Sugar Grove Township, PA — A driver was injured when he lost control of his truck in an accident in Sugar Grove Township, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. The accident took place in the 1000 block of Methodist Road.
Howard Cristen was hauling a load of rocks when he lost control of his while going around a curve and rolled the truck over into a ditch. Emergency workers found Cristen pinned beneath the truck.
There’s been no word on Cristen’s current condition. At this point, details such as how fast Cristen was traveling at the time of the accident have not been made available.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
There aren’t many details on this accident being reported in the media. What I’ve read said that the driver was going around a curve when he lost control of the truck and rolled over. Unfortunately, this is something I see happen quite a bit. It’s unfortunate that these trucks are carrying such heavy loads, but the cabs crumple like tinfoil whenever they’re in a serious accident. Reports say the truck was carrying a load of rocks. I’m not sure exactly how they were loaded in the car, but that might have had something to do with the truck’s equilibrium as the driver was coming around the curve.
If an investigation finds that the truck was suffering from some sort of structural deficiency, then it would be the manufacturer’s job to step up and make things right.
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