HOUSTON, TX — One person was seriously hurt after a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer in Houston, texas on Friday, November 14th, 2014. the article from KHOU said that the crash happened at about 4:45 Friday morning.
Police with details of the accident said that an as-of-yet unidentified person was hurt when the vehicle they were driving and a tractor-trailer collided near the intersection of Airline and Louise. The news said that the truck was backing out when the victim’s vehicle struck the rear of the truck.
The driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was cut free from the vehicle.
No other injuries were reported.
The investigation is being handled by the Houston Police Department.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
The news mentioned that the tractor-trailer was backing out into the street when the accident happened. Now, my questions center around why the truck was moving in reverse perpendicular to the flow of traffic. Was there not a better way this could have been done? Was the truck driver using a spotter behind them to warn them of traffic in the road? Could the truck driver not see the oncoming vehicle through his passenger side window while he was backing out into his path? Ultimately these are questions that need to be answer, and something in my gut tells me that the trucking company is going to be very, very deliberate with their answers. There is no doubt in my mind that this accident needs a much closer look, and if the truck driver was doing something careless or illegal, then the trucking company needs to face the music.
–Grossman Law Offices
