Police and emergency medical personnel respond to reports of accidents every day, arriving on scenes where victims are in need of serious medical attention. Emergency response are focused first and foremost on obtaining treatment for the victims often making it difficult to immediately determine what caused the accident.
Investigators are looking into the cause of a serious motorcycle accident that left one victim recovering at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center early last week.
According to police reports, the accident occurred on Monday, September 12, 2011. Police responded to the report that an accident had occurred at the intersection of Montgomery Road in U.S. 1 in the city of Elkridge, Maryland. When they arrived on the scene, they found a seriously damaged motorcycle and a black sedan.
Emergency medical personnel responded to the report as well when police learned that there were four possible victims. Three of the people involved voluntarily declined any kind of medical attention but one person's injuries were serious enough to require transport to the shock center.
The accident caused traffic to be diverted after the southbound lanes of Washington Boulevard and Montgomery Road were shut down by 6:30 p.m., approximately one half hour after the accident occurred.
Investigators have not released details that would help determine who was responsible in causing the accident. If a person was found to have negligently caused the accident, the victim injured by their careless behavior may be able to recover compensation for their injuries or lost wages that may result from their time spent at the trauma center and during recovery.
Source: Ellicott City Patch, "Collision at Route 1 and Montgomery Sends One to Shock Trauma," Elizabeth Janney, Sept. 12, 2011
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