Houston Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

Automobile accidents that result in loss of life often become wrongful death lawsuits. A wrongful death suit is a civil action which charges another with being liable for injury resulting in another's death by reason of negligent actions or a failure to act which could foresee ably result in death. According to Texas law, specific family members who have lost a loved one through circumstances that could and should have been prevented may have a right to seek compensation for loss of a spouse, child or the parent of a minor child. Additionally, the deceased's estate has a claim for pain and suffering endured and other damages as a result of someone else's negligence.

Wrongful death lawsuits are controlled and limited by the Texas state legislature. These suits are intended to compensate a surviving spouse and immediate family members. Economic damages refer to an award for loss of income the family may experience due to the death of the 'breadwinner'. This is more commonly referred to as restitution. The plaintiff may also sue for the return of medical and funeral expenses. Non economic damages may also be sought such as the loss of love and companionship, moral support and affection.

Discussing the potential outcome of lawsuits that arise from automobile accident fatalities is difficult. No one wants to think about the mortality of themselves or their loved ones. But the fact is that an average forty thousand people are killed annually on our nation's highways - a significant number of them right here in Texas.

In times of need it is comforting to know that Texas has not yet completely done away with a citizen's right to seek justice through due process.

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News reports have an 18-wheeler flipping and spilling hydrochloric acid in Harris County this morning. Such spills by commercial vehicles have been frequent recently in Texas with more than 6 such events reported in the last several months.

The cleanup required by hazmat crews is not insubstantial due not only to the dangers of the chemical stilled but if not cleaned appropriately the roadway becomes a death trap to unsuspecting motorists due to the road being akin to driving on ice.

Every day in the U.S. more than 800,000 trucks take the road carrying hazardous material, primarily gas and diesel fuel. Of those trucks, about 5,000 of which will be involved in non fatal accidents, in which hazardous material may still and over half of those trucks are carrying flammable cargo at the time of the truck wreck.

While the number of fatalities from hazardous material carrying trucks is a relatively small number, the cost to communities of clean up and traffic delay is significant.

Costs estimates vary depending on author but when calculation of traffic delay costs and cleanup costs with hazardous material spills can run as high as tens of thousands, depending on the type of substance stilled.

Whole the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations have special rules and requirements for trucks carrying hazardous material on our highways the cost to the community affected, in clean up and delays to the motoring public are not inconsequential even if no injury is sustained in the 18-wheeler accident.

Continue reading "Tractor-trailer rolls and spills acid in Houston" »

New and sometimes old technology can be used to effectively reduce or prevent truck accidents. Most effective for the reduction of truck wrecks from driver fatigue is GPS, which can be used by the trucking company to monitor hours of service, the speed of the vehicle and can be used to verify the logbooks that truck drivers must maintain.

Some 18-wheelers GPS devises are enhanced with "black box" technology or crash data recorder, which records accident events and gives a very clear picture of the rig in the minutes before the accident. Information such as speed, braking, rpm, and other material accident information are recorded automatically when an "event" triggers the recorder.

New passenger cars such as GM, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota come with crash data recorders which are very similar to data recorders on airplanes.

In semi trucks it is the engine manufacturers who have data recorders standard with their engines. One of the earlier manufacturers to incorporate black box event records was Caterpillar who since 1994 had crash data available. Cummins another large maker of diesel motors started event data in 2002. Mack had crash data available since 1998, and other semi truck motor makers have varying data available.

Prior to the crash data being incorporated into the tractor trailer motor after market suppliers provided event recorders which have been used for many years by better trucking companies.

Not only does the event recorder help answer questions about what caused the truck accident, it coupled with GPS devises can help a trucking company comply with applicable regulations to help insure a safe fleet.

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This Houston semi-truck accident lawyer has uncovered statistics and examples of a large number of fatalities that have occurred on our thoroughfares caused specifically by big rigs.

On a major highway not far from Houston, a semi-truck was the cause of a seven car accident that injured ten people and resulted in the death of an elderly woman. Weather was not a factor...and again it is believed that the cause can be traced to simple but deadly driver distraction.

The big rig was traveling eastbound when it swerved to avoid a car the driver failed to notice was dangerously close. In so doing he lost control of the rig and crossed the median into oncoming traffic where he then collided with five other vehicles before coming to rest in a jack-knifed position in the middle of the highway.

It is difficult to imagine the horror of seeing a semi-truck coming at you on the wrong side of the highway. Even if one is fortunate enough to survive this experience - and statistics prove that many are not - and the recovery process and the emotional trauma of truck accident suvivors could linger for years.

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Unfortunately, semi-truck accidents in and around Houston are a regular occurrence. Many of these are injury accidents and many result in fatalities.

Last year semi-truck accident fatalities accounted for two percent of all highway deaths in Texas and can sometimes be traced to something as simple as inattention behind the wheel, or violation of a truck safety regulation.

Such was the case of the tragedy that transpired near Houston last fall as recounted by this Texas semi-truck accident lawyer. When coming upon a construction zone that requires the driver to minimize their speed a semi-truck driver admitted to being distracted and failing to negotiate the orange barrels placed there to guide drivers.

Horrifically, the semi-truck driver did not even see the traffic jam ahead of him caused by the need to merge two lanes of cars and trucks into one. He slammed directly into the car in front of him without ever hitting the brakes or slowing at all.

Needless to say, when there is a match-up between a ten thousand pound vehicle going over forty miles an hour and a three thousand pound vehicle at a dead standstill - loss of life and property ensue.

In the end the out-of-control semi smashed into several cars and as a result three people were killed. This fatal multiple vehicle collision caused solely by a distracted semi-truck driver is another sad example of the need for experienced semi-truck accident lawyers to exist.

Focus on truck safety is mandatory to prevent, as much as possible, truck crashes. Given the size and weight of big rigs, professional drivers are needed and ongoing examination of the effectiveness of enforcement of truck safety rules required.

We support the ongoing efforts of the Department of Transportation in the management of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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Tractor-trailer trucks carry 73 percent of the value and 71 percent of the weight of all U. S. cargo. Approximately one in 20 workers is directly or indirectly employed in the trucking industry.

It is also a time of challenge for truck drivers, with diesel fuel at near highs and fixed costs going up, some rates for cargo are down and the independent trucker is feeling the squeeze.

While it cannot be denied that the trucking industry is a vital component of the U.S. economy, the catastrophic results wrought from accidents in which they play a part cannot also be understated.

The sheer size of these vehicles - which average in weight over 10,000 pounds in comparison to today's automobiles which often come in under 3500 pounds - all but ensures that collisions in which they are involved will take lives and that is the bottom line of this blog.

My goal is to examine all aspects of semi-truck safety issues - with particular attention to its impact in the State of Texas - remaining ever mindful of what an car accident can do in a split second of time to victims lives or that of their families.

As we continue over the weeks and months we will regularly return to the breadth of legal concerns that are inherent in dangers of semi-truck wrecks.

The intent of my blog will always be of resource to the Texas public- allowing him or her to maneuver more safely around semi-trucks on our highways and roads or understand how to negotiate a truck accident lawsuit or an unwieldy legal system, that at times and ever more frequently in Texas, is not kind to personal injury victims or their families.

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Teenage drivers are inexperienced drivers and much more prone to injury in an auto accident than other drivers.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration posted a study about the number of young driver's deaths related to car accidents, in an effort to raise safety awareness. Some of the more shocking disclosures are:

• Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of deaths for teenagers in the U.S.

• Each year over 5,000 kids aged 16 to 20 are killed in car accidents.

• On average, a teen dies every hour on weekends.

• About ¼ of those teen auto accident fatalities involve drinking drivers.

• About 60% of passengers who were killed in a teen-age car wreck were not wearing seatbelts.

• Teenage kids are the least likely of all groups to wear seatbelts.

Teen drivers safety is critical and needs to start at home. With the high rates of teenaged drivers and their passengers killed every year, the ball is in our court.

In depth studies have found that one method of reducing teen-age auto accident injury is to delay the licensing of young driver to age 17. To date, New Jersey is the only State to adopt such a requirement, and we have not much chance of that passing in Texas (much to the delight of my teenage son).

Other studies have shown that graduated licensing rules, which generally ease a teen driver into driving, are shown to reduce auto accident fatalities with young drivers.

What we can do in Texas to reduce auto accidents is talk to our children and their friends about the dangers of drinking and driving. Make sure its "cool " to wear seatbelts.

Give our children more drivers training than is required. Ride with them and help them be safer drivers. And most of all, instill a leadership attitude in our girls and boys to take safety first.

Continue reading "Car accidents with teenage drivers- some shocking facts" »

One scenario that I see frequently in Houston car accidents is a drunk driver who causes the car wreck but flees the scene after the accident.

Most of the time, the intoxicated driver who leaves the scene of the accident does so only because their judgment is impaired through alcohol. Some are so drunk that they do not even really understand that they have been in a car wreck. And others are fearful of being arrested by police and charged with a DWI.

In a recent drunk driver lawsuit I handled, witnesses to the accident chased down the drunk driver and when he stopped at a convenience store, the witness prevented the drunk driver from driving off until the authorities could arrest him. That drunk driver injury case settled just before punitive damages were to be submitted to our jury.

This same pattern was repeated recently in Ft Bend County this week. Reports have a 43-year-old man leaving the scene after an automobile accident and being followed to his residence by a witness to the car accident. The man was arrested for drunk driving and its reported he told the police that he did not remember hitting another vehicle.

The reports have the man charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to stop and give information. Both such charges are no laughing matter in front of Texas juries.

The authorities suggest that if you do follow a drunk driver who leaves the scene of a car accident, to keep your distance, phone the police and do not endanger yourself while waiting for the police to arrive.

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Three people were killed in a truck crash when hit head on by an 18 wheeler.

An angleton student and his sister were traveling to San Antonio to show a steer at the Livestock Show and Rodeo when they were hit head on by an 18-wheeler, according to Texas Department Public Safety spokesman.

The siblings were traveling west on I-10 when the tractor trailer, who was traveling east on I-10, crossed over the median and struck their car and a second car.

Police said all three vehicles caught fire and ended up in the median between the I-10 feeder road and the westbound lane. The two siblings and the driver of the second car were pronounced dead at the scene.

The semi truck driver suffered only minor injuries.

The destruction a semi truck can cause is amplified by weight of up to 80,000 pounds, while passenger cars weigh under about 5000 pounds. Not only do tractor trailers take longer to stop but even a slow speed impact can cause serious injury and death.

In this truck accident the 18 wheeler appears to have jacknifed across the roadway creating a death trap for vehicles going the other dirction. This is a fact pattern that truck accident attorneys see frequently.

In truck accident cases like this it is very important that the victims family have expert Texas truck accident attorneys on the ground as soon as possible after the wreck, as you can be assured that the trucking company and its insurers will have a crew at the scene within hours of the truck crash.

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A dense fog leads to a fatal truck accident in North West Harris County yesterday. For unknown reasons a Kia Spectra was stopped on the roadway on Highway 290 about 1 a.m., and rear ended at high speed by a truck.

The impact from the truck literally launched the Kia across the median and into a grass covered area.

Both the driver of the car and passenger died, with the passenger pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver was taken to Memorial Herman but did not survive.

Fog can be a very dangerous condition particularly dense fog due to the limited visibility.
Commercial truck drivers are required to use extra caution when in fog and to pull off the roadway if conditions get dangerous.

For safety information regarding driving in fog see my previous post

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An 18-wheeler fought a Ford Mustang and the Mustang lost. About 7:30 this morning a big truck crashed with a passenger car on Westmoreland Road exit in Dallas.

The driver of the car died at the scene and his passenger was taken by ambulance to Methodist medical center for care. The passenger's medical condition was unknown at this time.

Investigators will conduct a reconstruction of the fatal truck accident in an effort to determine the cause of the truck accident.

Typically, in fatal accidents with tractor-trailers the DPS will assign a reconstruction expert to document the scene and reenact or reconstruct what happened using computer models, which have been found accurate in accident reconstruction.

Two popular computer programs used by expert witnesses who testify concerning the cause of the wreck and the actions of the participants are EDSMAC and EDCRASH both such programs have been used for many years by engineers hired by truck accident attorneys to simulate a truck accidents.

It is noteworthy to mention that many larger insurance companies for trucking companies have quick response teams on retainer who generally are on the scene within hours of the truck wreck.

In Texas particularly south Texas such as the Houston area we have fog with regularity in the winter and spring. Driving in fog can be very dangerous and has lead to many Houston truck accidents, injuries and deaths.

Fog is really a cloud that is at on near the ground, and is made up of very small water droplets suspended in air. And the problem with fog is that it reduced our visibility, sometimes radically.

A Dense Fog Advisory it means that your visibility in the advisory area can be reduced to one quarter of a mile or less.

Truck Drivers must use extreme caution to avoid a truck accident when driving in fog, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation 392.14 provides:

§392.14 Hazardous conditions; extreme caution.
Extreme caution in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle shall be exercised when hazardous conditions, such as those caused by snow, ice, sleet, fog, mist, rain, dust, or smoke, adversely affect visibility or traction.

Speed shall be reduced when such conditions exist. If conditions become sufficiently dangerous, the operation of the commercial motor vehicle shall be discontinued and shall not be resumed until the commercial motor vehicle can be safely operated.

Whenever compliance with the foregoing provisions of this rule increases hazard to passengers, the commercial motor vehicle may be operated to the nearest point at which the safety of passengers is assured.

While professional truck drivers have very specific marching orders about what to do in fog, drivers of automobiles should follow the same safety precautions.

Texas Department of Insurance published a bulletin offering the following safety advice to avoid a car accident in Texas when driving in fog.

• Slow down and do not drive faster than your
vision.

• be cautious, fog can become thicker without
warning and without being noticed until it is too
late to react.
• Increase following distance to ensure enough
reaction time and stopping distance.

• Turn on all your lights-including your hazard
lights. Use low beam headlights and fog lights.
go not use high beams.

• Turn on your 4-way flashers to give vehicles
approaching from behind a better opportunity to
see and notice your vehicle.

• Use windshield wipers and defroster as necessary
to maximize visibility.

• be ready for emergency stops by other vehicles.
• If possible, drive in a "pocket" where no other
vehicles are around you.

• Turn off your cruise control so you are in control
of your vehicle.

• Use the right edge of the road or roadside
reflectors as a guide.

• Listen for traffic you can't see.

• Do not change lanes or pass other vehicles, unless
absolutely necessary.

• Remember that other drivers have limited sight
distance and that fog makes the road wet.

• Signal early, and when you use your brakes, don't
stomp on them.

• Watch out for slow-moving and parked vehicles.

• If you cannot see, pull completely off the road
preferably at a rest area or truck stop.

• If you pull off the road, turn on your hazard
flashers immediately.

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In a tragic car accident in Houston a pregnant woman hit a tree and lost her unborn child and later died at the hospital. The car wreck happened Monday afternoon on Kuykendahl south of FM 1960.

The woman was rushed to Memorial Herman Hospital in the Texas medical center but efforts to safe her life failed.

Harris County Deputies are investigating the one car accident and report that the car hit patch of standing water and the woman apparently lost control of her car. The car spun around, jumped over a median and impacted a tree.

My heart goes out to this Houston family for their loss.

When driving in Houston please be aware of the dangers of hydroplaning on our wet streets and follow the safety suggestions for avoiding a car accident due to standing water on the roadway.

Harry Reid 70, the senate Majority leader had disturbing news today on the eve of an important health care meeting. As Democrats work around the clock trying to move insurance company reform forward, Mr. Reid was informed his wife of 50 years was in a very bad truck wreck.

A spokesperson for Senator Reid indicated that Mrs. Reid 69, was rear ended by an 18 wheeler on a Washington are Highway this afternoon.

According to news reports, Mrs. Reid suffered a broken neck and back and sustained other injuries. Mr. Reid's daughter Lana was a also in the car rear ended by the semi truck and is also being treated for injury.

Due to the size and weight of 18 wheelers the potential for serious injury and death is significant in any semi truck accident.

A tragic truck accident took the life of one and the police are looking for the other driver. The truck accident occurred on Interstate 95, in Stratford, at around 2 in the morning.

According to police officers, the 18-wheeler was in the right lane when a car cut in front of the truck and the truck driver, reportedly swerved to miss the car.

Once a big truck makes a quick turn at highway speeds the tractor will be reducing speed while the trailer will continue ahead at the original speed. This speed differential between the truck and trailer causes the trailer to jack-knife and apparently that is exactly what happened in this tragic truck accident.

The trailer jackknifed and flipped over all 3 lanes of the road and came to rest in the traveled lanes going the other direction.

The driver of the 18-wheeler was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver of the car fled on foot according to reports.

According to Federal Motor Carrier statistics, over 200 truck drivers die each year in jack knife accidents.

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A Texas jury has sent a truck driver to prison in the manslaughter conviction over a truck accident. The truck driver was convicted of manslaughter on Friday and sentenced to 7 years today.

The widow of the victim wept in court and clutched a photograph of the love she lost. The victim, died when his pickup truck was rear ended by the 18 wheeler while he was stopped at a construction zone on FM 523 near Angleton, Texas.

An off duty officer was also seriously injured in the 18 wheeler wreck but lived.

The prosecution in the criminal trial attempted to offer blood samples showing cocaine, according to reports.

The victim impact statement was especially emotional with a passionate statement by the widow of the victim and followed by the statement of the family of the injured officer.

It took the jury 2 hours to establish the punishment. The truck driver could have been sentenced to as much as 20 years over the fatal truck accident.

A Brazoria County jury has found a trucker guilty of manslaughter in connection with a truck accident in 2008.

The case involved accusations that the truck driver used cocaine prior to the wreck but according to reports, the jury for procedural reasons, did not hear evidence related to analysis of blood samples.

The wreck happened when the 18-wheeler hit 2 vehicles stopped at a construction zone near Angleton. The tractor-trailer hit a pickup and killed one person and injured an off duty officer who was directing traffic, it was reported.

The punishment phase of the trial was scheduled to begin today.

It is difficult to imagine a more devastating event than a semi truck accident that causes physical injury or fatalities.

Yet for many Houstonians this has become their living nightmare. All too often these collisions could be prevented if drivers would approach driving as if it were a job that required their full attention - particularly in times of inclement weather.

In fact, when roads are icy the chance of a driver losing control of their semi tractor trailer and careening out of control rises exponentially.

Let us consider a semi truck accident that recently occurred under these very conditions on a Houston highway.

According to the Houston Police Department an eighteen wheeler was traveling a local highway around midnight several weeks ago when it hit an icy patch causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.

The vehicle slid and eventually landed on top of a pickup truck. This led to subsequent collisions and before it was over five vehicles and two semi trucks became part of this massive pile up.

The driver of the original semi truck was the only fatality.

Icy and wet pavement and continued driving in hazardous conditions are one of the leading causes of semi truck accidents.

Drivers, even professional ones, tend to be overly confident in the circumstances that actually call for greater caution.

18-wheeler truck drivers should always be cognizant that collisions for which they are responsible can result in lengthy and expensive litigation - and the loss of their jobs.

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Two people were injured in an 18-wheeler accident on US 290 yesterday. The truck was carrying chlorine at the time of the crash. Both injured victims were taken to Brackenridge Hospital and the extent of their injuries unknown at this time.

The truck accident caused local school busses to be rerouted and many students had to be pickup up by their parents in lieu of riding the bus home.

Trucks caring hazardous substances like chemicals are subject to heightened responsibility to protect the public in the event of a truck accidents.

An 18-wheeler accident involving hazardous materials subjects the truck driver and the trucking company to additional regulatory requirements in reporting the accident.

The motor carrier must report an incident involving hazardous materials at the earliest practice time when hauling hazardous substances and someone is injured in the truck crash and is hospitalized, or if certain substances are spilled, fire breaks out or other specified events occur.

The notice required of truck companies (motor carriers) is by telephone to the DOT or in some cases to the CDC for etiologic agent spills.

For trucking company regulation, "hazardous materials" have 9 different classes or categories. Truck drivers and others who handle or load the hazardous material are required to have specialized safety training.

Additionally, truck drivers and trucking companies must undergo security training for haz mat transportation to be aware of security risks associated with transporting such material.

A Houston woman was involved in a car wreck but did not go to the hospital the day of the wreck has died from a closed head injury.

On February 15th, the 50-year-old woman was struck from behind on the South Loop in Houston. Officers investigated the Houston auto accident and both drivers reported no injury and exchanged insurance information with each other.

The next day after the automobile accident, the woman went to Memorial Herman Hospital with a headache where she remained until the time of her death. The Harris County Medical examiner found the cause of death as complications from blunt force trauma.

This sad tale is one that Houston personal injury lawyers see frequently, a victim of a car crash who at the scene do not believe that they are hurt only to learn later on that they have serious injury.

While most times if there is any chance of a head injury, paramedics will insist the victim is checked out at the emergency room. Some times the person who has been in the car crash is in shock and does not realize they are hurt and sometimes the injury manifests itself for the first time in the days following the car wreck.

Texans typically are very self sufficient and many try to "tough it out" when they have serious injuries. I see serious spinal cord injury from a car accidents all the time when a person reported they were ok at the scene of the automobile crash.

If you are involved in a auto accident and even think you may have been hurt- recall this sad story to remind yourself to be safe, if you have any doubt and get checked. Also understand that just because you have been released from the emergency room does not mean you are ok.

If you have residual problems or if the symptoms get worse or don't go away, follow up with your doctor, as many people do not learn the seriousness of the injury until more specialized testing is ordered later on.

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March 1st new educational requirements went in effect for young new drivers in Texas. An 18 to 24 year old new driver must now take a 6 hour driver safety course before they will be issued a drivers license.

The new driver's additional education rules were enacted in Texas to fill a loop hole for new drivers who have not had prior class room car accident safety training. Additionally, the new law serves to protect young people and the public by raising safety awareness and reducing auto accidents in Texas.

Younger drivers are involved in a fairly high number (almost 20 percent) of Houston car accidents.

For teens who are younger than 18, Texas requires completion of the drivers education class which includes 32 class room hours and 7 hours behind the wheel.

Public safety personnel are not sure how many new drivers the new law would impact, but feel that any class room driver safety training is a good thing.

A segment of new Texas drivers have waited past 18 to get their first license, thus avoiding the 32-hour driver safety class youngest Texas drivers takes.

Criminal charges are pending stemming from an accident with a big truck on Friday. The driver of a car ran a light and struck the truck with great force according to police.

Officers indicated that the truck driver stopped not far from the accident scene but soon drove away. The truck driver was charged with leaving the scene and the driver of the car is reportedly charged with a drunk driving accident.

Passengers of the automobile had to be cut from the car with the Jaws of Life, and one of the passengers in the accident is listed in critical condition at a local hospital.

Given the sheer size and weight truck accidents are much more likely to result in serious injury or wrongful death.

In 2008 the United States had more than 4300 fatal accidents with 18 wheelers and buses, and 145,000 truck accidents with nonfatal injury.

In this truck accident the truck driver allegedly left the scene but the police indicate that the drunk driver caused the accident.

Texas leads the nation in alcohol related fatal accidents with more than 1,800 alcohol related deaths in car accidents last year, and a whopping 25,000 people injured by a drunk driver in Texas.

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An 18 wheeler was involved in an accident with a mini van and the truck driver was injured while a mother and small child in the mini van escaped injury.

Troopers are investigating the cause of the wreck and it is suspected either the mini van or the truck made an unsafe lane change. The truck accident turned serious for the truck driver when the cab of his rig hit a bridge column splitting the cab in two and flipping the tractor-trailer.

In 2008 alone, Texas had over 14,000 large trucks and busses involved in non-fatal crashes and over 420, fatal accidents. The vast majority of the injuries and fatalities were to persons other than the trucker.

Due mainly to the size and weight of the tractor trailers the truck drivers most often escape serious injury. That is not always the case, and we do see truckers seriously injured particularly where a big truck jackknifes and the truck driver loses any control of the vehicle.

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