Malloy News Brief: Manassas Head-On Collision
The high speeds involved in highway driving can make one mistake catastrophic. A recent car accident in Manassas, Virginia has brought that fact more sharply into focus. This week’s Malloy News Brief will cover this Manassas head-on collision and offer our analysis.
Malloy News Brief – Manassas Head-On Collision 2/28/26
Shortly before 3 PM on February 28, 2026, Prince William County police arrived at the scene of a two vehicle crash in the vicinity of the NOVA Manassas Campus, near Sudley Road and Campus Drive. A 2019 Toyota Camry sedan hit a 2017 Honda CRV SUV head-on after jumping the concrete divider. The driver of the Camry was dead, and the three passengers of the CRV were taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
According to preliminary reporting by the country police, the driver of the Camry, 74-year-old Susan Minor, was traveling in excess of the speed limit attempting to pass another vehicle when she struck a concrete median and veered into oncoming traffic.
Minor was taken to a hospital where she died of her injuries. The driver of the CRV, a 63-year-old man, and the passengers, two women, 19 and 23 years old respectively, were treated for serious injuries.
Speeding and Fault in Car Accidents
The severity of the speeding infraction at hand plays a significant role in how we assess speeding and blame issues. It frequently depends more on context than content.
In the majority of the United States, you won’t be held solely responsible for an accident if you were speeding at the time. Depending on how serious your speeding violation was, you will probably be given a portion of the responsibility. On the other hand, our DMV region follows an irregular doctrine. One that significantly increases the impact of fault issues on the outcome of a personal injury case.
The legal concept of contributory negligence may prevent an injured party in Maryland or Virginia from receiving compensation if they are deemed to be at all responsible for their own injuries. In other words, if it is shown that the injured party was anyway responsible for their own accident, even if it was only 1%, they may not be eligible for any compensation at all.
There are several ways in which an individual may be found to have contributed to their own accident. One of the most common is speeding. Speeding will definitely be taken into consideration, even though it may not necessarily imply contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.
How Malloy Law Can Help
If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, Malloy Law can help. Our experienced personal injury attorney team will evaluate your case free of charge and fight tirelessly to win maximum compensation on your behalf. Contact us today, and let’s win your case.