According to a recent article from Boston.com, a clown suffered what is being reported as minor injuries when she crashed her clown car into a utility pole. The woman was driving home from a show at a local elementary school and was still wearing her clown makeup and costume.
Approximately 10 of her friends (also clowns) arrived on scene to help the woman. It is alleged that the victim was attempting to operate her GPS and was looking away from the road when she ran into the utility pole. As noted by the author of the article, her friends drove away from the accident in separate cars instead of all crowding into the tiny clown car.
While this story ended without any significant injuries, our Boston car accident lawyers know that distracted drivers cause many serious and sometimes fatal car accidents each year. According to statistical information provided by the US. Government, in 2012, it was estimated that more than 420,000 people were injured car accidents caused by distracted drivers. The number of distracted driving-related fatalities that year was around 3,300 people.
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