Passenger is Seriously Injured When Car Hits Home on Beach Road in Hampton, VA

A passenger is reported to be fighting for his life after the car he was being driven in crashed into a home in Hampton, VA.

Hampton Police spokeswoman Cpl. Mary Shackelford said calls related to a “reckless driver” were received in the Grandview area of Hampton at 6 p.m. on June 3, 2013. As officers were responding to the scene, dispatchers told police the call had been upgraded to a crash, reported WAVY.com.

WAVY reported investigators arrived at the 900 block of Beach Road to find a Honda Civic had hit the front porch of a house. Shackelford said medics transported the 20-year-old male passenger to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The 22-year-old male driver of the car was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The people inside the home were not hurt. Just a week ago I reported on an accident in nearby Newport News in which the elderly occupant of a home in Kiln Creek was killed by a driver who was later charged with DUI offenses.

It’s not clear why the driver lost control of his car in Hampton but speed appears to have been a factor in this crash. Shackelford said the driver of the car was traveling east on Beach Road when the driver lost control, veered off the road and struck the house.

My thoughts as a Hampton, VA injury lawyer are with those who are injured. When a passenger is hurt in a car crash he or she may have a case to file a personal injury claim against the insurance policy of the driver. Contact our Hampton, VA injury lawyers. Our attorneys can meet you at our client meeting location at the Peninsula Town Center.