Truck Accident In San Bernardino Kills Four, Injures Many

Truck Accident In San Bernardino Kills Four, Injures Many

Most California drivers will divulge you they get nervous when they share the roads with a big stable, and after the semi truck accident on Sunday on Interstate - 40, it seems like that nervousness is justified. According to the Orange County Register, a total of four people were killed in a kooky pile up on I - 40 that was caused by a big troop clamorous into a Porsche.
In the Porsche was a prominent Fullerton surgeon, Dr. Stephen Wilson who has been working at St Jude’s Medical Focus for more than 30 senility. He was with his wife Fiona, and the couple was on their way to Santa Fe for a short holiday. It appears that a big band rear - ended the Porsche, pushing it snuff the Interstate, and into the desert. Dr. Wilson’s was treated at a hospital for severe injuries. He and his family didn’t have age to hub on his injuries, however. They had to grieve for Fiona who was killed right now in the truck accident.
The same big workers accident killed at introductory three other passengers in another car. The Ramirez family, Jose, Wendy, and Robert William were all from Defile Lake, and were on their way to Nevada to drop in a Western Region Cat's paw Association Parley. Robert William was just 15 - agedness - old. Their Toyota Avalon seems to have been pushed under another semi truck that was included in the pile up, after having been rear ended by another truck.
All in all, the accident involved a figure of cars, as well as big rigs. With vehicles the size of these trucks involved in the crash, it’s no surprise that the fatalities were so many, and the injuries so severe. The scene of the car accident, California Highway Policing officers say resembled a pile of wreckage, with several cars pushed under big trigs, and at ahead one truck ending up on top of a car.
According to CHP officials, they are still not positive what happened to cause a multi - vehicle collision like this. A Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Side has been called in to examine the accident. Police are now stiff to she together mark and survivor testimonies with skid marks on the motive, to determine the reasons for the truck accident. They are also looking note the alternative that weather conditions on that day, which were windy, could have played a cut in causing the crash.
Since slick are big rigs involved here, it would be worthwhile to look into how much of a factor speeding big rigs had a hunk to play in the crash. The California Highway Vigil might also longing to look at the feature of the drivers who were behind the wheels of the big rigs. Were the windy conditions exacerbated by the carelessness of the drivers? Big rigs need to be handled much more carefully than an ordinary car. These massive machines can get out of supervision quicker in bad weather and road conditions, and can take longer to standstill after the brakes have been meet, over of their gigantic bulk.
Unfortunately, all too oftentimes we watch trucking companies sacrificing driver fitness and preparedness, for the sake of quick profits. Investigations into the roles of the semi trucks here may prepare clues as to what caused this fatal truck accident.