Recent Georgia Trucking Accident Worry Safety Advocates as Spring and Summer Traveling Season Begins
A driver lost their life earlier this month after being involved in a Georgia trucking accident on Interstate 20, according to Atlanta police. The accident happened when a passenger vehicle was smashed under the rear of a tractor trailer. Several lanes on the interstate were shut down. Atlanta Fire and Rescue and the Georgia State Patrol responded to the accident, according to My Fox Atlanta.
Fox 5 reports that a second accident happened around the same time as the Interstate 20 collision, killed a newlywed and sent her husband to the hospital after their car suffered a rollover accident on Interstate 285. The accident reportedly happened on the west side of the Interstate 285 right before the M.L. King Boulevard overpass. The car was clipped by a tractor trailer that was changing lanes in front of them. The tractor trailer sent the car into the inner barrier wall, back into traffic lanes causing it to bounce back into traffic where it was hit by a semi.
Our Georgia trucking accident attorneys helps victims of accidents with tractor trailers or other large trucks. Injuries experienced in these accidents are oftentimes very serious, if not fatal. The size of trucks and the impact that they have on passenger vehicles can equal catastrophic damage and injury. An experienced attorney needs to be contacted immediately if you or a loved one has been involved in an accident with one of these trucks.
Rescue crews were forced to use the Jaws of Life in the rollover accident to retrieve the newlywed victims from the mangled car. The new bride died at the scene. Neither of the truck drivers that were involved were injured.
Recent investigations led to charges being filed against the driver of the tractor trailer. He is accused of causing the accident. He is facing charges of vehicular homicide and improper lane change. He was held in the Fulton County Jail.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 3,500 fatalities, and approximately 74,000 injuries, were suffered in the United States because of traffic accidents involving large trucks in 2009. Nearly 2,000 large trucks were involved in fatal accidents in Georgia in that same year.
As more and more trucks hit the road in Atlanta during this spring and summer travel season, many worry the fatality rate will increase. Drivers are urged to practice defensive driving skills in an attempt to help prevent these potentially deadly accidents.
If you are involved in a Georgia trucking incident, contact the Atlanta trucking lawyers at Finch McCranie LLP for a free and confidential appointment to discuss your rights. Call (800) 228-9159 or at (404) 658-9070 or contact us through this website.
