Texas Personal Injury Blog
When people are driving down the highway in wet conditions, there are many things that can go wrong. This is especially true when people are making this type of a journey during the early hours of the morning. Tragically, those elements seemed to combine perhaps with others that led to a Dallas trucking accident that led to the death of one woman and to injuries to three other people when a big rig collided with a temporarily disabled pickup truck.
According to the authorities, this fatal Dallas trucking accident occurred this morning at approximately 2:30 a.m. The driver of a pickup truck that was hauling a livestock trailer was moving in a northbound direction on Interstate 35-E near the Saner exit when it moved into water and began to hydroplane. The vehicle jackknifed just as it passed over a slight hill, and moments later the driver of a big rig collided with it. The driver and one passenger of the pickup truck were injured as was the driver of the semi. A female passenger in the pickup truck was instantly killed.
First and foremost, we’d like to offer our most sincere condolences to the family and friends of the woman who was killed in this Dallas trucking accident, and we hope that the people who were injured are able to recover quickly. In addition, this crash will now become part of the overall statistics regarding Texas auto accidents. Every year, more than 200,000 people are injured and more than 3,000 people are killed in these occurrences.
It seems that more information would be necessary in order to determine fault in this fatal Dallas trucking accident, as it’s possible that either driver may be totally or partially responsible for the crash depending on certain evidence. However, it also seems possible for the family of the woman who was killed to look into filing a Texas wrongful death lawsuit.
If you have lost someone you love in a crash, you need to seek the help of Dallas wrongful death lawyers who have been fighting for the rights of families for many years. Contact the Law Offices of Greg Fitzgerald today to schedule a free initial consultation.