INDIANA COUNTY, PA — One person was died while five others were taken to the hospital in Indiana County, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 19th, 2014, according to CBS Local Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania State Police say that one person was killed in a three vehicle accident of an unspecified nature involving a coal truck that was reported on Route 422 around 7:00 Tuesday morning. The news report indicates that the coal truck collided with a passenger car loaded with four people
Scene of the Accident
The driver of the passenger car, James Norris, was killed in the crash. Five other people were taken by EMS personnel to a nearby hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.
The Pennsylvania State Police is still investigating the accident.
Commentary:
All the news articles I’m seeing about this accident indicates that the coal truck collided with the passenger car while driving down the road. While there are many details missing, such as both vehicles placement in the road at the time of the collision, but assuming the the truck simply drifted into the lane of the victim’s vehicle, then the coal truck is probably going to be seated with most of the fault in the accident. If the driver changed lanes without checking his mirrors, then the trucking company needs to be taken to task for their driver’s mistake.
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