Two male motorists survived a two-vehicle collision on Wednesday, August 5th, in Morris, Illinois. The Morris Police Department identified them as John Grabowski of Orland Park, and Lawrence Kenney.
Facts from the accident report disclosed that Grabowski began the chain of events that led to the collision. The MPD said that the man traveled west on Route 6 when he went into the eastbound lane striking a vehicle driven by Kenney.
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The man’s vehicle then went on to strike two other cars at the intersection of R-6 and Lisbon Street. None of the drivers involved suffered injuries, and the police did not release the name of the other motorists. They cited Grabowski for failure to keep in lane and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Under Illinois law, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident is a petty offense and the most common ticket issued when a traffic accident occurs. Usually, a police officer at the crash site issues the ticket after a collision and after determining within minutes of arrival on whose side the fault lies.
To prove that a person failed to reduce speed and caused an accident, the investigators or state attorneys must show that the offender drove a vehicle on a public highway, collided with a person in the process, and did so in violation of the duty to use due care. The latter is harder for prosecutors to establish as other factors like road conditions might have influenced the occurrence.
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