Pope County, AR — January 2, 2025, Nathan Page sustained fatal injuries due to a semi-truck accident at around 12:37 a.m. on Bradley Cove Road.
According to a preliminary report from the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, the crash happened outside the Flying J located off the corner of Bradley Cove Road and I-40.
Investigators said that 36-year-old Nathan Page was in a Chevy pickup going eastbound on Bradley Cove. At the Flying J driveway, a Volvo semi-truck reportedly came out of the driveway making a left turn. In doing so, Nathan Page’s vehicle and the Volvo collided.
Due to the collision, Page was killed. There were no other reported injuries. Right now, it’s unclear if charges are being considered. Authorities said there was fog in the area at the time, but no further information can be confirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
One of my concerns with crashes like the one described here is people sometimes see weather conditions like fog and just assume the accident was entirely weather-related. However, I can’t recall a single case I’ve had that happened during inclement weather conditions where the weather actually caused the crash. Instead, they were the result of a driver’s behavior in that weather.
Simply put, reasonably prudent professional truck drivers know how to adjust their behavior for poor weather. Other drivers, though, are either inexperienced, poorly trained, or impatient, and that leads them to make mistakes that could have been avoided.
For example, I had a case not long ago where a truck driver tried to blame the rain for his truck losing traction, going into oncoming lanes, and killing someone. After weeks of authorities not coming up with new information, the family asked us to look into the crash. Thanks to our more thorough efforts, we pulled maintenance records for the truck, did a close examination of the truck, and pulled GPS data. That all showed that the tires were worn and well past needing to be replaced, and the truck driver was actually driving too fast for conditions anyway, regardless of the conditions of his tires.
It was only after presenting clear, undeniable evidence that the trucking company involved did right by the victim’s loved ones. If there’s enough room for them to shift the blame or deny their driver’s actions, they’re going to take advantage of that. So when I look at a crash like this, I recognize that there are potential extenuating circumstances the truck driver may not have been able to avoid. But in my experience, there aren’t many situations where the weather is a legitimate excuse for a commercial truck pulling out of a driveway into the path of an unsuspecting motorist. It’s up to the evidence to say whether or not the same was true here.
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