Big Rig Crashes Through Freeway Median Divider

August 8, 2011-According to reports a big rig crashed through the freeway median divider in Santa Clarita. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs, a the big rig crash occurred at approximately 5:45 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Antelope Valley Freeway, in the vicinity north of Agua Dulce Canyon Road.

The big rig that was hauling two trailers crashed into the center median divider on the 14 Freeway, crashing half way through the divider. According to California Highway Patrol Officre Jacobs the big rig and trailers blocked three of the northbound lanes and one of the southbound lanes on the Antelope Valley Freeway, while crews were clearing the scene of the crash.

There were no injuries reported in the big rig freeway crash, stated CHP Officer Jacobs.


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Pickup Truck and Big Rig Collide in Orange County

August 5, 2011 - According to reports a pickup truck and big rig collided in Orange County Friday morning. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Jim England, the accident occurred on Beach Boulevard, Friday morning when a big rig and pickup truck collided.

The accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Beach Boulevard, closing three lanes of the road, until the accident scene was cleared. The lanes closed were south of Lampson Avenue. The accident left two people injured that were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Lt. England.

Newport Beach; Sharing the Road with Big Trucks

Everyone who has to drive daily or weekly, particularly if you live in the Newport Beach area, gets used to sharing the road with bigger vehicles like eighteen wheelers. Most never really give much thought to the difference in size between the vehicles.

However, when a driver is involved in an accident with a big truck due to the other party’s negligence, it becomes quickly apparently how much damage these big trucks can do to the smaller, more vulnerable automobile.

Eighteen wheelers can legally be up to 80,000 pounds or 40 tons in weight. Compare that weight to that of an average midsize car which averages less than 5,000 pounds and the danger that being hit by a large truck becomes painfully evidence.

Visually, it is very easy for a smaller automobile to fall within one of the many blind spots of the much larger truck. Too often, a trucker will pull over without carefully checking to see if there is a smaller vehicle in the way. The trailer or the load they are pulling might also make seeing another automobile difficult.

At other times, the high rates of speed that the truck is traveling doesn’t allow the driver sufficient room to be able to break in time to avoid hitting an automobile ahead of them that has to stop. The driver can also be impaired due to a lack of sleep, or even by the use of drugs to try to avoid resting.

No matter the reason, an accident with an eighteen wheeler in the Newport Beach area, or anywhere, can be devastating for the automobile driver. Injuries are very likely, and the likelihood of permanent disability or even death increases because of the vast size of these trucks compared to that of the automobile. Also, as driving is the trucker’s profession, be sure that they will not usually want to pay all that a victim needs when an accident occurs.

If you or your loved one is the victim of a negligent trucker in an accident with your automobile, protect your interests and perhaps your life by immediately calling a personal injury attorney who has experience with truck versus automobile accidents convenient to the Newport Beach area. A qualified truck crash attorney can not only assure that the victim receive immediate and thorough medical attention and testing, but also ongoing care as necessary.

Furthermore, your attorney can help to fight the insurance company of both the trucker and their employing company as well as the attorneys that the negligent party will be sure to hire to fight you. Doesn’t it make sense that you should be just as prepared, if not more so? The right personal injury attorney with motorcycle accident experience can fight to make sure your medical bills are paid, your rights are protected, and that you receive recompense. This has been a public service message from the personal injury attorneys Newport Beach at Ehline Law Firm PC

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