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Semi Truck vs Buggy Accident Hurts One on Highway 6 in Nappanee, Indiana

NAPPANEE, IN — Indiana State Highway Patrol have not yet released the identity of the man that was hurt in an accident between a buggy and a semi-truck that happened in Nappanee, Indiana on Thursday, June 11th, 2015. The accident was reported to local police at about 3:50 Thursday afternoon.

Representatives from local and state police agencies said that an unidentified man driving a horse-drawn buggy was hurt when it was hit by a tractor-trailer and a dump truck on Highway 6. Officials think that the dump truck slowed to pass the buggy when the tractor-trailer hit the dump truck from behind, pushing the dump truck into the buggy.

The driver of the buggy was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of facial injuries.

The driver of the semi truck was cited for failure to yield following the accident.

State Police are investigating at this time.

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Scene of the Accident

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Commentary:

I know a number of people are going to skim over the accident reports floating around in the news only to see that the truck driver was cited following the crash, and they’d automatically assume that the citation is some kind of determination of fault, but this is simply not the case. If you’re driving at 100 miles per hour on the highway, and a vehicle traveling 110 miles per hour rear-ends you, you can still be cited for speeding after the accident, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re at-fault. In reality, the truck driver can fight this citation in court just as you can with a speeding ticket, so thinking that fault and citations are mutually exclusive would be a misstep.

That being said, if the accident happened the way the news painted it, then the trucking company is probably going to have a difficult time justifying the actions and behavior of their driver, but it doesn’t mean they wont try. Considering I’ve seen a trucking company stand behind a driver that fled the scene of a fatal crash under the influence of narcotics, seeing a trucking company defend somebody for following too close wouldn’t shock me in the least. Even if an accident fact pattern seems glaringly black-and-white, protecting yourself and preparing for a fight is always the best move because you never know when a trucking company is going to try to blame a victim for an accident, or worse yet, assassinating their character to save a few nickles on their bottom line.

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