Houston, TX (February 07, 2021) - Police responded to the scene of an accident in which eight people were injured when an SUV crashed into a grocery store on Saturday, January 30th.
An official with the Houston Police Department stated that several shoppers were inside a Fiesta Mart when an SUV crashed through the supermarket’s front doors at about 3:00 p.m.
Reports say that eight people who were inside the store at the time were either injured directly by the SUV or by flying debris.
The victims included a 9-year-old child and one person who sustained a head wound, but all injuries were classified as non-life-threatening.
Driver impairment is suspected to be a factor in this accident.
Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families at this time. We hope for their full recovery.
Injury Accidents in Houston
Being involved in a pedestrian accident can be extremely overwhelming. Each year in the state of Texas, more than 7,000 people are hospitalized as a result of being struck by cars, trucks, SUVs, and other motor vehicles. Children and elderly individuals involved in accidents are more likely to sustain serious and life-threatening injuries.
Their fragile stature leaves them vulnerable to traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, broken bones, and various other injuries that demand extensive medical treatment.
Trying to comfort an injured person is an emotionally challenging time for families. It is especially disheartening when people are injured as a result of another person’s negligence. In some cases, victims can contact a pedestrian accident attorney in Texas to explore legal options available to them.
Working with a responsive legal team after you are injured can help you get the compensation you need for taking time off work to tend to your injuries, pain, suffering, mental anguish, medical costs, and more. Various legal avenues exist that provide victims with the ability to recover.
Texas personal injury attorneys at Farah Law have over five decades of experience providing effective and aggressive legal representation to victims who have been injured in pedestrian accidents in Houston and throughout Southeast Texas. Our team is available at your earliest convenience to review the circumstances of your accident to determine what legal options are available to best help you get the justice you deserve. From the beginning, we start building each case as if it were going to trial. This better positions our team to negotiate on behalf of victims to ensure they get the medical treatment they need to recover from their accidents.
We are committed to helping victims maximize their recoveries so they can move forward and reach their goals. If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident in Houston as a result of another person’s reckless, negligent, or careless actions, contact our personal injury attorneys in Texas at (888) 481-9359. By scheduling a free case evaluation we can get started on getting you the justice you deserve from those who cause you harm.
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