One of the accident reports coming from Denton, Texas, is that of a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred on Monday, April 6th. Colton Thomas Tippett, 28, died from injuries sustained from the accident.
Investigators said that the accident Tippett was involved in occurred in the 3900-block of North Elm Street. The deceased was in a vehicle driven by an unidentified woman. The police said that at about 8:38 p.m., the car left the roadway and struck the curb.
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Tippett died at the scene and was pronounced dead by the medics. There is no information on whether the female driver sustained injuries. An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
Single-vehicle crashes are not uncommon in Texas, and the factors that led to the wrecks are similar to the ones that cause other road accidents. Some of those factors include distracted driving and recklessness of drivers.
It takes only 3 seconds for a distracted driver to crash his vehicle. Texting is a significant aspect of distracted driving, and it increases the chance of an accident by 23 times. It also claims about nine lives daily, and younger drivers are more distracted to older ones.
Accident reports show that the recklessness of drivers is an offshoot of impaired driving. Drivers are impaired when they have more than the legal blood alcohol content or are under the influence of drugs.
Another reason for the single-vehicle crash is an underlying medical condition or manufacturer defect. Road rage, adverse weather conditions, wrong-way driving, and improper maneuvers also cause this kind of accident.
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