South Carolina Personal Injury Law Blog
A fatal accident out of North Carolina this month may have some of our South Carolina readers questioning if complicated civil litigation could play a part in the days to come. According to police, a 19-year-old resident of Clover fell asleep while driving just after having completed a Black Friday shopping trip with four other people. This resulted in a serious accident that injured the four passengers and killed the 19-year-old driver. But while it’s true that this could constitute as negligent behavior on the part of the driver, other factors in the case could point to further negligence on the part of the teen’s passengers as well.
That’s because, according to a trooper with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, one of the passengers told authorities that the teen had mentioned that he was tired just prior to the accident. There is a possibility that the occupants of the car knew this information prior to the teen even getting behind the wheel. It could be argued then that the occupants knew of the danger a fatigued driver presented but proceeded to let the teen drive anyway.