Fort Worth, TX — May 7, 2024, four people were injured following an 18-wheeler accident at around 9:20 a.m. along Interstate 30.
According to initial details from authorities, the crash happened along eastbound lanes in the area of Camp Bowie West.
Investigators said traffic at the time was “stop and go.” An 18-wheeler approaching this traffic reportedly was going at an unsafe speed and veered to avoid the lane of vehicles ahead. It then crashed into the back of multiple vehicles in the other lane of travel. As a result, a 24-year-old man in a Ford F-350 had serious injuries while a 27-year-old woman in a Honda CR-V had apparently moderate injuries. The drivers of a Ford Explorer and a Buick Enclave, a 31-year-old woman and a 43-year-old woman respectively, may have had minor injuries.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Authorities said they were considering a potential citation for failure to control speed against the 18-wheeler driver. However, it’s always important to consider if a crash like this was really the result of just one individual’s actions. I’ve handled hundreds of commercial vehicle accident cases, and it would surprise folks to know how often this sort of truck wreck begins long before a truck driver gets behind the wheel.
Trucking companies have a significant role in the actions of their drivers, and their failure to enforce safe driving practices often contributes to serious commercial truck accidents. For example, driver fatigue causes a lot of serious accidents. Trucking companies often impose tight delivery schedules or otherwise incentivize cutting corners to maximize time behind the wheel. This pressures drivers to work long hours and skip breaks, even to the point of breaking the law. Impaired reaction times, poor decision making, and outright falling asleep at the wheel can predictably have catastrophic outcomes. That’s why responsible companies understand that sometimes it’s better to accept a slightly late delivery than it is to risk the lives of others. Other companies decide they’d rather roll the dice.
This is just one of many examples I’ve seen across decades of confronting these companies and seeing they’re held accountable when their laziness or blatant recklessness gets people hurt and killed. Unfortunately, authorities are not always so motivated to go beyond an individual driver’s actions. That’s why a lot of companies only clean up their act when the victims and families take steps to see they answer for their actions just as reckless drivers answer for theirs. That’s why it wouldn’t surprise me if there was still more to this story even authorities haven’t touched on yet.
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