Truckers are a growing motorist group using North Carolina’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem regions. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
These behaviors by either a commercial trucker or a passenger-vehicle driver result in injury and fatality accidents on Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem roadways regularly.
When a crash with a commercial truck ends in property damage, injuries, or even death, the resulting insurance claim is typically more complicated, with more people, companies, insurance adjusters, and government agencies involved. The owner of the truck, the driver, the insurer, and all regulatory and licensing agencies play a part in the personal injury or wrongful death claim that will provide financial compensation for anyone injured or killed due to the negligent actions of a commercial truck driver or company.
Given the difference in size and weight of a commercial truck to a standard passenger vehicle, the damages caused by a crash are magnified. Even a low-speed collision can result in life-changing injuries and can tear families apart when the crash is fatal.
According to NHTSA, 3,802 large trucks involved in fatal accidents in 2012, and 77,000 involved in injury crashes nationwide.
The major hospitals in the area include:
As soon as possible, an injured person should contact their insurance company to find out how medical treatment is covered under their insurance policy.
Since there is no cost to speak with a lawyer, it is a good idea to learn more about your potential claim. Accident Data Center can help you by connecting you with our network of experienced injury lawyers who can provide you with information about your rights and options. Learn more here about the value of a no-cost legal claim evaluation.
Whitfield was driving a 2006 Lexus ES330 east in the westbound lanes of I-40W/Bus85S when he collided with a 2004 Freightliner semi-trailer truck, which was headed westbound and driven by Harold Mitchell Doster Jr., 45, of Charlotte.
A woman was killed in a fiery crash involving a large truck that shut down Business 85 south Thursday morning.
Courtney Ann Sanford, 32, of Clemmons, died at the scene of the crash around 8:30 a.m. near Baker Road. The truck driver wasn't injured.
A crash involving two tractor-trailers Wednesday morning shut down Interstate 77 south in Surrey County, near the weigh station.
It happened just before 6 a.m. near mile marker 102. At 8 a.m., one of the lanes had reopened. | Mobile users, tap here for photos from the scene.
A woman from Randolph County, who was traveling in a minivan on E. Kivett Drive, died Wednesday afternoon when the vehicle collided with a truck and was pushed into a utility pole at the intersection with Triangle Lake Road.
Two people were taken to the hospital after an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a car on Interstate 40 eastbound in Davie County early Monday morning.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol said it happened at 12:37 a.m. near Highway 801.
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