Riverside, CA – Prisoners Injured When Car Collides With Transport Van at Riverside Intersection
Riverside, CA (January 29, 2022) – A driver from Southern California was taken into custody following an accident that caused a Riverside County sheriff’s prisoner transport van carrying an officer and three arrestees to overturn on Friday, January 28th.
The accident occurred at about 12:30 a.m. at an intersection in downtown Riverside when the sheriff’s van entered an intersection and was struck by a Honda CR-V that failed to stop at a red light.
The driver of the Honda fled the scene but not before its front bumper, complete with a license plate, fell off the vehicle. The damaged Honda also left behind a fluid trail which officers were able to follow, leading to the arrest of the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and hit-and-run.
The four occupants of the van sustained non-critical injuries and were taken to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment.
Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families at this time. We hope for their full recovery.
Car Accidents in California
A serious car accident is one of the most devastating things a person can go through. They are often left with painful injuries that demand extensive medical treatment. In the state of California, more than 150,000 people are hospitalized yearly as a result of injuries sustained in car accidents.
Often, victims are rushed from the accident scene and admitted into hospitals for treatment. Having to go through emergency surgery and spent days or even weeks in hospitals can be overwhelming. Most victims feel scared, confused, and uncertain about how to move forward after being involved in an accident.
When victims are hurt in accidents as a result of someone else’s negligence, it is important that they reach out to a car accident attorney in Riverside as soon as possible.
Victims could be entitled to damages to help ease the financial burdens they face moving forward. In many cases, accident victims are able to recover compensation to cover both economic and non-economic damages, including:
- Medical bills
- Long-term care expenses
- Lost wages/lost earnings
- Vehicle repair or replacements
- Pain and suffering
- Mental trauma
- Punitive damages
In accidents where victims lose their lives, surviving family members may be entitled to compensation for funeral costs, burial fees, loss of consortium, and various other damages.
Riverside Vehicle Collision Attorneys
At Torem & Associates, our personal injury attorneys in Riverside strive to ensure victims are in the best position possible to move forward after their accidents and reach their immediate and long-term goals.
Our attorneys work diligently to protect the legal rights of victims after being injured in preventable accidents. If you have been injured in a preventable accident, contact our personal injury attorneys in California at (888) 500-5000 to discuss legal options available for you. Our team is available to meet with you, at your earliest convenience, to discuss legal options available to help you obtain the compensation you need and deserve moving forward.
Note: Our team of writers utilizes secondary sources when creating these posts. These sources include but are not limited to local news reports, police accident reports, and eyewitness accounts about serious injury accidents in the Inland Empire. For that reason, the details surrounding the incident have not been independently verified by our team of writers. If you locate any information that is not correct in our post, please contact our firm right away so that we correct the post to reflect the most accurate information available.
Disclaimer: Our firm, Torem & Associates, has worked hard to become valued members of the local business community. We write these posts as a way to bring awareness to the dangers of driving or being a passenger in any type of automobile accident. We hope that through awareness, people will use additional caution when out on the roadways in the Inland Empire and throughout California to prevent being seriously injured in a crash. This post is not intended to be a solicitation for business. The information provided in this post is meant to be informational and is not intended to be misconstrued as legal or medical advice. The photos used in the post are not representative of the actual accident scene.
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