Austin, TX — A man has been sent to the hospital in critical condition after being hit by a dump truck in Austin, Texas. The accident took place on Friday, November 14, 2014, around 2:00 in the afternoon.
Reports say the dump truck was headed east in the 330 block of Texas 71, near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. At this time, it’s not clear where exactly the man was in relation to the street when the accident happened.
Emergency workers responding to the accident took the man to University Medical Center Brackenridge in critical condition. There have been no updates on his condition since the accident happened, and the man’s name has not been released.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
Unfortunately, there are still several questions news reports don’t have answers to at this time. The question we need to be asking right now is, did the driver of the dump truck have the chance to avoid this accident, and if so, why didn’t he? Accidents like this are often caused through driver inattention. Other times, they’re caused because a pedestrian will be walking in the road. Still, even in those situations, a driver doesn’t have carte blanche to hit anyone who gets in his way. If they have the opportunity to avoid the accident, they have to take it. If police find that the driver could have avoided the crash, or for some reason wasn’t paying attention to the road, he’s going to be liable for the accident, and the victim is going to be free to file a claim against him.
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