Victoria, TX — April 14, 2024, Brandon Cortina was injured as the result of a car accident around 1:00 a.m. on East South Street.
According to initial statements, the crash happened in the area of South Street and South Cameron Street.
Investigators say that 19-year-old Brandon Cortina was in a Lincoln Navigator going westbound on South Street. The vehicle somehow ran off-road and crashed into a pole and a tree. As a result, Cortina reportedly had serious injuries.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
When it comes to single-vehicle wrecks, a lot of people will just assume the driver did something wrong and move on. In reality, there are a lot of reasons a crash can happen without a driver having control over the situation. Tire blowouts, medical conditions, mechanical defects, missing lighting or signage, etc. And even when they do make mistakes, there could be other surrounding issues, such as faulty safety devices or a bar illegally over-serving a driver. Common or not, it’s important to let the evidence speak for itself.
Unfortunately, when authorities are equally as quick to dismiss these accidents, they tend to miss that evidence. That’s why so many people who call the firm with unanswered questions were affected by single-vehicle wrecks like this. Maybe nothing unusual happened here, but I wouldn’t count on preliminary public details to determine that.
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