PRINCE GEORGE, VA — A serious crash claimed the lives of two individuals in Prince George, Virginia on Saturday, April 19th, 2014, according to a news article from NBC 12.
Authorities with details of the crash investigation have said that two people were killed when the Volvo they were a passenger in and a tractor-trailer collided while driving on Interstate 295 around 8:00 Saturday evening.
Scene of the Accident
Emergency responders pronounced two passengers in the Volvo dead on the scene when they arrived. The driver of the Volvo was taken by EMS to a nearby hospital where they were last listed in serious condition.
The investigation is being handled by officials from the Virgina State Police.
Commentary:
Keep in mind that the news article is pretty sparse on details, based on the news summary there are a few questions I have about the accident. If authorities discover that the tractor-trailer had crossed over into oncoming traffic, serious questions need to be answered about what may have happened. Luckily most tractor-trailers on the road these days are outfitted with a number of safety monitoring devices, including ECM’s (electronic control module) that tracks location and speed data, as well as some other smaller details. We have seen one case where a tractor-trailer driver was looking at his phone when he struck the back of a car, killing a driver, and the only way we would have known he was distracted was by the driver-facing camera mounted in the truck.
–Grossman Law Offices
