An unexpected truck accident can be devastating for victims and their families because of the catastrophic injuries and harm truck accident victims can suffer because of the dramatic size disparity between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles. As a result, it is...
Each year, there are about half a million truck-related accidents on our country's roads, resulting in thousands of fatalities and countless horrible injuries. Many of these deaths and injuries befall occupants of other, smaller vehicles. Although most truck drivers...
As some residents of the Baton Rouge area may have already heard, a severe truck accident in another state claimed the lives of 4 people and left several other people injured, including 2 people who suffered injuries authorities described as serious.The accident...
According to the Louisiana State Police, a Baton Rouge man traveling on Interstate 12 lost his life after a semi-truck hit his vehicle. Apparently, the truck driver's cellular phone played a role in this crash, which happened in the overnight hours. Police say the...
Negligence on the part of truck drivers is an unfortunate reality in many semitruck accidents, but the truck driver's actions aren't the only thing that needs to be considered when determining liability for a crash.One of the best ways to figure out what led to the...
When you see images of the worst, most catastrophic collisions between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles, you may see vehicles damaged in an underride collision. These crashes occur when a smaller vehicle ends up underneath the larger commercial truck. The...
Most motorists in Louisiana and elsewhere can likely attest that no matter what time of the day or night that they travel on the highway or interstate, they are likely to share the road with semi-trucks and tractor-trailer trucks. While these large trucks are...
Commercial trucks play a vital role in intrastate and interstate commerce. Because of that, motorists in Louisiana and elsewhere can frequently see the roads filled with these massive vehicles transporting goods short and long distances. Truck drivers also play a...
Truck accidents can be dangerous, damaging and deadly for Louisiana victims. Often when an incident occurs between a large commercial vehicle and a privately owned truck, car or van the failure of the commercial vehicle's driver to spot the smaller automobile...
Louisiana motorists tend to view large trucks as just another vehicle on the roadways. While semi-trucks and tractor-trailer trucks utilize roadways throughout the nation, these vehicles are driven by employees. Truck drivers are trained to safely operate these...
