Archive for the ‘truck accident’ Category

A tractor trailer accident on October 30^th, in Nashville, Tennessee caused a pedestrian fatality, and sent a driver to the hospital. How does a truck hit a pedestrian? The truck’s headlights (if properly adjusted) should show the road ahead for 200’.

In this Nashville truck accident case, a 57-year-old man was walking in the left lane of the road when he was struck and killed by an oncoming truck.

We don’t know much about the driver or deceased pedestrian at this point, but it’s obvious that the truck driver didn’t see the pedestrian until it was too late to avoid the accident.  Did the pedestrian expect the truck to move over slightly? Was the pedestrian impaired?  We tend to blame the victim in our society, and perhaps the dead person here has some responsibility, but do they bear total responsibility?

Our sympathy to both families. Losing a loved one is hard to describe, and being responsible (even a little ) for the death of another is difficult pill to swallow. No one wins here,  but we all lose unless we can find a way to see that this doesn’t happen again.

Reports show that drivers whom are slightly distracted are 50% more likely to cause a fatal accident.

Could it have been that no matter what this Tennessee pedestrian was doing, that this Nashville driver just wasn’t paying enough attention?
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On October 30^th, a Clarksville car accident occurred when a driver lost control of his car after trying to avoid a red truck that was veering into his lane.
While the red truck went on, the other driver skidded into a parking lot, crashing into two parked cars.

The impact was substantial; the driver was partially thrown from his truck causing serious injury. The driver was transported to Vanderbilt hospital. Clarksville Officials are still looking for the red truck that caused the accident.

Tennessee drivers who are involved in a collision should never leave the scene until an officer has gotten their information and any injured drivers or passengers are cared for. The Tennessee Department of Safety frequently addresses their concerns with drivers leaving the scene of an accident. http://public.findlaw.com/traffic-ticket-violation-law/traffic-ticket-a-z/hit-and-run.html

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An east Tennessee car crash involving a tractor trailer has left 4 people dead including two children and two adults, one who was pregnant. The accident happened on Tennessee Highway 68, and county road 292.

The Tennessee Department of Safety is including the woman’s unborn baby as a victim in the case. The driver of the big rig escaped injury even after the cab of his truck caught fire, but all of the people in the car that was hit, were killed.
Our condolences to the family and loved ones for this terrible tragedy.

The facts we have are scant – and certainly trucks are entitled to be on the roadway, but what happened here?  Truck drivers are supposed to be professional drivers, and they are legally required to limit their driving time so they can be alert. That’s a rule that is often violated. Was that rule violated here? Was the car not visible from any of the truck’s mirrors? Did the driver look?
It can be scary out there. If you are around large trucks, don’t assume they are paying attention (as they should be) or using their mirrors (as they should be).

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A tractor trailer gas tanker carrying around 7400 gallons of diesel fuel crashed on Tuesday, August 9 in the early morning when the driver ran into a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire who was stopped on the left side of the road after blowing a tire, according to WBIR Knoxville.

The wreck occurred while the tractor trailer was driving in Tennessee. The driver of the tractor trailer slammed into the car on I-75N and flipped, breaking the tank, and it began leaking the diesel fuel.

Fortunately, the driver of the Pontiac was not injured, but the driver of the truck was flown to UT Medical Center, and his condition is unknown according to WBIR.

The leaking tanking was upright and leaking fuel onto the interstate, and some of the diesel ran off into a creek in the ditch just off the road. The remaining fuel was off-loaded as clean-up crews worked on clearing the roads according to the report.

The driver of the tanker was driving a 2007 International Tractor Trailer for Frazier and Mann out of Virginia.

1-75 was closed for several hours on Tuesday, but one lane was opened around 10:30. The Tennessee High Patrol has confirmed that the interstate has been re-opened according to WBIR.

From 2003-2007 there have been six large truck crashes that have involved hazardous material (HazMat) or released hazardous material, and a total of 120 statewide.

Shelby County had the most HazMat crashes in the state during that time with 19, and Davidson County was a close second with 16.

Our sympathy goes out to the driver of the tractor trailer, and we hope that he will make it through this accident. Thankfully the driver of the other car escaped unharmed.

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Tennessee truck accidents are just like car wrecks, right?  Well they do involve vehicles on roadways, but that is where the similarity ends.

Finding out what happened and how in any truck accident can be very difficult. The truck driver almost always denies liability, and digging out the important information requires a lawyer to understand the documentation required of all trucking companies, and the regulations that apply.

Trucking accidents are more common than you might believe.  380,000 trucks were involved in crashes in 2008. Over 4000 people were killed.

As an example, the hiring and supervision issues in a trucking case don’t exist in a typical car accident. The trucking company is required to investigate the driver, including their driving history. This means the lawyer in a Tennessee trucking case must understand and pursue all the things that the trucking company was required to do, as well as those things they should do if they want to operate safely.  ”Hours of Service” and driver logs can provide insights on what the driver really had been doing in the hours before the truck accident, and disclose the kinds of information the trucking company had but did nothing with.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Nashville truck accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville  personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.

Victims of Tennessee Motorcycle accidents, car accidents, or tractor trailer accidents can do themselves a favor, especially if they need a knee or hip replacement… Pick a hospital that specializes in doing hip and knee replacements.

A recent study done by the University of Iowa found that hospitals with a higher degree of orthopedic specialization had better outcomes for patients who had hip and knee replacements.

In hospitals with more orthopedic procedures, there were fewer complications and more importantly, the mortality rate was much lower. In fact, the rate of death during the first 90 days after surgery was twice as high in the hospitals that had lower rates of orthopedic procedures.

If you or anyone you know has been killed or suffered a knee or hip injury in a Nashville motorcycle accident, car accident, or tractor trailer accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Tennessee personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here. No matter what you do, before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster, read our materials on dealing with insurance adjusters first!

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved. Contact us before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster!

Leg fractures from Tennessee motorcycle accidents are fairly common. The big bone in the lower leg, the tibia, is often involved. Surgeons are familiar with these kinds of leg fractures and can readily repair them and the technique goes back to WW II.

Since WW II, long pieces of stainless steel rod (”nails”) have been inserted inside the broken tibia (and other bones) to help stabilize it, and they work. The problem is that even when they work, the patient may be a long way from being 100%.

Without the use of nails, there is a risk that the fractured bone will not form a union or be properly aligned. When that happens the victim of a Tennessee motorcycle accident may be in for a long recovery and permanent impairment.  Of course victims of Tennessee car accidents and Tennessee tractor-trailer accidents can experience these kinds of injuries as well.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Tennessee motorcycle accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Tennessee personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.

When someone is in car wreck in Tennessee or elsewhere, they may have stitches for the very first time in their life. For major wounds, doctors sometime choose to use staples – and they have had good reason to do so – until now.

Victims of Tennessee car accidents or Tennessee Motorcycle accidents may have wounds that need to be surgically closed. If the choice is between stitches and staples, what should you tell your doctor?

Recent research published in the British Medical Journal found that patients with staples instead of stitches were three to four times more likely to develop a wound infection. The research was looking at patients with orthopedic surgery (knees and hips), but it is worth asking your doctor about – especially if you have a Tennessee car accident and are having surgery for the first time.

So, the old school way may be the best.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Nashville car accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.

Tennessee tractor trailer wrecks often have driver fatigue as a factor. There are lots of reasons why truck drivers experience fatigue, but there is no legitimate excuse for a tired truck driver to be driving a tractor trailer in Tennessee, or elsewhere.  Sometimes it is clearly the fault of the trucking company, sometimes clearly the fault of the driver.

A new bill has been proposed  in Congress that might reduce the number of tired truckers on highways. “Jason’s Law” would provide funding to increase the number of rest stops for truckers nationwide.

If they build or expand rest stops, will it decrease truck accidents in Nashville or truck accidents in Tennessee?

Recent truck wrecks I have reviewed don’t point to that, but if even one wreck is avoided isn’t it worth the cost?

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Nashville tractor trailer accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Tennessee tractor trailer attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee from a Tennessee tractor trailer accident must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.

Nashville car accidents, as well as Nashville motorcycle accidents and Nashville truck accidents are in the news daily. There is a “silent” injury in many of these accidents, traumatic brain injury.

A recent study published by the Department of Health and Human Services provides insight into how huge the problem of traumatic brain injury is.  More than 52,000 die each year from brain injury and almost a third are the result of a car accident, but often brain injuries are undiagnosed.

A traumatic brain injury can be caused by a bump or blow to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain.

Traumatic brain injury  from a Tennessee car accident, motorcycle accident, or Tennessee tractor trailer accident can affect thinking, sensation, emotion, or language and is a contributor to over 30% of all injury related deaths.

If you or anyone you know has been killed or suffered a personal injury in Nashville , please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here. No matter what you do, before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster, read our materials on dealing with insurance adjusters first!

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved. Contact us before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster!