The Colony, TX — September 16, 2024, two people were injured following a semi-truck accident at around 12:35 a.m. along the Sam Rayburn Tollway.
Initial details about the accident say that it happened in the area of Standridge Drive, just off Josey.
According to officials, a 27-year-old man and an 18-year-old were in a Peterbilt semi-truck going northeast along the tollway. For reasons not confirmed right now, the truck left its lane and hit the guardrail. This caused the truck to then overturn onto its side.
Due to the accident, the truck driver was seriously injured. The teen passenger had moderate injuries. Right now, additional details are unavailable.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
While people tend to just write off situations like this, assuming there’s nothing to consider when only one vehicle is involved, passengers in a commercial truck raise some unique challenges. Generally speaking, it’s important to distinguish if an injured passenger was a co-worker or some other individual.
For example, a co-worker’s path forward may be the same as the driver’s—they’re on the job, so their situation falls within Texas work injury law. However, a friend, family member, spouse, or other acquaintance is just along for the ride. Typically, their path forward would be similar to that of someone in a completely different vehicle hit by a commercial truck. After all, it’s highly unlikely the passenger did anything to contributing to the accident.
So as open-and-shut as some may think this crash is, it could actually be quite a bit more challenging than what authorities are used to dealing with on their own.
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