According to the Dallas Morning News, a Dallas woman was killed this morning when a tractor-trailer slammed into her car as she pulled onto LBJ Freeway in Balch Springs after a flat tire, police said.
Fatal crash on freeway. Police said the truck driver didn't see the car in time to stop.
Trucking accidents are consistently the cause of deaths on our Texas Highways and streets. In fact, according to the FMCSA, 4995 people were killed in trucking accidents in 2006, while 106,000 were injured. That is just too much. Yet anyone who has driven next to an 18-wheeler that seems "asleep at the wheel" knows that the problem is out there, and without proper interference, it is just a matter of time until that driver hurts or kills an innocent person.
Our firm routinely comes across cases where trucking negligence has destroyed lives. Good people minding their own business, who simply "got in the way" of a monstrous death trap. When truck drivers and their employers engage in activities, such as doctoring log books, drug use, and violating traffic laws and federal regulations, they must be held accountable. They risk so much when they hit the roads, showing total disregard to the innocent people whose lives are placed at risk.
Hopefully this family will be able to begin to put their lives together, and hold the trucking company liable for anything they did that was negligent
