Donald Brown Injured in Single-Vehicle Accident on Midway Rd in Plano, TX
Plano, TX — January 3, 2022, 54-year-old Donald Brown was injured in a single-vehicle accident on Midway Road in Collin County.
According to reports the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on Midway near Cypress Point Drive. Preliminary investigation suggests Brown was driving a Chevrolet Malibu south on the roadway in the right lane. Investigators believe he lost control at too high a speed in a curve and left the roadway, then hit a tree. The car then went airborne for a short distance, rolling over in the air. On landing it crashed through a brick wall and came to rest on its roof.
Brown suffered serious in the accident.
No further information is currently available.
Commentary on Donald Brown Accident in Plano
After a single-vehicle crash like this I'm often concerned that people will be much too quick to blame the victim. Even law enforcement sometimes falls victim to that temptation, blaming a crash on driver error much as they said speeding was the key problem in the Plano wreck.
I'm not saying that's impossible as a contributing factor--goodness knows speeding is one of the most common causes of crashes--but nothing should be taken for granted after an accident. Every possible contributing factor should be considered, even the less-likely ones. After all, how many people blamed the victims of the infamous GM ignition switch defect before everyone learned that a poorly-manufactured part in millions of vehicles was responsible for those wrecks?
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