Saturday morning around 7 a.m., a big rig was headed north on Highway 288 just past McHard in Pearland, Texas when it veered from the roadway and slammed into a light pole. The truck erupted in flames on impact. The truck driver died in the tragic Pearland big rig crash. Authorities shut down Highway 288 between Beltway 8 and McHard while they cleared the accident scene and investigated thefatal Pearland big rig crash. (Source: KTRK abc13.com, 4/6/13)

The Highway 288 truck accident attorneys at Denena Points, PC express their deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the truck driver who lost his life in this tragic accident.

The Terrible Toll Taken by Truck Driver Fatigue

News accounts of the tragic Pearland big rig crash do not mention a cause for the fatal truck accident. The cause may not be known yet. Mechanical failure, driver distraction, driver fatigue, the driver of another vehicle, or some other factor could have caused the tragic Pearland big rig crash. Our Highway 288 truck accident attorneys note that statistics show that truck driver fatigue is a factor in about 13% of fatal big rig crashes.

A Driver Fatigue and Alertness Study sponsored in part by the U.S. FHWA and the American Trucking Associations found that truck drivers slept only about 5 hours during their main sleep periods, at least two hours less than ideal sleep times. Additionally, the truck drivers were not very accurate at assessing their own levels of alertness, and might take to the road feeling like they were alert when they were actually subject to driver fatigue.

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