What If The Driver Who Caused Your Accident Never Made Contact With Your Vehicle?

Conventional wisdom says that, if you got injured in a single vehicle accident, the at fault driver is you; unless you were a passenger, you have no one to blame but yourself. Of course, plenty of people who were not in the vehicle could have contributed to the accident. In fact, many dram shop liability cases involve single vehicle accidents. The injured plaintiffs claim that, if the bar had not sold them alcohol before they drove, they would not have crashed into a tree, and sometimes the plaintiffs prevail. It is also possible that a driver that created an obstacle can be at fault for an accident, if the car that crashed did so because it was trying to avoid the obstacle, even if the two vehicles never touched. If you got injured in what appears on paper to be a single vehicle accident, but its true cause was that another car made an illegal move, and you crashed because you swerved to avoid hitting it, contact a Columbia car accident lawyer.

Driver of Car Faces Criminal Charges for Causing Single Vehicle Motorcycle Collision

In May 2025, Mason Romeo was driving on South Kings Boulevard. He suddenly made an illegal U turn. A motorcycle was in the lane that Romeo entered with his illegal U turn, and the driver of the motorcycle swerved to avoid colliding with Romeo’s vehicle. While the motorcyclist avoided hitting Romeo’s vehicle, his move resulted in a single vehicle crash for the motorcycle, and both the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle sustained serious injuries. Several days after the accident, they were both still in the intensive care unit in the hospital.

Romeo did not remain at the scene of the accident until first responders arrived. Police officers caught up to him later that day. According to news reports, Romeo told the police that he made the illegal turn because he saw something in his rear-view mirror that scared him. He is facing criminal charges for hit and run resulting in serious bodily injury, even though technically the incident only involves the run part of hit and run and not the hit part.

Romeo, 19, may face prison time if he is convicted of causing the accident that resulted in the motorcycle riders’ injuries. Regardless of the outcome of his criminal case, the injured riders have the right to file a civil lawsuit seeking compensation for the accident. Most individuals, especially not individuals who, like Romeo, are only barely old enough to drive do not have enough money to pay the medical expenses of people injured in motorcycle accidents. The injured people have a better chance of recovering adequate compensation by filing insurance claims.

Let Us Help You Today

The personal injury lawyers at the Stanley Law Group can help you get adequate compensation if you got injured in a motorcycle accident.  Contact The Stanley Law Group in Columbia, South Carolina or call (803)799-4700 for a free initial consultation.

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wmbfnews.com/2025/05/19/man-charged-after-crash-myrtle-beach-leaves-two-with-critical-injuries/