April 17, 2015

Truck Driver Injured in Tractor-Trailer Accident on Interstate 20 in Balch Springs, Texas

BALCH SPRINGS, TX — A truck driver was rushed to the hospital following a fiery tractor-trailer accident that happened in Balch Springs, Texas on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015. News out of the Dallas Fort Worth area said that the accident happened around 3:00 Tuesday morning.

An unidentified truck driver was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle tractor-trailer accident that happened on Interstate 20. The news said that the truck may have lost control before it struck an overhead traffic sign before the truck burst into flames.

The truck driver was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries from the accident.

Officials from the Texas Department of Transportation is handling the accident investigation at this time.

Scene of the Accident

View of the Road

Commentary:

Any time I see a tractor-trailer accident result in a fire, and believe me I see quite a few every day, I always implore finding out where the fire started. Why? Because there is a serious probability that the fire originated from the externally mounted gas tank on the truck. Many people are stunned to learn that tractor-trailer gas tanks are not mounted on the interior of the truck like they are with essentially every other vehicle out on the road. Instead, they are often bolted to the truck directly beneath the driver’s side. So to recap, there is a massive canister of combustible fluid bolted on the vehicle where there is almost guaranteed to be a human directly above. Does this sound like the safest possible way to do things? If the fire resulted in the driver’s injuries, and the fire originated from this poorly placed gas tank, the the truck manufacturer could bear a significant portion of the liability in this accident.

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