It\u2019s a simple fact of life that when a big rig collides with another passenger vehicle, the passenger vehicle and the occupants do not fare well.<\/p>\n
Most big rig accidents result in either serious injuries or death. There is no other outcome when something that large runs into another vehicle or a stationary object. \u201cEven if the trucker is involved in a single vehicle rollover or jackknife scenario, the outcome is questionable for the driver,\u201d said Robert W. Lee of the Lee Law Firm in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n
It should come as no surprise that there are a high number of fatal accidents involving rigs when the statistics are analyzed. For example in 2007 alone there were over 14,000,000 on the highways and byways in the US. The number of fatal crashes in 2007 across the nation rang in at roughly 4,370. Over all there were 136,440 non-fatal crashes and approximately 55,000 crashes resulting (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s a simple fact of life that when a big rig collides with another passenger vehicle, the passenger vehicle and the occupants do not fare well. Most big rig accidents result in either serious injuries or death. There is no…<\/span><\/p>\n