Investigators are still looking into a rear-end crash that killed a 69-year-old man.
According to Kentucky State Police troopers, a 57-year-old woman was eastbound on Bengal Road when she rear-ended another car in front of her. The driver of the other car was declared dead at the scene.
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, Taylor County EMS and Fire, and the Taylor County Coroner also helped at the scene. 
Rear-End Crash Injuries
Usually, there’s a relationship between vehicle speed and serious injury. However, the violent motion of a rear-end wreck causes serious injuries regardless of vehicle speed.
Low speed rear-end crashes often cause whiplash, a serious head-neck injury. The cervical spine, which goes through the neck and connects the brain to the rest of the spine, is not much more rigid than a lightly cooked spaghetti noodle.
Whiplash is a soft tissue injury. X-rays and other standard diagnostic tests don’t detect it. So, a doctor often misses it, even if s/he thoroughly examines a car crash victim. Whiplash is degenerative. As damage increases, initial symptoms, like soreness, give way to advanced symptoms, like loss of use in an arm and even paralysis.
High speed rear-end collisions often cause whiplash as well. But that’s just the beginning. Other serious injuries include:

Internal Bleeding: Most doctors don’t look very hard for internal bleeding, unless the victim shows some signature symptoms. However, doctors who focus on car crash injuries usually assume the victim is bleeding internally, so they’re more proactive. 
Head Injuries: Whiplash is a head-neck injury that affects nerves. TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) is a trauma injury that affects the brain itself. Brain injuries usually cause permanent loss of function, as well as personality changes. When brain cells are killed, they never regenerate.
Broken Bones: Most doctors assume all broken bones are pretty much the same. However, car crash broken bones are among the most difficult bones to set. Tiny bone fragments are usually loose in the victim’s bloodstream. These tiny fragments aren’t easy to see.

Diagnosis and treatment issues are the common denominators here. That’s why a Lexington personal injury attorney connects victims with doctors who focus on such conditions. 
Fault vs. Liability
Many car crash victims don’t see doctors because they don’t “feel” injured. Likewise, many of these victims don’t see lawyers because they believe they were legally responsible for a wreck. Frequently, an insurance adjuster or emergency responder says or strongly implies this.
Many of us have had bitter experiences with betting lines on football games. Someone evaluates the teams on paper and predicts the outcome. But, you don’t know who wins until the teams play the game. Similarly, when they determine fault, investigators usually look at police reports and make guesses. There’s no way to tell who is legally responsible for a wreck until a Lexington personal injury lawyer takes a case to court.
Rear-end wrecks usually involve the last clear chance rule. Insurance or law enforcement investigators almost always say the rear-ending driver was at fault. That’s a natural assumption. That’s also an incorrect assumption. Rear-ending drivers are only responsible for these wrecks if both these things are true:

Unreasonable Reaction: A hit-and-run is an unreasonable reaction to a rear-end collision. Pretty much everything else may be an unwise reaction, but probably not an unreasonable one.
Everyday Hazard: Stalled and stopped-short vehicles are everyday hazards. So are jaywalking pedestrians, at least in most cases. A sudden emergency, which excuses negligence, is a completely unexpected emergency, like a hood fly-up or maybe a tire blow-out.

Because of legal doctrines like the sudden emergency rule, and because of the serious injuries in these incidents, all car crash victims should see lawyers and doctors.
Resolving Negligence Claims
In a nutshell, trials are sirky and time consuming. Out-of-courts settlements are controllable and less time consuming. 
Once medical treatment is substantially complete, informal settlement negotiations usually begin. That’s not because your lawyer is looking for a quick way out. That’s because a good lawyer always tries the easy and inexpensive way first.
Unfortunately, insurance company lawyers often use legal loopholes, like the sudden emergency rule, as an excuse to drag their feet.
Therefore, many car crash claims settle during mediation. These formal negotiations are the second easiest and most inexpensive ways to resolve car crash claims.
A third-party mediator, who is usually an unaffiliated Lexington personal injury lawyer, ensures that both sides negotiate in good faith. Largely because of this additional legal responsibility, mediation is about 90 percent successful in most jurisdictions.
Injury victims are usually entitled to substantial compensation. For a free consultation with an experienced personal injury lawyer in Lexington, contact the Goode Law Office, PLLC. You have a limited amount of time to act. The post Fatal Rear-End Collision in Campbellsville first appeared on Goode Law Office, PLLC.