Double Hit and Run North Carolina Car Accident Almost Too Distributing to Write About

June 30, 2011, by Michael A. DeMayo

One of the most disturbing North Carolina car accidents in years occurred in Craven County, NC, last week on Highway 17. 25-year-old Jennifer Lynn Bond was banging on apartment doors early in the morning, trying to get someone to call the police to say that she had been raped.

No one answered her cries for help.

She wound up drunk and passed out on Highway 17. According to a Highway Patrol Trooper, shortly after she passed out, a dual axle commercial truck struck Bond and drove off – a lethal hit and run. Minutes later, a second car – this one a passenger vehicle – struck Bond a second time and AGAIN drove off without stopping.

So not only was this poor 25-year-old raped and then ignored by people when she sought help… but then two cars struck and killed her… and both drivers didn’t stop.

It’s North Carolina car accident stories like these that really challenge one’s faith in humanity and in the decency of people.

How could this have happened? How could so many people act so callously towards this young woman? And how can we as a society cope with this tragedy – not just to ensure that it doesn’t happen again but also to find justice and lessons here?

According to WNCT.com, investigators at this time do have a lead on the passenger vehicle that hit Bond the second time. But the driver of the truck that hit her has not been identified or found.

One would like to chalk this tragedy up to a single callous event… that it doesn’t actually speak to the quality and character of the people of North Carolina. But it’s difficult to put the accident into a humane context.

One potentially more “postive” way of looking at it (if one can even justify the use of that word in this context – doubtful) is that the people involved weren’t necessarily evil – they simply were ignorant or inattentive or scared or some combination thereof.

For instance, maybe the truck driver who hit her the first time didn’t see her because she was passed out on the road. Hard to believe, but it is at least theoretically possible.

Unfortunately, victims’ rights do get trampled and lost, which is why it’s so important that if you or someone you care about has been hurt or injured in a motor vehicle accident that you connect with a North Carolina car accident law firm to fight forcibly for your rights, hold wrongdoers to account, and get recovery for damages like your lost wages, time off of work, medical and surgical bills, and wrongful death damages.

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