Missouri Truck Driver Involved In Arkansas Tractor Trailer Accident
A tractor trailer overturned on three cars in a recent Arkansas semi-truck crash. Two injured drivers were airlifted to the hospital for serious injuries; another driver and the tractor trailer driver walked away from the accident without injuries. The accident allegedly occurred because the tractor trailer driver lost control of his commercial vehicle while going downhill on U.S. 412. The tractor trailer driver swerved after going around a curve, ultimately colliding into three other vehicles.
The tractor trailer driver attempted to regain control of his weighty vehicle but was unable to manage the big rig and swerved into a Missouri truck driver; the trailer next struck another vehicle and pushed it into an engineering firm located off the road. Finally, the tractor trailer collided into one more automobile before coming to a stop. The Arkansas tractor trailer driver was cited for careless driving.
Arkansas averages around 2,000 large truck accidents per year, including tractor trailer crashes. Of these accidents, roughly 100 are fatal truck crashes and 800 result in injury. Most of these accidents are blamed on truck drivers for negligent actions, like the tractor trailer crash discussed above.
When a truck driver loses control of his/her vehicle and injures another driver, passenger or even pedestrian, a negligence claim will almost always be asserted. It is important to contact an experienced truck accident lawyer immediately. Truck drivers, like all drivers on the road, are required to practice reasonably safe driving practices to avoid injurious truck accidents. When a truck driver breaches this duty of safe driving and causes an automobile accident resulting in injury or death, he/she will likely be found at fault and will be liable to those injured as a result of such negligence.
Recent studies have shown that tractor trailer drivers, who are negligent, often drive in violation of federal laws. Experienced personal injury lawyers in Missouri handling truck accident cases often find the tractor trailer drivers are not practicing safe driving techniques; instead, they are driving in excess of the maximum hours allowed by regulation and often driving while fatigued.
Whether intentionally breaking federal laws or not, tractor trailer accidents blamed on truck drivers are growing in number every year. Nationally, there are already about 500,000 large trucks involved in accidents every year. Of these accidents many are fatal, almost twenty percent cause injury and most are blamed on truck drivers. In total, one of eight people killed in a United States traffic accident is killed in an accident involving a semi truck or tractor trailer.
As tractor trailer crash attorney and partner at the St. Louis, Missouri personal injury law firm, Page Law, I have represented tractor trailer injury victims and their families every day. I handle truck accident cases from beginning to end through the litigation process. I can do the same for you.
I am more than happy to discuss your case with you free of charge; you pay nothing unless you receive compensation. I can be reached 24 hours a day at 314.322.8515 or toll free at 1.800.500.INJURY (4658). You can also email me at john@pagecagle.com or visit my website, for more information.
