Brian Mettert, 26, and Everett Biggs, 53, die when box truck and semi collide head-on on Neelytown Road in Montgomery, New York
Truckers from NY, Missouri die in crash on upstate NY road
Troopers tell the Times Herald-Record of Middletown (http://bit.ly/2h3LHrL ) that 26-year-old Brian Mettert of South Fallsburg was driving a box truck on a road in the Orange County town of Montgomery around 7 a.m. Wednesday when he crossed the center line and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer driven by a 53-year-old Everett Biggs of Smithton, Missouri.
Two men die in Montgomery truck crash
Police don't yet know why the box truck crossed into the tractor-trailer's path. Anyone who witnessed the accident is being asked to call state police at 344-5300.
Why every fatality from a crash is not legally a wrongful death
After someone dies in a motor-vehicle accident, grieving family members and friends are often left with many questions. What caused the accident? Could it have been avoided? What do they do now that their loved one is gone?
Sometimes a fatal collision happens through no one's fault. Crashes caused by weather and road conditions, or by wildlife in the roadway, are examples. But when a fatal crash is caused by negligence, then family members should pursue a wrongful death claim, to uphold the victim's rights and begin the financial recovery process. Learn more about wrongful death claims here.
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