Greensboro Tractor-Trailer Crash Involving Five Vehicles Kills Two Brothers, Ages 15 and 11, and Injures Nine Others
A tragic Greensboro tractor-trailer accident involving five cars has claimed the lives of brothers Isaiah Reynolds, 11, and Darryl Baucum, 15. Nine other people were injured in the multi-vehicle crash.
The deadly North Carolina truck crash happened early Sunday evening on Interstate 40 close to the High Point road exit. According to one witness, four of the vehicles were behind the large truck when the semi-truck collision happened.
Police have determined that the driver of the semi-truck, Jayne Perkins, caused the truck crash. She has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.
North Carolina Tractor-Trailer Accidents
If you were injured in a North Carolina tractor-trailer accident, you do not want to try to pursue your compensation against a negligent trucking company without legal help. Trucking companies are equipped to combat semi-truck accident claims and they know how to minimize liability. It is important that you have your own legal representation that can protect your rights and fight for your financial recovery.
Granted, truck drivers, like all other motorists, are not intentionally trying to cause motor vehicle crushes. Truckers want to get to their destination safely and don’t want to ruin lives by hurting other people. Unfortunately, truck accidents do happen and it is usually pedestrians and the occupants of other vehicles that suffer the most. There are steps that you can take to protect yourself in the event that truck driver is careless, reckless, or makes a driving mistake:
• Stay out of a truck driver’s blind spot
• Obey traffic signals
• Don’t talk on the cell phone
• Don’t text message
• Don’t follow too closely behind a large truck
• Pay attention
Second brother involved in car wreck Sunday dies, Winston-Salem Journal, May 12, 2010
Teen Killed, Several Injured in Multi-vehicle Accident on I-40, Fox8, May 10, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Truck Accident Web Resources, Justia
Large Trucks, NHTSA (PDF)
