Miraculously, no one was hurt in a terrible tractor-trailer wreck in Gwinnet County, Georgia that involved three vehicles. One of the cars involved was crushed beneath a tractor-trailer that rolled onto its side. Despite the damage and terrible appearance of the accident, no one was seriously hurt, shocking all of the emergency responders who were on the scene.
Tractor-Trailer Accident Just Outside Atlanta
The accident happened just before four in the afternoon of Friday, October 14, 2016. A tractor-trailer was out of control in Duluth, Georgia, at the intersection of Boggs Road and Satellite Boulevard. The driver of the truck, Gulab Singh, claimed that his brakes failed after he came off the southbound lanes of Interstate 85, leaving him powerless to stop and prevent an accident at the intersection. The massive tractor-trailer, loaded down with a cargo of potatoes, side-swiped a pickup truck before overturning at the intersection, landing directly on a car carrying two people.
The weight of the truck flattened the smaller car.
Despite the significant damage caused by the accident, neither the driver nor the passenger in the car was seriously hurt. Both were brought to the hospital where they were treated for minor injuries. Singh, the driver of the tractor-trailer that overturned, was unhurt. The driver of the pickup truck that got side-swiped was treated at the scene of the accident. The fuel runoff from the accident was successfully contained by the Gwinnet Fire hazmat team.
Truck Accidents Often Fatal
The fact that no one was seriously hurt in this tractor-trailer accident is surprising, especially considering the fact that large truck crashes are often fatal.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 3,660 people died in accidents involving large trucks during 2014. Unsurprisingly, most of those who died – 84% of the fatalities – were in vehicles other than the trucks. This is because tractor-trailer trucks are higher from the ground and typically far heavier than anything else involved in a crash, resulting in extensive damage to the other vehicles involved.
While the number of car occupants killed in tractor-trailer accidents has steadily decreased per mile driven by these trucks, they are still worryingly high. And even if no one is killed in a tractor-trailer crash, there are often serious injuries involved that can drastically change someone’s life.
Cobb County Tractor-Trailer Accident Attorney
Car accidents that involve tractor-trailers are far more serious that normal car accidents because of the size and weight of the truck that is involved. Like the difference between bowling with an eight pound ball and with a sixteen pound ball, the amount of force that gets created by a larger vehicle is often underappreciated by anyone who has not seen the difference first-hand.
This is why you need effective legal representation if you have been involved in an accident that has included a tractor-trailer. If you or someone you love has been hurt in such an accident, contact the Cobb County tractor-trailer accident attorney Joel Williams at Williams Elleby Howard & Easter, online for the legal representation that you need.
