Carolina Personal Injury News

Speeding Jeep Hits Tractor-Trailer Driver, Passenger Injured

Posted on Jan 26, 2011

By: Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney

Usually when we hear of a truck-car accident we usually assume the truck was at fault. However this is not always the case. Any tractor-trailer driver will tell you that they can't stop on a dime. However careless drivers on the interstate that zip in and out of these large trucks seem oblivious to this. In fact two people were injured and traffic was tied up this morning by an accident on U.S. Route 460 near the Interstate 85 (I-85) interchange in Virginia by just this type of accident. Find out more.

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