Tractor-trailer Flips on Side Closing Parts of Rte 250 in Nelson Co., Virginia
Recently, a tractor trailer had flipped onto its side while driving down Route 250 causing dangerous road conditions for passing motorists. Nelson County Police reported that the 18 wheeler wrecked on rte 250 around 9:30 a.m. when the tractor-trailer carrying scrap metal was exiting Interstate 64 East at Exit 99.
According to authorities, the truck driver lost control just before his big rig flipped. All the scrap metal contents from the trailer spread across both lanes of route 250 causing responders to close a segment of the road.
Virginia Department of Transportation crews labored well into the afternoon in order to clean up all the debris that was scattered. It was said by a Virginia State Police Trooper that was on the scene that passenger vehicles were very lucky not to have been beside the semi when it flipped.
Even though no one was injured if someone had been driving beside the truck the result would have likely been deadly. The truck driver, who has not been identified, has been charged with failure to maintain control of his vehicle.
Driver behavior is the number one cause of tractor trailer accidents. When poor driving is combined with an improperly secured load or overloaded trailer, then an accident resulting in serious injury is highly likely. Injuries caused by failure to properly load tractor trailer truckers may include disfigurement, lost limbs, traumatic brain injury, paralysis, and death.
Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm is 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 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 covering many FAQ’s on personal injury subjects. Lawyers licensed in: VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, KY.
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September 16, 2009
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, Cooper, crash, injury lawyers, Nelson County, tractor trailer, Virginia Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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