Rock auto accident attorneys of The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Auto Accidents

Wrongful Death settlement in Little Rock

September 30, 2015 By

There has been a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit in Little Rock.

On September 19, 2014 Heather Cater, who was with two friends, had just finished work at the dental office when she was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by Denote Jones as he was fleeing from police.

Plain clothes narcotics officers, James Foster and Adam Robertson were in Walgreens store at University and Asher avenues in Little Rock and noticed 19 year old Jones, standing in line and smelling of marijuana. As the officers watched Jones outside the pharmacy they saw another man getting in and out of his vehicle very quickly therefore leading them to suspect Jones of drug dealing. As other deputies joined in the pursuit Jones fled in his Tahoe vehicle heading the wrong way. Cater was standing beside her car on a narrow raised median and saw Jones’ Tahoe which was being chased by patrol cars moving rapidly toward her. Confused and not knowing which way to go she stepped in to the path of the Jones’ vehicle sustaining spinal and lung injuries which resulted in the death the following morning.

The family of newlywed Cater filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and a settlement has now been reached. The suit accused the Sheriff’s office of allowing its deputies to act irresponsibly in a parking lot where there were several onlookers and failing to weigh up the danger to the public against the severity of the suspected crime.

Jones had been charged with capital murder, delivery of a controlled substance, and leaving the scene of an accident. He will stand trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call the Little Rock auto accident attorneys of The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Lawsuit settlement

Mountain Home Man Hit By a Car

August 26, 2015 By

On Friday, August 21, a man was critically injured having been hit by a car.

According to the Arkansas State Police, the incident happened just before 11 p.m. when 22 year old Michael McKenzie of Mountain Home was trying to cross U.S. Highway 62 East near the Royal 66. As he was crossing the highway he was hit by a gray sedan which had Missouri tags. The impact was such that the left front of the car was severely damaged as was the windshield, and McKenzie was thrown into a ditch.

McKenzie was rushed by ambulance to Baxter Regional Medical Center from where he was transferred to UAMS in Little Rock where he is currently still in critical condition.

There is conflicting information as to whether the driver of the vehicle stopped and Arkansas police are investigating but no further information has been released.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Pedestrian Accident

Little Rock Police Officer Injured in Hit and Run

August 11, 2015 By

On Thursday, July 23, there was a hit and run accident in Little Rock.

According to Little Rock Police Department the accident happened just before 12.45 p.m. at Ninth Street and Interstate 30. Willie Houston III, aged 45 was driving a red, 1960s two-door Oldsmobile with antique tags which hit Police Officer Steve Pledger on his police motorcycle and then fled east on Ninth Street.

Pledger, who has been in the force for 31 years with 23 years in the motorcycle unit, was taken to a Little Rock Hospital with what are thought to be non life threatening injuries and he was conscious and alert when he was transferred.

Given that the car was so unique, it did not take long to find and arrest Houston and once arrested he was charged with felony hit and run, driving without a license and running a red light.

If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you deserve full and fair compensation. Please call the Little Rock auto accident attorneys of The Law Offices of Alan LeVar, at (844) 867-5053 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.

Filed Under: Hit and Run
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