Missouri Truck Accident Blog

Fatal Missouri Truck Accident

After a vehicle rear-ended a big rig on Missouri Highway 59 in Newton County, a Joplin man was killed and his son suffered injuries. According to a news report in the Joplin Globe, the 56-year-old man in the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. His son, 30, was also taken to an area hospital with injuries. The older man was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by his son, which apparently ran into the rear of a southbound tractor trailer that had stopped and was waiting for another vehicle to make a left turn.

Truck accidents can cause extremely serious and devastating injuries including brain and spinal cord injuries, which can leave a person disabled for life. Truck accidents can also be fatal. The serious injuries and fatalities caused by truck accidents usually affect the occupants of the passenger vehicles – not the big rigs. This is because of the size and weight of the large trucks, which overpower and overwhelm other vehicles on our roadways. Big rigs often weigh over 80,000 pounds and when something that big and heavy hits a passenger car, the occupants of the car are the ones most seriously injured.

When a truck accident occurs as a result of the truck driver’s negligence, injured victims can seek compensation from the driver and in most cases, the trucking company, as well. Most companies carry liability insurance, which helps compensate victims of serious personal injury. Still, if you are a victim, you need a Missouri truck accident lawyer on your side fighting for your rights and protecting your best interest. If you have lost a loved one in a truck accident, please contact a skilled St. Louis wrongful death truck accident attorney at Page Cagle for a free consultation and case evaluation.

Source:http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_283010257.html