BARROW COUNTY, GA — A driver has died following a collision with a flatbed tractor-trailer in Barrow County, Georgia on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014, according to a news article from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Georgia State Police say that 29-year-old Cody Brantley was killed when the Dodge pickup truck he was a passenger in was struck from the rear by a tractor-trailer for reasons currently under investigation as they were driving on Highway 316 around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Scene of the Accident
Cody Brantley was killed instantly in the accident. The driver of the pickup truck was identified in the news report as Richard Moore, who was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center with unspecified injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified in the report as Roger Bly, who was charged with homicide by vehicle in the second degree and following too closely.
The investigation into the accident is currently ongoing.
Commentary:
You may assume that just because a truck-driver is issued a number of serious citations after an accident that the case is an automatic win, when in reality, there is no such thing when dealing with commercial vehicle accidents. These companies have decades of experience, and virtually bottomless resources in defending themselves in accidents just as serious as this one.
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