College Station, TX — September 25, 2024, a 69-year-old pedestrian was injured by a commercial truck on Longmire Drive in College Station.
According to authorities, the incident happened around 6:50 a.m. on the 2200 block of Longmire at Airline Drive. Preliminary investigation suggests a Kenworth truck was northbound on Longmire when a pedestrian began to cross the road ahead at Airline Drive. The truck hit the man in the roadway, causing him serious injuries.
The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital for treatment. The truck driver was reportedly unhurt.
No further information is currently available.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Something I try to impress upon people who call the firm is that there’s rarely a “bad guy” every last bit of fault can be pinned on after an accident. There’s usually something or someone who a jury decides bears the lion’s share of fault, but that’s only after carefully considering how much of a role weather, lighting, vehicle condition, road condition, medical status, and a hundred other factors had on what played out.
Take the incident in College Station for example: Pretty much all we can tell from police reports is that a man and a truck collided in the road, and as usual the pedestrian lost that contest. However, a few sentences from the officer at the scene can’t tell you how fast the truck was going, how long the pedestrian was in the road before the truck came along, if the truck’s headlights were on, if the truck driver was paying attention, if the pedestrian looked both ways, if he walked or ran, if either man’s cell phone was out, or a million other small-but-crucial details that could make all the difference in how the accident is understood.
Is it important to chop the matter into all those itty-bitty pieces? Well, you tell me: Is a crash where a pedestrian blithely steps into a truck’s way the same as one where a speeding driver was watching TikTok instead of the road? Obviously not, and a jury would have very different feelings about each version of the story. Making sure the victim can a) tell his side of the story and b) convince the jury his is the correct version takes clear evidence and extensive investigation. The injured pedestrian in College Station deserves no less—will authorities deliver?
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