We are currently representing the family of a 37-year-old woman killed on I-66 in Fauquier County when her car struck an X-Lite end terminal, and it pierced the passenger compartment.Īs of March 2018, a promising 13 states have pledged to remove Lindsay guardrails. Just like Eimers, the guardrail failed and impaled Jansen, who died at the scene of the crash. This includes 59-year-old George Jansen, who hit a guardrail when his truck veered off the road.
In fact, the X-Lite guardrail has been attributed to at least seven deaths in Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia alone, leading to multiple lawsuits against Lindsay. To make matters worse, Eimers’ family was subsequently sent a bill for nearly $3000 after her death to replace the guardrail. The guardrail failed to telescope, piercing through Eimers’ car and causing fatal injuries. In 2016, a Tennessee 17-year-old named Hannah Eimers veered off the road, hitting a X-Lite guardrail. There have been multiple reports of fatal accidents occurring due to Lindsay guardrails piercing through the car and spearing drivers. In other words, guardrails are put in place when the risk of injury or death is more likely than if they were not there.
LINDSAY X LITE DRIVERS
Guardrails are typically put in place as a safety barrier to protect drivers who leave the roadway from hazards that cannot feasibly be removed from the side of the road, such as trees, utility poles, or steep slopes and cliffs. Rather than performing as designed and marketed, the end terminals have not collapsed and instead have pierced the passenger compartment causing severe and fatal injuries.
On impact, the X-Lite end terminal is designed to telescope, with one guardrail collapsing upon the other, and thereby absorbing energy and slowing the vehicle to a stop. Their controversial X-Lite End Terminals have been associated with several deaths caused by the failure of the end terminal, or starting point, of the guardrail. Recently, multiple lawsuits have been filed against Lindsay Transportation Solutions for allegedly endangering people’s lives with defective highway guardrails.
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