Fort Washintgon, PA — Two people were injured in an accident involving three vehicles, including a box truck, in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, September 11, 2014. The accident took place around 2:30 in the afternoon.
Police are still investigating the incident. At this point, details concerning the cause of the accident are still scarce. One of the vehicles overturned in the collision, and pictures from the scene make it seem as if the box truck may have crashed into it.
The names of those involved in the accident have not been released and there’s been no word on the conditions of those who were injured.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
We don’t know too much about this accident right now. Aside from a couple of pictures taken at the scene, we really don’t know what happened, so I’d like to keep my comments very general. From the pictures, it seems as if the box truck collided with a passenger vehicle, causing it to overturn. If that’s the case — and again, it very well may not be — but if it is, I’m hard pressed to think of a situation in which a box truck is going to be justified crashing into a vehicle in front of it. If that happens, the driver is typically guilty of one of two things: One, he was driving too fast, or two, he wasn’t traveling at a safe enough distance. If that turns out to be what happened here, there’s a good chance the driver of the truck would be found liable for the accident, and that those injured would have a claim against him. Hopefully, we’ll have a more complete picture of what went down here in the coming days.
— Grossman Law Offices
