IRVING, TX — One person was seriously injured after a major single-vehicle accident that happened in Irving, Texas on Thursday, January 29th, 2015. The news said that the accident happened at about 4:00 Thursday morning.
One person was hurt when the Nissan Z they were driving crashed on Highway 161 near Beltline. Police said that the car drove off the road where it was impaled by a guard rail. The rail tore through the car, seriously injuring the driver.
The driver was cut from the wreckage and taken to a nearby hospital.
Local and Highway Patrol officials are still investigating the crash.
Scene of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
Now, considering guardrails are supposed to make accidents less severe, and protect motorists, I really don’t think safeguarding structures should impale vehicles loaded with people. I’ve seen a lot of situations where guardrails, and things that are designed for safety actually made things much, much worse. If this accident was made significantly worse by the presence of this guardrail, and just judging from the accident photos, I’d say it was, then the manufacturer of these rails could be liable for the accident depending on how the facts finalize in the investigation.
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