Though traffic fatality numbers have dropped over the past few years, Texas highways remain dangerous.<\/p>\n
Among the latest of traffic fatalities, the survivors of a man from East Texas who died have just filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death. The suit alleges that a truck driver acted with negligence when he backed up his truck and an attached flat-bed trailer against oncoming traffic, which caused a fatal traffic accident.<\/p>\n
The accident happened in November 2012. According to the lawsuit, the driver of a Peterbilt truck which was hauling a flatbed trailer missed a turnoff in Franklin County. The driver continued approximately one mile and then backed up his trailer onto a county road, across oncoming traffic. He was maneuvering in the dark, after sunset, as a way to reverse course and go back the way he came. <\/p>\n
The deceased, Dennis Smith, was driving in the lane of travel into which the truck had (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Though traffic fatality numbers have dropped over the past few years, Texas highways remain dangerous. Among the latest of traffic fatalities, the survivors of a man from East Texas who died have just filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death. The…<\/span><\/p>\n