The Devastating Consequences of Pearland, TX Truck Rollover Accidents

Modern trucks in the U.S. come equipped with ESC (electronic stability control) systems designed to help the driver compensate for sudden changes that could lead to an imminent truck rollover accident. But 18-wheelers are enormous, weighty vehicles. They can legally carry a cargo of 40 tons. Some of them carry more, whether it’s legal or not.

Once a behemoth of that size and weight starts to leave the road, slip, over steer, or roll, an ESC system usually doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance of preventing that imminent truck rollover accident. For instance, a recent cattle truck wreck went through this sequence of events:

• The cattle truck left the road.
• The cattle truck slipped off the shoulder of the highway and started to slide down an embankment.
• The truck overturned and crashed at the bottom of the embankment.
• Surviving cattle with the capacity to do so fled the scene in terror.
• Rescue workers transported the injured truck driver to a regional hospital.

A team of public safety officers and volunteers rounded up the escaped cattle.
Basically, once that cattle truck exited the highway shoulder and started to slide down the embankment, not even the very best ESC system in existence could have counteracted that momentum and prevented that truck rollover accident. The cattle truck rollover accident killed 9 cattle and injured several more.

The rollover accident sent the truck’s driver to the hospital with injuries “not believed to be life threatening.” In hospitalspeak, that means that that truck rollover wreck injured him quite severely. Truck rollover accidents frequently prove fatal to drivers, passengers, and occupants of surrounding vehicles. When 40 tons or even a fraction of that tonnage lands on a living being, catastrophic injuries tend to result.

Most truck rollover accidents start with the truck leaving the road or its intended course in some way. But what news accounts of wrecks like this cattle truck rollover accident generally fail to mention is WHY the truck started to leave the road in the first place. Truck driver fatigue remains a common cause.

If you’ve been injured in a truck accident, you need to trace down the causes of the wreck, and all sources of fault in the matter. You should consult with an experienced Pearland truck accident attorney. He could help you check government sources, such as the FMSCA, for data regarding the trucker’s safety record and any previous safety violations by the trucking company. He could find the truck driver’s medical records and tests relating to his commercial license to know if sleep apnea or other medical causes played a role in your truck accident.

Your attorney’s expertise and diligent investigation could pinpoint the causes of the wreck with precision, locate and secure the evidence you need to prove your injury claim, lay down the legal strategies to prove the fault of those who caused the truck wreck, and present your case in a clear and convincing manner to win over the jury to your side.

Don’t let your valid injury claim be shot down by the fierce opposition you’ll face in a trucking accident case. Get the experienced legal help you need. Call us today for a free legal consultation, and we’ll evaluate your case and possibilities for a successful financial recovery from your injuries.