Tractor Trailer Accident: Indiana Family Killed in Semi-Truck Accident
In yet another tragic story, a semi-truck/tractor trailer killed an Indiana couple and their three children after their truck caught fire when it was crushed between two semitrailers.
Traffic along Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana had slowed about 4 a.m. as a vehicle was towed from the highway and one semitrailer could not stop quickly enough after coming over a hill, state police said. That semitrailer slammed the family's pickup truck into another semitrailer.
Brian W. Workman, 33, Joanna L. Workman, 31, and their children - 13-year-old Ashley, 8-year-old Tyler and 1-year-old Ryan - were killed. The semitrailer drivers were not injured.
Bahe Cook Cantley & Jones tractor trailer accident attorney Larry Jones says, "Drivers of semi-trucks owe a duty to operate their dangerous vehicles in such a way that they will not injure or kill those with whom they share the road. Here, the police have said that they driver could not stop quick enough after coming over a hill. In cases like this, it is important to hire a skilled accident constructionist to reconstruct the accident scene --I can assure you that the trucking company's lawyers had lawyers and reconstructionists on the scene before the police cleaned up the wreck." Additionally, Jones says, "Vehicles are not designed to catch fire. In fact, they shouldn't catch fire in an auto accident. Whenever a vehicle catches fire, a product liability specialist should be retained to examine the vehicle for product defects."
For more information about the rights of those injured or killed in semi-truck accidents, visit http://www.kentuckyinjurylaw.com/
