Camarillo: Corvette Driver Caused Crash that Killed Thomas Williams
At about 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14th, the driver of a Chevrolet Corvette caused the crash that killed 56-year-old Thomas Williams in Camarillo. While traveling southbound on Highway 101 near Pleasant Valley Road, 65-year-old Paul Mailhot, of Newbury Park, veered from the far left lane and collided with the Lexus sport utility vehicle Williams was driving, the impact sending both vehicles off the road. The Lexus rolled multiple times before striking a chain-link fence, and finally stopping on its roof. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are investigating the accident, explains a California personal injury lawyer.
Camarillo accounted for 3 of the 50 fatalities and 432 of the 4,259 injuries suffered in motor vehicle collisions throughout Ventura County in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System. The California Office of Traffic Safety compares the accident statistics of cities with similar populations, giving those with the poorest records the worst rankings, with 1st place considered the worst. That year, Camarillo ranked 15th out of 104 cities for traffic safety.
All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of Thomas Williams, the driver who was killed in the crash involving the Corvette last Wednesday.
The Ventura County Star originally reported this Camarillo accident.
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