WRONG WAY CRASH KILLS 8 IN NEW YORK
A woman driving her minivan carrying two of her children and three young nieces drove onto a suburban parkway heading in the wrong direction, leading to a fiery crash that killed eight people and left a 5-year-old boy severely injured.
The minivan involved in the fatal crash was traveling south in the northbound lanes when it hit an SUV and then careened into a third vehicle. The minivan rolled down an embankment and burst into flames.
The children who died were girls ages 2, 5, 7 and 9. The fifth child, a boy, age 5, was hospitalized.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatal Accident Reporting System, in the United States, about 350 people are killed each year in accidents caused by drivers headed in the wrong direction on the highway.
As an experienced personal injury attorney in Chicago, I have represented the victims of devastating car crashes and their families. Crashes involving driving the wrong way require special expertise investigating not only the negligent driver, but also highway design, construction and signage.
