A major pickup truck and dump truck accident was reported Tuesday morning outside of Porter, Texas. The crash was early in the morning on the US 59 northbound feeder road and involved a pickup truck with four occupants and a 72-year-old professional driver in the dump truck.
According to reports, all four occupants of the pickup truck for transport to the hospital with one being flown by life flight in critical condition. Reports further indicate, that it took almost 45 min. for firefighters to free the driver of the pickup truck from under the dump truck.
In addition to the injuries sustained by the pickup occupants as well as the dump truck driver the commercial vehicle apparently stole a large amount of fuel and required a hazardous material group to clean up the feeder road.
Gasoline and diesel spills can be particularly dangerous, as the roadway becomes not only a fire hazard but can actually be as slick as ice for unsuspecting motorists who would hit a patch of a fuel spill. Fuel spills if not address quickly can lead to other accidents and even wrongful death.
Reports seem to indicate that the 18-wheeler driver turned in front of the pickup truck causing the truck to run into the fuel tank area of the dump truck.
Let us hope that the occupants of the pickup truck recover quickly.
This accident also serves to highlight the blind spots that many 18-wheelers have and how it can lead to a serious truck accident.
Greg Baumgartner is a Houston 18 wheeler accident lawyer and the founder of the Baumgartner law firm, which is dedicated to helping injury victims seek civil justice. For a free no obligation consultation with a dump truck accident lawyer in Houston call the Baumgartner firm.
