LEON COUNTY, TX — A two pickup truck accident left two drivers dead in Leon County, Texas on Monday, July 21st, 2014, according to the news report released by KXXV.
Authorities say that they believe James Wesner was killed when the Ford F-550 pickup truck he was driving experienced a tire blowout and drove into the path of a Ford F 150 pickup truck while driving on Highway 79 sometime Monday afternoon.
Scene of the Accidnet
Investigators pronounced James Wesner dead on the scene, while the driver of the other truck was identified as James Gibson, who was taken to East Texas Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
The investigation into the accident is being handled by Leon County officials.
Commentary:
One fact in the news really grabs my attention. Tire blowout accidents are often dismissed by people as unavoidable accidents, but I strongly disagree. People seem to think that tires have not advanced much since the advent of the wheel, but in reality, these things are not carved from one big hunk of stone like they used to, they aren’t even molded of one big piece of a rubber, they are actually two that are glued together, and if that glue dissolved, or something similar happened, the tire manufacturer could bear some liability in this case.
–Grossman Law Offices
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