Summer Carbone, 15, killed, and 10-year-old girl injured in crash involving fatigued driver on Jefferson Avenue in Rialto, California
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Summer Carbone died at the Rancho Springs Medical Center shortly before 8:30 a.m. She was injured less than an hour before, when William Patrick Causer struck the pole about 45 mph on Jefferson Avenue north of Juniper Street.
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Why every fatality from a crash is not legally a wrongful death
After someone dies in a motor-vehicle accident, grieving family members and friends are often left with many questions. What caused the accident? Could it have been avoided? What do they do now that their loved one is gone?
Sometimes a fatal collision happens through no one's fault. Crashes caused by weather and road conditions, or by wildlife in the roadway, are examples. But when a fatal crash is caused by negligence, then family members should pursue a wrongful death claim, to uphold the victim's rights and begin the financial recovery process. Learn more about wrongful death claims here.
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