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Category Archives: Truck Accidents
Accident Survivors, Safety Advocates Implore Congress to Pass Bill Limiting Truck Size
Last April, Goose Creek resident Pina Arrington lost her husband Scott when a truck driver turned sharply to the right, crossed two lanes of traffic and slammed into the 44-year-old man while he was driving his motorcycle to work. According to the Goose Creek Patch, Pina was Scott’s common-law wife and they were supposed to get married nine days after he died. On May 7, Pina and other families of truck accident victims joined the Truck Safety Coalition in Washington DC to call on Congress to stop “dangerous and deadly” increases in the weight and size of commercial trucks. “What happened to my husband was not an accident,” Pina said. “The unacceptably high numbers of truck crash deaths like Scott’s are the result of bad actors in an industry choosing profit over safety, and adding more size and weight to trucks will only result in greater loss of life.” The…
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South Carolina Injury Lawyers Examine Cause of I-26 Truck Accident
Medical University of South Carolina officials said a truck driver was released from the hospital two days after being listed in serious condition following an April 28 truck accident on Interstate 26 in Berkeley County. WCSC-TV reported that 26-year-old William Wieters had to be pulled from his 18-wheeler carrying a double tank of diesel fuel and gasoline after it overturned and rolled multiple times following a two-car collision. The 19-year-old driver of the passenger vehicle involved in the accident was not taken to the hospital. According to WCSC, Jason Washburn witnessed the accident and pulled Wieters from the truck that was leaking several gallons of gasoline from its 8,700-gallon tank. Washburn said he saw a car driving very slowly down I-26 when the tanker slammed into the back of it. Wieters will be charged with driving too fast for conditions, according to WCSC. Officials said they believe that the amount…
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Anderson County Truck Accident Leaves Woman in Critical Condition
A woman had to be flown by medical helicopter to Greenville Memorial Hospital to be treated for critical injuries after her car was trapped under a tractor trailer at the corner of Pearman Dairy Road and South Murray Avenue in Anderson County on April 22. The Independent Mail reported that the woman was trapped in her Mercury sedan for more than a half-hour, and the doors had to be cut as well as the top being removed before she was rescued. There was no information immediately available as to the condition of the truck driver, but the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the South Carolina Transport Police are investigating the accident. Fortunately, paramedics told the Mail that the woman in this case was alert and talking to rescuers. Override and underride truck accidents typically result in catastrophic or fatal injuries for the occupants of passenger vehicles. Override collisions involve large…
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