Tanker Truck Involved in Rollover Accident Spills Thousands of Gallons of Fuel on Road
By Richard N. Shapiro
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton
Truck accidents are terrible, but tanker truck accidents can be even worse. The size and velocity these massive vehicles possess can inflict incredible damage when involved in a trucking accident. This is especially true in rollover accidents.
This scenario unfortunately came to fruition when a tanker truck rolled over on U.S. Highway 40 in Colorado and spilled over 6,000 gallons of fuel on the road. Fortunately, no other vehicles were involved in the incident and the driver of the tanker truck survived.
Truck accidents are not relegated to the Colorado area. There have been numerous truck accidents in the western portions of Virginia (VA) including I-81 (Virginia’s most dangerous road) and U.S. Highway 11. There have also been accidents on I-64 around Cabell County in West Virginia. One of these accidents involved a tractor trailer containing fuel. Sadly, this accident had a tragic ending. The fuel tank ruptured and caused a fire leading to the death of a driver in a vehicle involved in the accident.
In the Colorado accident, the driver, named Robert Windecker, is facing a careless driving charge. Why?Because Robert was driving too fast. This is completely unacceptable behavior, especially for a trained driver handling a tanker truck. Robert failed to responsibly drive this vehicle and the devastation he could have inflicted would have been enormous considering the amount of fuel that spilled out from the tanker.
As an injury lawyer who works for a firm that’s represented people in trucking accidents, I understand the damage they can inflict on people when involved in an accident.
Hopefully, tanker truck drivers can learn from Robert’s mistake and exercise responsibility when driving such hazardous vehicles on major roadways.
About the Editors: The trucking injury attorneys with Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm are based in Virginia (VA), with an office also in Elizabeth City, in Northeast North Carolina (NC), practicing primarily in the southeastern U.S. and handles only injury law, including car, truck, railroad, and medical negligence cases and more. Our Virginia injury law website is www.HSInjurylaw.com and our Carolina injury law website is: http://carolina.hsinjurylaw.com, the firm edits the injury law blogs Virginia Beach Injuryboard, Norfolk Injuryboard, as well as the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard and also hosts a YouTube injury law video library with over 50 videos covering many FAQ’s on personal injury subjects. Lawyers licensed in: VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, KY.
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September 23, 2009
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