Dean of College in Virginia Killed in Auto Wreck
A traffic accident in Virginia left one man with severe injuries to his legs and killed another. The man who was killed was a dean at J. Sargeant Community College in Virginia. Police believe the 68-year-old man was killed on impact when the other vehicle struck his on the driver’s side while at an intersection. The intersection where the crash occurred had traffic lights set up. The victim’s car struck a tree after being hit by the other vehicle.
Neither speed nor alcohol was believed to be factors in this accident. Family members believed the victim was on his way home from the college where he worked when the crash occurred. The school had recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop courses in advanced technologies for vehicles and to help in vehicle repair training. The victim was also hoping to develop accident-avoidance systems at the school.
The fact that the victim in this incident was trying to make a difference in the world to prevent automobile accidents makes this accident extremely tragic. The technologies that he was trying to develop could potentially have had a tremendous impact on the statistics that are currently rising regarding automobile accidents. Some of the accident-avoidance systems that the victim had been trying to create include a sensor that would recognize when a vehicle might be moving off the road and send a signal to the driver. Technologies like this could easily prevent serious accidents from occurring, especially involving inattentive or distracted drivers.
More importantly, the accident the victim was involved in could have been avoided if the technologies could have been used. In addition to the sensor technology, the victim was also interested in creating technologies that would allow a vehicle to be computer-controlled. Although the victim lost his life in this accident, the technologies he was trying to create and the courses he was trying to develop at the school where he worked could possibly be used to help save other people’s lives if they are involved in an automobile accident. Although it is impossible to predict every situation where an accident may occur, with the aid of certain technologies and safer driving, the number of accidents could be greatly reduced.
