Miller v. Division of Highways

STEPTOE, JUDGE:

On November 17,1987, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the 19-year-old claimant and a passenger in his 1977 Chevrolet C-10 350 V-8 pickup truck collided with a tractor trailer on Route 21, hereafter referred to as Sissonville Drive, in Kanawha County. The collision caused the death of the passenger and claimant sustained serious and permanent injury. Claimant’s vehicle allegedly hydroplaned while traveling north on Sissonville Drive, a two-lane highway, and crossed the center line into the path of the southbound tractor trailer. The accident occurred in the southbound lane,…