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8/12/2010
Jeffrey Meldon
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Rollover Crashes are Deadly - Local Accident Attorney Gives a Heads Up.

Tragically, Beth J. Rose, 48, became the 48th traffic fatality of 2010 in Marion County after a single-car rollover accident in Reddick earlier this summer.

Rollover crashes are the most deadly and violent of all auto accidents. As an experienced Gainesville accident attorney, I urge drivers to inform themselves and loved ones about the causes and ways to avoid tragic rollovers during the Florida summer driving season.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Rose's 2-door 1994 Mercedes Benz was travelling north on C.R. 225A when it rotated counterclockwise, striking a concrete culvert.  Rose's car rolled over at least once, ejecting its driver.

Rose failed to wear a seatbelt and was crushed under her vehicle. She later died after extensive brain damage and a medically induced coma.

In this case, Rose was driving on a rural road where the speed limit was likely more than 55 mph-all typical characteristics of rollovers.  While the low base of Rose's car does not fit the typical profile of a tall truck or SUV with a high center of gravity, it appears the car was "tripped" by a culvert-a mechanism common to 95% of rollovers. What makes this single-vehicle crash particularly deadly is the failure to wear a seatbelt, which makes it more likely the occupant, will be ejected and pinned.

For more information on rollover crashes:

Rollover Crashes - Gainesville Accident Attorney Explains

What are the types of rollover crashes? 

Ways to prevent a rollover crash.



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I am local Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Meldon, and I strongly believe that public education is the first step in the prevention of and/or recovery from a serious accident. 

My Office and I take pride in our work, and the results we get for our clients.  

The Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon and Associates is a regional law firm that is located in Gainesville, Florida. We are personal injury lawyers, litigators and trial lawyers that have been working to get accident victims the justice they deserve for over 37 years throughout North Florida and all over Florida. Accidents involving a car crash, truck wreck, and motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian accidents, dog bites, slip and falls and medical malpractice are all included in their practice as accident attorneys.

We have been proudly representing injured accident victims in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City, Inverness, Daytona Beach, Dunnellon, Palatka, The Villages, and Alachua County, Marion County, Columbia County, Citrus County, Volusia County, Sumter County, Putnam County  and the entire North and Central Florida since 1971.

For more information on how we can help you, or with any other question you may have, feel free to contact my Office at 1 800 373 8000.




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