Dunklin County, MO — October 12, 2024, Andrew Peek was injured as the result of a semi-truck accident at around 1:10 a.m. along U.S. 412.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the accident occurred outside of Kennett along westbound lanes of the highway.
According to officials, 46-year-old Andrew Peek was riding a moped scooter along U.S. Highway 412. While doing so, a semi-truck somehow crashed into the back of Peek. The crash resulted in Peek sustaining serious injuries, and Peek had to be flown from the scene. There did not appear to be any other injuries. No further information is currently available.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
While there are times an accident like this happens without the rear driver do anything wrong, most understand that rear-end collisions are usually the result of a driver speeding, driving while distracted, or following too closely. Even when that happens, though, there needs to be clear, convincing evidence so there’s no room for a potential wrongdoer to shift the blame. Let me give an example of why I say this.
I had this case a while back where a semi-truck crashed into the back of a car on a dark highway. The trucking company was claiming that the victim had broken down along the highway and didn’t have any lights on, so the truck driver simply had no way of avoiding the collision. That’s certainly a possible scenario, but our independent investigations into the matter proved that explanation was a load of bull.
Thanks to video evidence from the truck that we were able to pull and examine, we found that the victim’s vehicle had its emergency lights on, and it was clearly visible nearly three-quarters of a mile down the road. The truck driver, however, was too busy watching TV shows on a tablet to bother looking at the road. Thanks to our findings, there was no room for the trucking company to shift blame or make excuses.
Again, there may have been extenuating circumstances that made this crash unavoidable. Similar thorough investigations would be able to show that through clear evidence. Otherwise, if a crash was the result of someone’s mistakes, seeing them held accountable means ensuring there are facts telling the story. Anything short of that only risks letting someone off the hook for their role in a fatal crash.
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