Fatality Accident

Family of father, mother, and 3 young children were taking cattle to market for sale when pickup truck broke down.  After fixing the pickup truck, they were attempting to re-hitch the trailer to the pickup with two men with spotlights acting as traffic control,  when an older man, driving illegally due to night-blindness, came around a curve approximately 4/10's of a mile away, with unimpeded vision between him and the stalled vehicle.  The men with the spotlights attempted vigorously to get the man to slow down; however, he did not even hit his brakes until he was within 10 to 15 feet of the trailer.  The older man struck the trailer, knocking it into the mother and subsequently throwing her under the pickup truck.  Although she was rushed to the hospital, and later lifeflighted to a different hospital, the injuries she sustained as a result of this accident proved fatal.  She left behind a young husband and three children, ages 8, 6 and 18 months.  This case was settled for policy limit of high six figures.