Our Miller County Missouri car accident attorneys have been notified of a head-on collision that occurred Monday evening in Miller County, Missouri.  60-year-old Charles Smith of Vienna, Missouri was driving east on MO 42 in Miller County when he crossed the centerline, colliding with westbound driver Seth Backues.  Backues, 23, was then knocked off of the roadway before coming to a rest alongside the road.  Backues resides in Montreal, Missouri, and was taken to Lake Regional Hospital to be treated for his injuries.  Charles Smith was allegedly uninjured. 

Maintaining a high degree of caution while operating a motor vehicle is an inherent responsibility of all Missouri motorists.  However, traffic accidents happen each and every day, sadly injuring countless numbers of drivers and vehicle occupants.  Our Vienna car accident lawyers have seen a multitude of contributing factors to these crashes, ranging from true 'accident' conditions to obstruction of vision or attention, inattention, and inclement weather - just to name a few.  The bottom line is that when you have been injured in an auto accident, the reasoning behind the faulted driver's mistake is null.  No matter what, you as an innocently injured party are entitled to recovery for your injuries. 

You will, however, face challenge from the at-fault party's insurance company, who will attempt to attribute some degree of fault to you, or rationalize how these outside contributing factors are to blame for a crash as opposed to an actual individual driver.  Do not allow anyone to convince you of placing fault where it does not belong.  Claims adjusters are doing their job of negotiating the least amount of settlement money possible.  Leave it to a personal injury lawyer do his/her job and team with you to fight back against an unfair settlement offer.  We want you to obtain the best possible outcome from settlement, as well as have each and every physical injury to your body addressed throughout this process.  Call a Missouri car accident lawyer immediately and allow us to weigh in on your options for a potential injury claim.