• About
  • Contact

The Triad Lawyer

~ Just a personal side of the law– opinions, ideas and thoughts.

The Triad Lawyer

Tag Archives: Winston Salem Accident Attorney

Head-on Crash on Highway 52 seriously injures 2, Kills negligent driver

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by triadlawyer in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Lori Ann Hawks, Wendy Ellender, Winston Salem Accident Attorney

Driver Wendy Stoltz Ellender of Kernersville and her passenger Lori Ann Hawks of Rural Hall suffered serious and critical injuries after a head-on collision.

Police investigating the accident said Ellender and Hawks were properly travelling north on U.S. Highway 52 when Benjamin Todd Turpin of Denton collided head-on with them.

Mr. Turpin was travelling SOUTH in the northbound lane. Mr. Turpin died at the scene.

The time of the accident was 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning (Saturday night). Police are investigating whether speed or alcohol (DWI) contributed to Mr. Turpin’s driving.

Based on the reports, Mr. Turpin was negligent at least of driving the wrong direction on the highway. In addition, a strong argument exists that he drove a vehicle upon a public vehicular area carelessly and heedlessly in willful and wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others, which displayed a thoughtless disregard of the consequences of said driving, in violation of N.C.G.S. 20-140(a). A finding that Mr. Turpin was above the legal limit with alcohol would be strong evidence of gross negligence. Gross negligence could open the door to punitive damages.

Ms. Ellender & Ms. Hawks appear to have strong personal injury claims against the estate of Mr. Turpin and his insurance carrier.

With hope, Ms. Ellender and Ms. Hawks will survive and fully recover from their injuries.

Image003

Recent Posts

  • NC Wildlife Hunting Lease Permission Form
  • NC Hunting on Private Land- written permission
  • Case Study in Losing Market Value- Schlitz in 1970’s
  • Treatment of boxwood blight in NC
  • 247th Easter Sunrise Service (Moravian Church Southern Province)

Recent Comments

Gene Rash on In memory of Steve Carlso…
E. H. Deisher on Life Estate Value of Real Prop…
Cynthia prater on In memory of Steve Carlso…
glenn johnson on Chrome Repair for Classic Cars…
ED CUTTILL on Chrome Repair for Classic Cars…

Archives

  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • September 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • December 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • August 2016
  • June 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011

Categories

  • : Buena Vista Lot For Sale
  • business attorney winston-salem nc
  • condemnation attorney north carolina
  • estate litigation attorney north carolina
  • NC BBQ
  • nc eminent domain law firm
  • NC log home builders
  • post judgment collection attorney nc
  • Trust Litigation Attorney NC
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • The Triad Lawyer
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Triad Lawyer
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar