Tractor Trailer Flips on I-95, Killing Driver

Tractor-trailers, 18-wheelers and even smaller trucks like this one can flip for a number of reasons, including being over-filled, unbalanced, driven too fast for the conditions, distracted driving, operator fatigue and unsecured loads according to Herndon Virginia crash injury lawyer Doug Landau

Fatigued drivers, overloaded rigs and distracted driving have all been factors in truck crashes on I-95, the Beltway and other interstate highways around Washington, D.C. This weekend’s news report of a tractor-trailer that ran off a Prince William County roadway was a sad reminder of the enormous dangers posed by these large vehicles.  The tractor-trailer went off the road and overturned, killing the driver, according to police.  The Prince William County truck wreck took place at Russell Road and the I-95 Interchange near Quantico.  Virginia police are still investigating why this fatal crash occurred.

The Abrams Landau trial team has been contacted by truckers and their families after injuries such as this, and there have been cases where the rig was over-filled, filled but not balanced, or, in a case that caused near fatal injuries in Florida, filled but not properly secured inside the trailer.  According to tractor-trailer injury lawyer Doug Landau, an injured truck driver (or their family and dependents) may be eligible for workers compensation benefits and even Social Security Disability Income.  In addition, if someone else’s unsafe decisions and actions caused the Prince William truck crash, then the victim’s family may be able to bring a wrongful death lawsuit to recover damages for what has been taken from them.  If you or someone you know or care for has been injured as the result of a car, truck, bicycle or motorcycle crash and there are questions about what laws apply, e-mail or call us at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. (703-796-9555) at once, as photographs of the scene, the rig, injuries and preservation of important evidence must be done at once.