Stoplight Results in Death of Iowa Nursing Home Resident
A ninety-seven year old Iowa nursing home resident is dead after a traffic accident caused injuries that contributed to her death.
Corine Armentrout was the passenger in a van that was returning residents to Ridgecrest Village, a Davenport, Iowa nursing home facility, after the residents had attended the Festival of Trees celebration. Armentrout, who was wheelchair-bound, was thrown from her wheelchair onto the floor of the van when the van's driver abruptly stopped for a traffic light. According to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, while the wheelchairs were appropriately secured to the floor of the van, the residents were not wearing safety belts. The driver of the van reportedly admitted forgetting to fasten the safety belts.
Armentrout was rushed to a local hospital, where she was resuscitated and received blood transfusions. Her injuries were numerous: two broken legs, a broken wrist, broken finger, possible neck fracture, and acute blood loss. The other injured resident suffered a fractured pelvis. Armentrout died twelve days after the accident from congestive heart failure that was attributed to her broken leg and severe blood loss.
The facility was fined $10,000 as a result of the incident.
The Terry Law Firm offers their condolences to the Arementrout family on their loss.
