Two separate cars were involved in a hit-and-run accident on Old Newport Highway in Sevier County recently, leaving a 29-year-old woman injured and her horse, Little Man, dead, reports KnoxNews.com.
The woman, a resident of Sevier County, was riding Little Man along the edge of the highway on a recent Thursday evening when the two cars sped into sight. The rider signaled them with her flashlight, but neither car moved out of the way of the woman and the horse. The first car merely grazed the woman with its right-side mirror, but the second hit the horse from behind, throwing the woman to the ground. Due to traumatic brain injuries from the fall, the woman says she cannot remember being hit by the second car, nor does she remember the horse wandering a few feet away before collapsing due to his injuries.
The Bluff Mountain Saddle Club recently held a fundraiser to help the woman pay her medical bills after the accident. The cost of those bills is expected to be between $10,000 and $15,000, a number that likely does not include any continuing care, rehabilitation, or treatment for chronic conditions that might result from the accident, and which does not include the cost of replacing the rider’s beloved horse. Two men suspected of being involved in the hit-and-run accident have been arrested.
Pedestrians, bicyclists, and even horseback riders have the right to use the roadways along with cars. When one of these road users is injured, the damage can be severe. If you or someone you love has been injured by a negligent driver, please don’t hesitate to call the experienced accident attorneys in Chattanooga at Massey & Associates, P.C. Our number is (423) 396-0720, and the telephone consultation is free and confidential.
Gary Massey, Jr., is a well-known courtroom advocate practicing law in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gary is a native of Tennessee who began practicing law in 1998. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law where he was ranked in the top 3% of his class and was an editor of the Cumberland Law Review.
