![]() ![]() But, we don't have the data that it is not performing,” said Dale.How Can I Recover Compensation for Injuries Caused by Lindsay X-Lite Guardrails?Īccording to the U.S. “If and when federal highway says this product is not safe and is not performing, then we'll take it off the road. She says the fatal crashes, though tragic, are isolated cases very few states have seen. the DOT no longer allows the X-LITE to be installed. Still, to be safe, she says the Georgia DOT was one of the first 5 states to remove the X-LITES from a list of approved products. She says there have been no fatal accidents involving an X-LITE in Georgia. Georgia DOT spokeswoman, Natalie Dale, says only 300 of Georgia's 32,000 guardrail heads are X-LITES. “It's reasonably certain that a family in Georgia, if it has not already happened, it's going to happen to them,” said Eimers. Lindsay Transportation Solutions denies any wrongdoing. And a sixth case, the driver survived - but lost a leg. We examined 5 wrongful death lawsuits in involving 6 deaths. Those fatal accidents like Wilbert Byrd's led to lawsuits all across the country. Lindsay Transportation Solutions which builds the guardrail ends gave us a statement: "While X-LITE has successfully passed crash and safety tests in accordance with Federal standards, there is no road safety equipment that can prevent injury every time a driver fails to stay on the road." In Missouri, after 6 serious accidents, including two fatal crashes like this one that killed George Jansen, the state spent $4 million pulling X-LITES off the road Our investigation found following the deaths of Hanna Eimers and others 12 states across the county - including Virginia and Tennessee decided to remove X-LITES from the roadways. Two cars were not penetrated by the guardrail, but both flipped or rolled over.Īlthough the Virginia DOT didn't say X-LITES failed the crash test, they told federal highway officials due to "concerns with the test results" they "removed from the Department's Approved Products List. In late 2016, after a series of fatal accidents, Virginia, conducted its own X-LITE crash tests. Virginia highway officials were also concerned. “They played Russian roulette with her life and she lost,” said Eimers. The Tennessee Department of Transportation told us "in that case the end terminal functioned properly."īut six days prior to Hannah's accident, the Tennessee DOT - due to earlier fatal accidents and what it called "unclear installation instructions" from the manufacturer, announced it would no longer put X-LITES on the highways “This is someone who sought justice, loved mercy, and walked with God,” Eimers says of his daughter. In a lawsuit, Eimers claims the guardrail failed to perform as designed. ![]() The guardrail ripped through the driver-side door of her Volvo. Her car veered off the road and hit an X-LITE from the side. This would have been off the road,” says Steve Eimers.Įimer's daughter Hannah was killed in November 2016 - also in Tennessee. We found 11 cases from Missouri to South Carolina to Tennessee. He crashed head-on into a X-LITE guardrail end.ĭesigned to protect him, instead, the metal railing ripped through the car killing Byrd instantly.Ī freak accident? Our investigation has found this type of spearing accident involving the X-LITE guardrail head has happened across the country. A dashboard camera was rolling in July of 2016 when Wilbert Byrd headed south in Tennessee, toward the Georgia border. ![]()
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