{"id":177,"date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/woman-injured-in-car-accident-caused-by-man-who-overdosed\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:32:16","slug":"woman-injured-in-car-accident-caused-by-man-who-overdosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/woman-injured-in-car-accident-caused-by-man-who-overdosed\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman injured in car accident caused by man who overdosed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents happen all the time across our state. Many of them are typical fender benders that are frustrating and inconvenient. Unfortunately, a lot of other accidents happen due to the reckless and negligent behavior of drivers on the road. These accidents could and should be avoided, but instead often leave innocent bystanders injured.<\/p>\n<p>Recently a 33-year-old woman was sent to the hospital after her car was hit by another vehicle in New Hartford. This was definitely not your typical fender bender as the driver had reportedly used some type of drug and lost consciousness while driving. To make matters worse, the 34-year-old man was unlicensed and was using the car without permission.<\/p>\n<p>He apparently lost consciousness after overdosing and rear-ended the woman\u2019s vehicle. That sent the woman\u2019s vehicle into the back of a car being driven by a 61-year-old man. While a news article did not detail that man\u2019s injuries, it is very possible for him to experience <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/crime\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/police_driver_overdoses_causes_3-car_crash_in_new_hartford.html\" target=\"_blank\">whiplash symptoms days or weeks after the accident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/woman-injured-in-car-accident-caused-by-man-who-overdosed\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Woman injured in car accident caused by man who overdosed\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents happen all the time across our state. Many of them are typical fender benders that are frustrating and inconvenient. Unfortunately, a lot of other accidents happen due to the reckless and negligent behavior of drivers on the road. These accidents could and should be avoided, but instead often leave innocent bystanders injured. Recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woman injured in car accident caused by man who overdosed &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 3, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Woman injured in car accident caused by man who overdosed - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/woman-injured-in-car-accident-caused-by-man-who-overdosed\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Woman injured in car accident caused by man who overdosed &#8212; 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