Compensable Losses in a Bus Crash
Injuries from a bus crash often depend on the facts of the accident. If a bus driver crashes into a vehicle, passengers, as well as occupants in the car, could be severely injured. Passengers could be thrown forward due to the violent impact and suffer soft tissue injuries, head injuries, and broken bones. If another motorist, pedestrian, bicyclist, or motorcyclist is hit by a bus, they could also sustain grave harm, such as spinal cord damage, neck trauma, and internal injuries.
A proactive Anna attorney could help someone injured in a bus collision collect compensation for their damages. Public transportation collisions can cause someone to sustain a range of compensable damages, such as lost wages, hospital bills, pain, and suffering. An attorney may also be able to claim punitive damages under egregious circumstances, like if the bus operator was intoxicated while driving the vehicle. Punitive damages punish the defendant and stop others from acting with similar negligence in the future.