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What To Do After An Accident

Every year millions of careful drivers in the St. Louis area will become involved in a collision with another vehicle. If you are one of these drivers, there are certain things you should do immediately or soon after an accident:

  1. Check for personal injuries and the injuries of your passengers
  2. If anyone is injured, or even if you think someone MIGHT be injured, call 911
  3. If no one is injured call 911 anyway and ask for police assistance
  4. Put on your emergency flashers and put out cones or safety flares
  5. Collect information from the other driver and any witnesses. Note the relation of the driver to the owner of his vehicle, as noted on the registration
  6. Make notes about details of the accident
  7. Don't leave the scene before the police and the other driver
  8. Make sure you have the police report number and the insurance information of all vehicles involved
  9. If you or someone with you is injured, go directly the hospital for treatment

If you are injured, and if you feel the other driver was clearly at fault - or even if you are unsure - contact the car accident injury attorneys at Millikan Wright Law Firm in St. Louis. They have the experience and skill necessary to get you the compensation you deserve after an accident.

Don't think that the insurance companies - either yours or the other driver's - will cover everything after an accident. Their job is to minimize their losses when they cover your losses. After all, they increase profits by collecting premiums, not paying claims. So they are hardly "on your side" when it comes time for you to ask for compensation for your damages, either to yourself or to your vehicle.

A competent auto accident injury attorney, on the other hand, is actually working for you. In fact, he or she only collects when you collect. So you owe nothing until you are awarded compensation for your injuries.

Cooperate fully with police. But if insurance personnel arrive - either your own or the other driver's - don't sign anything after an accident and don't admit any fault - because it may not be your fault at all!

Give the auto accident attorneys at Millikan Wright in St. Louis a call today if you have any questions. After an accident, they will work hard to see you get the monetary compensation you truly deserve.