San Diego Personal Injury Law Blog

There are so many things that can go wrong when driving a tractor-trailer rig that trying to determine how a truck accident occurred is often extremely difficult. A driver of a truck in California recently died after a crash that caused the truck to go up in flames, but exactly why the truck crashed has yet to be determined.

A California Highway Patrol spokesperson was quoted as saying, "The truck straightened out a curve in the roadway for an unknown reason, before he collided into the embankment." Though weather was not alleged to have been a factor in the accident, the roadway was somewhat wet though not icy when the accident did occur.

A pedestrian accident occurred where an individual was struck and killed on a California roadway. The accident occurred on the shoulder of a highway at around 4:30 a.m.

Just prior to being struck and killed, the pedestrian had been involved in a minor crash and had pulled his vehicle over to the side of the road. As the pedestrian got out of his car to examine the damage, he was then struck by a Prius. The pedestrian was then subsequently struck by a number of other vehicles after the original collision occurred. The driver responsible for the original collision then fled the accident scene in the Prius.

As a follow-up to a story that we posted a few days ago, the woman that caused a fatal car accident that took the life of a San Diego college athlete was likely texting at the time that the accident occurred. The woman was apparently so distracted that she didn't even realize that traffic on the freeway had come to a complete stop.

The consequences of such conduct are, of course, obvious and often deadly. There are too many circumstances of telephone logs showing a driver texting and responding to other texts before being involved in a fatal crash. Drivers while texting frequently rear end other motor vehicles, run red lights and remain unaware of the presence of pedestrians and children crossing the road.

A 21-year old motorcycle rider was struck by a pickup truck while riding his motorcycle in downtown San Diego. The motorcyclist suffered a broken hip and other injuries. The motorcycle accident remains under investigation and it was not yet reported whether the driver of the pickup truck has been cited or arrested for the incident.

Too often motorcycle accidents happen in this manner. Other drivers do not pay attention to motorcycles on the road until an accident has actually occurred. And when the accident does occur, the injuries are often fatal.