Omaha, NE — There was an accident in Omaha reported last Friday (April 10, 2015) that left a man on a motorcycle in critical condition. From the news reports, it looks like it happened at the intersection of 87th Street and F Street last Friday, when commercial box truck collided with the motorcycle. It’s not clear what happened yet, but the rider on the motorcycle had to be transported to a hospital with critical injuries.
One news report suggested that the box truck may have tried to make a left turn in front of the motorcyclist that day. The box truck had been driving west along F Street while the motorcycle was coming east.
As they neared 87th Street, the box truck may have been trying to turn south onto it when it drove in front of the motorcycle. So far, the police did rule out speed as a factor, but the real cause of the accident hasn’t been determined yet.
Map of the Accident
Commentary:
I want to highlight the importance of truck drivers paying attention to the road ahead of them, especially to motorcycles, pedestrians, and bikes. There have been studies done that suggest part of our brains sort of “ignore” motorcycles on the road because they’re not very common — at least not as common as other cars and trucks. The idea is that our eyes see a motorcycle in our mirror, but our brain doesn’t process it and we accidentally cause wrecks.
I don’t know what happened here, but it doesn’t sound like this motorcycle was speeding. Does that mean that the box truck driver wasn’t paying attention to the road? Does anyone actually know what happened here?
I’m sure the trucker didn’t mean to cause an accident that day, but there really needs to be an explanation for this because someone ended up in the hospital with some very serious injuries. At the end of the day, we need to make sure that (if the trucker was was the cause of the accident, that everything gets sorted out and that this doesn’t happen again. I always start with investigating the truck driver and making sure he was qualified to be behind the wheel in the first place.
— Grossman Law Offices
