York, MI — Police say that the semi-truck that injured two men in York, Maine, on Monday, February 2, 2015, was traveling too fast for conditions out on the road. The accident happened on Interstate 95, Monday morning.
Two vehicles were following a snowplow on 95 when a semi-truck crashed into both of them. One vehicle was pushed off the road and onto the shoulder, while the second was spun around.
The force of the collision caused the truck to jackknife, ultimately coming to a stop on guardrails between the opposite lanes of traffic.
The two drivers injured in the accident were identified as Thomas Kwok and Samuel Farmer. What injuries they sustained in the accident have not been made clear.
The driver of the accident was identified as 74-year old Theodore Banks. Reports didn’t say if he sustained nay injuries.
Police are continuing to investigate the crash.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
There are plenty of truck drivers on the road who are safe, and do their best to make sure that accidents like this don’t happen. But there are too many drivers who just aren’t doing enough. Accidents like this shouldn’t happen, and if the driver of the truck had been driving at a safe speed and at a safe distance from the two vehicles he hit, I wonder if this accident would have happened. Reading about accidents like this always makes me wonder how many bad the choices the driver is making out on the road that aren’t leading to accidents like this. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call to the driver and his employer both, because you can bet that this is something an injured driver can hold the trucking company responsible for.
— Grossman Law Offices
