SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Ankitaben Parikh was identified as the woman that was seriously hurt in a tractor-trailer accident in South Brusnwick, New Jersey on Friday, September 19th, 2014. The report from The South Brusnwick Post said the accident happened around 8:30 Friday morning.
32-year-old Ankitaben Parikh was injured when she was hit by a tractor-trailer. Sources say the accident happened when Parikh was walking from her car in the parking lot of Taro Pharmaceutical on Commerce Drive. At the same time, a truck driver had stopped for directions in the parking lot. When Parikh walked in front of the truck, the truck began driving off. She was struck and partially run over.
Parikh was taken to a nearby hospital where she remained in serious condition.
The driver of the truck was identified as Robert Smith.
The New Jersey State Police is still investigating the accident.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
I see in the news that the accident happened around 8:30 in the morning at a workplace, which makes me wonder why the trucker was not looking out for pedestrian traffic before he hit the gas. Sure there may be blind spots on a big truck like this, but these trucks are outfitted with mirrors and sometimes assisting cameras, and if he hit this woman, he probably didn’t check them. If the accident happened on a roadway, we may be having a different conversation altogether, but the fact that the accident happened in a parking lot really removes any traces of doubt that I have that the driver was responsible for looking where he was going, and failed in his duty.
–Grossman Law Offices
