The first fatality occurred when a car accident in Houston between a car and a pickup disabled the vehicles on the Eastex Freeway and a semi truck traveling over the overpass did not stop in time and hit the car, killing the woman driver and injuring a passenger who was transported to the hospital.
In another tragedy, a Conroe man's car apparently because disabled on the highway and he was attempting to flag down help when he was run over by the semi truck. Another driver had stopped to help and his vehicle was struck from the rear by an 18 wheeler which continued on to run over the Conroe man. The vehicles were traveling on I 37 outside of San Antonio.
Do to the sheer size of an 18 wheeler, stopping can take quite a bit longer than the typical passenger car and can be a factor in the investigation of a truck accident. Additionally, the condition of the brakes on the big rigs can be an important issue in wrongful death cases where truck braking is an issue in the lawsuit.
