Kandace Helms, 32, killed and two children injured in head-on collision on Highway 150 in Lincoln County, North Carolina
Woman dies in Lincoln County wreck while driving children to school
Officials said the truck driver, David Boyd, said he swerved to avoid a deer, but witnesses told troopers that they did not see one.
Officials charged Boyd with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and driving left of center.
Mom killed, two children injured in Lincoln Co. crash
Helms was killed. Boyd and Helms' two children went to different hospitals. Troopers are checking on their status. Helms' family say the two boys will be okay, but her 3-year-old son was having his neck checked to be safe.
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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