A runaway car has crashed into a nursing home and killed an 89-year-old man. According to police, the vehicle was parked at the top of a hill on Tuesday but the driver didn’t set the parking brake.
The car rolled backward about 260 feet, across a road and smashed more than three feet into the room of of the elderly resident.
The man was knocked from his wheelchair and suffered head injuries and never regained consciousness. He died at a hospital. For more, read the story.
Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.
