Mississippi Car Wreck or Accident - Car Wrecks At Intersections, Who Is At Fault?

by Jay Foster, Mississippi Car Wreck Attorney

    In a Mississippi car wreck, if you are at an intersection and a wreck happens, who is at fault?

    We must first examine the Mississippi Laws or Statutes associated with a a driver's duties at intersections in Mississippi.   Specifically, Section 63-3-805 of the Mississippi Code provides, in pertinent part, that cars entering through highways or stop intersections, must:
 


    In other words, if you are driving in Mississippi and you come up to an intersection, you must first obey any stop sign or other traffice device and a driver can only proceed into the intersection after yielding to any oncoming vehicles “which are approaching so closely on [Highway 98] as to constitute an immediate hazard.”

     If you have questions about this or any other type of question about a Mississippi car wreck, please call or email Jay Foster.