North Charleston Man Dies In Wrong Way Collision

Early one morning in December 2025, Carl Broadwell east on Dorchester Road in North Charleston. For reasons that no one has figured out, Broadwell’s car crossed the center line into the westbound lanes. He collided head on with a car that was driving west. First responders transported Broadwell to the hospital, where he died later that day. He was 65 years old. News reports did not identify any of the occupants of the car he hit or say how severe their injuries were, but it appears that Broadwell was the only person who died in the accident. It is unclear what caused Broadwell to make such a disastrous mistake; he was a professional driver, driving freight trucks when he was young and delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service later in his life. People who get injured in wrong way collisions have the right to compensation for their medical bills and other expenses arising from the accident. If you sustained serious injuries in a collision where the at fault driver was traveling the wrong way into oncoming traffic, contact a Columbia car accident lawyer.

What Causes Drivers to Drive in the Wrong Direction?

Wrong way collisions are the worst-case scenario as far as angles of collision go. The risk of death is higher for people involved in wrong way collisions than it is for accidents where the cars collide at almost any other angle. The chances of dying are especially high for occupants of the front seat, even if they wear seat belts, and even if the airbags deploy, although these factors increase the chance of survival; the chance of survival is also higher if the cars were traveling at a low speed. As with any angle of collision, the occupants of the struck vehicle usually sustain more severe injuries than the occupants of the striking vehicle. Thus, it is remarkable that the occupants of the vehicle that Broadwell struck survived.

Wrong way collisions are also among the most preventable types of accidents, which is why they are rare compared to other angles of collision. Rear end collisions and sideswipe accidents are common in heavy traffic, but they usually do not result in serious injuries, because the cars involved usually are not going very fast. T-bone accidents also carry a high risk of serious injury, but they can happen if someone misjudges a turn or mistakenly guesses that they have time to cross an intersection before a light turns red. Driving into oncoming traffic is not an everyday mistake, though. It only happens if a driver loses control of the car because of drowsiness, distraction, intoxication, or a sudden medical emergency or if the vehicle malfunctions or the roads are icy.

Let Us Help You Today

The personal injury lawyers at the Stanley Law Group can help you get justice after a collision where one of the drivers was going in the wrong direction.  Contact The Stanley Law Group in Columbia, South Carolina or call (803)799-4700 for a free initial consultation.

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