High Speed Chases Causing Car Accident and Personal Injury
Sometimes I wonder why, in this day and age, we have police officers chasing folks in hazardous high-speed chases, causing death and injury to those particular individuals who are unlucky enough to be in their way?Officer Beall of Blatimore, Maryland was one such police officer who in his case allegedly caused the death of a motorcyclist during such a chase after he had apparently been told to halt it, and he was suspended. I do not think you can blame the whole department for that since it appears to be caused by the actions of a single officer, and no force has all perfect members, we know that. I suppose this is just one reason why the Baltimore injury attorney firms and car accident law firsm in Maryland seem to stay fairly busy overall.
It was reported on the online news site, wbaltv.com, that Holloway-Lilliston had a valid Maryland driver’s license, but he did not have a motorcycle license. In a piece under the headline, “Officer, City Sued Over Fatal Motorcycle Crash,” posted April 6, 2011, it was noted that the motorcycle Holloway-Lilliston was driving displayed tags listed to another motorcycle, but the motorcycle was not reported stolen.
The story was previously reported on the same news site, under the headline, “Officer Suspended After Fatal Crash With Motorcycle,” posted July 26, 2010. That piece reported that Maryland State Police at the Golden Ring Barracks were notified that a city officer was tracking a motorcycle that was speeding north on Interstate 83. In Los Angeles of course, much like Baltimore but even more so, this is a big issue, and the Los Angeles accident attorney
and personal injury firms seem to do well as a result of all the car accident cases.
Officer Beall called the barracks and reported that he was following a motorcycle he believed was stolen; “Soon afterward, state police learned of a traffic crash on the ramp to southbound Dulaney Valley Road from the Inner Loop of Interstate 695.”
More details will surely come out in this case, but it won’t be the last time a police pursuit is involved in a death or injury.
