Multi-Truck Accident in Indiana Leaves One Dead, Several injured
At least four tractor-trailers were involved in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 65 in Jasper County, Indiana last week. The accident left one truck driver dead and two others seriously injured.
The accident was set off by an earlier tractor-trailer accident which left traffic blocked. A tractor-trailer overturned, offloading cargo of more than 30,000 boxes of T-shirts across the highway. The driver in that accident told police later that he “felt something go wrong with his steering.” Investigators will obviously look into that account to determine if truck malfunction contributed to the accident.
Traffic on the highway was blocked after that accident. One truck failed to stop in time to avoid the blocked traffic It was immediately rear-ended by a tractor-trailer setting of a chain reaction, in which two other semi 18 wheelers also rear-ended the second tractor-trailer. At the end of the carnage, one of the tractor-trailer drivers, a Wisconsin man had been critically injured. He was trapped in his cab, and had to be extricated by emergency personnel. The driver unfortunately died a short while later at a local hospital. Two of the other drivers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Indiana truck accident lawyers often see that chain reaction crashes are caused by at least one of the trucks driving at excessive speeds. Truck drivers must drive at the posted speed limit for 18 wheelers, and musty also consider existing traffic conditions. Unfortunately, very often truck drivers may be driving at high speeds, and may not be able to stop in time to avoid hitting a vehicle in front. Failure to judge traffic situations properly or speeding can constitute negligence, which can be the basis for a truck accident claim in Indiana.
The Indiana truck accident lawyers at Theodoros & Rooth help injured victims of semi truck and commercial truck accidents across the state of Indiana recover rightful compensation for their injuries.
