SEBASTIAN COUNTY, AR — One person was hurt in a serious tractor-trailer accident that happened in Sebastian County, Arkansas on Thursday, February 19th, 2015. News reports out of the area said that the collision took place at about 3:00 Thursday afternoon.
One person was taken to the hospital after the car they were driving and a tractor-trailer collided with one another while driving on Highway 22. Authorities said that the car may have crossed from the eastbound lanes to the westbound lanes when it collided head-on with the tractor-trailer.
The collision resulted in a fire.
The driver of the car was taken to the hospital where he was being treated for critical injuries.
The Arkansas State Police are investigating the accident.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
Was the fire that resulted after the accident the source of the victim’s injuries? Many would be stunned to learn just how many tractor-trailer accidents result in a massive fire. Many of these fires can be traced back to the externally mounted gas tanks on the sides of these trucks. For whatever reason, the designers and manufacturers of these trucks found it to be prudent to mount a canister of combustible fuel mere feet above the road, without any kind of reinforcement or armoring at all. These gas tanks just happen to be at the perfect height to be struck, crushed, or punctured by any passenger vehicle that happens to come into contact with, and the results are typically disastrous. If an attorney in Texas has noticed this problem, you can bet that the big truck manufacturers have too. So why haven’t they done anything to protect truck drivers and anybody else out on the road?
— Grossman Law Offices
