Auto Accident Sparked by Facebook Feud | Lynwood Car Crash Lawyer

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Facebook is easily the most heavily trafficked website in the world with 500 million active users. Half of these users (250 million people) log in every single day and over 200 million users have Facebook mobile applications so they may utilize Facebook on their mobile devices. As a personal injury attorney in Everett, Washington and having a Facebook account for both myself and Straight Talk Law, I understand how useful and even addictive social networking sites may be and how for many, Facebook feels like a secure and safe environment. This safe environment, in which freedom of speech is at its finest, however, lead to a fatal auto accident last July.

A woman has been sentenced in a Michigan car crash that came about after a Facebook feud. Torrie Emery, 23, and Danielle Booth, 20, had a dispute on the social media site Facebook over a prison inmate’s affection. The two had exchanged heated messages over Facebook which soon turned violent after Emery saw Booth in a car and decided to pursue her. Emery pursued the vehicle, driven by Alesha Abernathy, at 90 mph and rammed into Abernathy’s vehicle forcing Abernathy to run a red light in order to flee. While running though the light Abernathy was struck by a vehicle and killed.

Booth suffered permanent injuries in the auto accident and Emery’s 3-year-old daughter who was in the car at the time of the chase is now in foster care.

Emery was charged yesterday, pleading no contest to the second degree murder of Alesha Abernathy and received a sentence of 18 to 60 years in prison.

This may seem like a television special on the Lifetime channel, but disputes get out of hand every single day and a dispute on a social network or internet site can easily get just heated. If you have suffered a serious injury as the result of an auto accident read my book “The Truth About Washington Auto Accidents” it will help you understand your rights, learn how to deal with the insurance company and help you decide whether or not you need an attorney for your case.

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