A medical emergency may have been to blame for a car accident along Interstate 205 that could have been much worse. The accident, which occurred around noon on Sunday, may have been triggered by a seizure. The 29 year-old male driver from Portland was traveling northbound on the freeway when he lost control of his ’98 Chevrolet van. He veered over onto the shoulder and then swerved back into the lanes of traffic.
The van collided with a 1998 Toyota Camry driven by a 30 year-old woman from Vancouver. That wasn’t enough to get the van to come a a stop though. The van swerved across all lanes of I-205 and up the side of an embankment. The steep incline caused the van to rollover onto it’s side. The driver was transported to Southwest Washington Medical Center with back injuries. The driver of the Toyota Camry was not injured, luckily.
The driver of the van was charged for driving with a suspended license and second-degree negligent driving according to this news report. As a Seattle personal injury lawyer, I was amazed to hear that more people were not injured as a result of the van driver losing control, especially since it took place on the freeway wwere numerous cars are traveling 60mph or faster.
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