Hampton, VA Wrongful Death Attorney Reports – Pedestrian is Killed in Hampton

By John Cooper, Hampton, VA Wrongful Death Attorney

Another pedestrian has been struck and killed by a driver in Hampton, VA, the latest in a series of pedestrian deaths in the city.

The woman was hit by a car and killed on N. King Street in Hampton on Jan. 29, 2012, the Virginian-Pilot reported.

At 4:41 a.m. police officers and the Hampton Fire and Rescue Division responded to a call that a pedestrian had been hit near the intersection of Bayberry Court, according to a police news release.

The victim, Kameka Sharae Holliday, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was hit by a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt traveling north after she fell into the road, police said. 

As experienced Hampton, VA car accident injury attorneys our thoughts are with the victim’s family. Scarcely a week goes by without a pedestrian being killed in cities such as Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach or Chesapeake, VA.

On Jan. 28, 2012  in Chesapeake, VA a woman was killed after being hit at the intersection of Military Hwy and Shell Road by a Mercury Cougar.
In October 2011, the Virginian-Pilot reported how pedestrian deaths were at a four-year high in Chesapeake.
In Hampton Arthur Green, 64, of the 1500 block of W. Pembroke Avenue, Hampton, VA was killed when he was struck by a car in September, 2011.
In many cases where a pedestrian is killed his or her family could bring a wrongful death lawsuit.
Our Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA based personal injury law firm, has considerable expertise in these kinds of cases. See our recent article about crosswalk injuries and pedestrian rights.
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The Norfolk and Virginia Beach based personal injury law firm, Cooper Hurley, handles car, truck, and motorcycle injuries as well as brain injury, wrongful death, railroad workers’ injuries (FELA) mesothelioma and medical malpractice. John Cooper and Jim Hurley have over 40 years of combined experience in handling auto injury accident claims. Attorney John Cooper has been named to Virginia “Super Lawyers” since 2010 and has been a member since 2011 of the Multimillion dollar Advocates Roundtable. Cooper Hurley represents people hurt in accidents in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News and throughout VA, and always put the best interests of the our clients first. The firm is recognized by other lawyers as “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, a national attorney rating service, for our top level of legal skill and highest ethical standards. If you need help or advice about a serious injury, please call us (757) 455 -0077. For a free consultation with a specialized Hampton Roads, Virginia personal injury lawyer contact us through this website