Valdosta, GA — Three workers with the Georgia Department of Transportation were taken to a local hospital following an accident with a semi-truck in Valdosta, Georgia, on Wednesday, March 4, 2015.
The accident happened on Highway 84, near Delmar Road, around 12:00 in the afternoon. Local reports say that a Georgia DOT convoy was placing raised pavement markers on the highway when the rearmost truck was hit by a semi. This caused a chain reaction, with every member of the convoy rear-ending the vehicle in front of it.
Three workers were taken to South Georgia Medical Center and released a short time later. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Their names were not released.
Police are currently investigating the crash.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
This accident happened on a clear stretch of highway in the middle of the day. There was no reason that the driver of the shouldn’t have been able to see the workers he crashed into. If this accident happened because the driver of the semi just wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings, he can definitely be held responsible for the crash. Evidence from the scene — skids marks on the road, data from his truck’s ECM — can show whether or not he braked in the final seconds before the crash, which should give a more clear picture of how the accident happened. In any accident involving a semi, evidence like that can be key.
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