Anne Arundel Car Accident Kills Woman
The Baltimore Sun reports in a story that a rear-end collision sparked a chain reaction automobile crash in Maryland that resulted in a fire and fatality in Anne Arundel County.
On March 4, 2009, a rear-end car collision on East Ordnance Road in Glen Burnie sent one of the vehicles across the center lines of the roadway and into the path of a garbage truck headed the opposite direction. After impact, the car and garbage truck burst into flames. The driver of the car, 33-year-old Christine Schoppert, died of injuries sustained in the truck accident in Maryland.
Lavelas Luckey, a Coast Guard officer who was on his way to work, rescued the driver’s 5-year-old daughter from the burning wreckage of the vehicles. As of this writing, she is undergoing treatment at John’s Hopkins Pediatric Trauma Center for “life-threatening injuries,” according to the Sun story.
This tragic sequence of events, set in motion by a rear-end auto accident, is a very common collision on Maryland’s highways. This case illustrates the momentous and unforeseen consequences that can arise due to a moment’s distraction or loss of control while behind the wheel.
As of this writing, the full story of the Maryland wrongful death remains uncertain. For the child who survived this collision, the future is unclear, and the thoughts of the people of Maryland are with her.
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