Fort Worth, TX — July 7, 2024, Blake Couch was injured as the result of a single-vehicle car accident at around 3:00 a.m. along Interstate 20.
According to authorities, the accident took place just off the East Loop 820 split near Mansfield Highway.
Investigators said that 25-year-old Blake Donovan Couch was in a Ford F-150 going westbound along the interstate. Somehow, the vehicle left its lane and crashed into the concrete barrier. Couch sustained serious injuries as a result. There did not appear to be anyone else involved in the accident.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Right now, the cause of the crash remains unclear. Something that may surprise people, though, is that’s often just one aspect of a serious crash. Investigators who make sure to consider all possibilities—even unlikely ones—sometimes find the cause of the crash and the cause of the injuries are quite different.
For example, I was discussing an accident with a colleague recently where a woman’s vehicle crashed into a semi-truck. Authorities blamed the crash on distracted driving, so that seemed like the end of the matter. However, it stood out that the woman’s injuries were quite serious despite a relatively minor collision. What happened? Well, more thorough independent accident reconstructions revealed she had a defective airbag no one knew about. Had it not been for the defect, she likely would have been fine.
That’s a rather unusual scenario, and I’m not saying it happened here. But it’s happened before, so it should at least be ruled out. My concern with single-vehicle wrecks is authorities may not see them as a high enough priority to really do that. Were investigators here more thorough?
