WILLISTON, ND — A serious motorcycle vs tractor-trailer accident took the life of one drver in Williston, North Dakota on Saturday, April 19th, 2014, according to the news report from The Columbus Indiana Republic.
Officials with details of the crash investigation have said that they believe 34-year-old David Mecham was killed when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer that was parked at a construction site on West Front Street.
Scene of the Accident
Emergency responders pronounced David Mecham dead on the scene when they arrived. No other injuries were mentioned in the news report.
North Dakota State Police are currently investigating the fatal incident.
Commentary:
Whenever there is a fact pattern with a parked tractor-trailer in a construction zone, I am immediately flooded with a host of questions about the accident. Many people are unaware that tractor-trailers involved in construction can make many stops along a long construction site, and when they make a brief stop, they may not take all the necessary precautions to let drivers know they are obstructing the roadway because they think it’ll just be a brief event. If investigators discover that the tractor-trailer was not properly parked or marked, the construction company or the trucking company in question may bear at least some of the liability in this accident.
–Grossman Law Offices
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