San Antonio, TX — There was a serious wreck that the news covered this past Tuesday morning, July 14, at about 10:30 a.m. on Loop 410 in the southeast corner of the metroplex. They said that a large concrete truck accidentally blew out a tire and flipped over on Loop 410, injuring the driver.
This happened near Somerset Road, which is close to Loop 410’s exchange with I-35.
The way the news reports describe it, the concrete truck was headed along Loop 410 when the tire blew out and it veered off to the right side of the road.
Once it was on the grassy shoulder, the truck flipped over and crashed into a large metal utility pole. The accident left the driver with serious injuries, but he was believed to be in stable condition as of Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of the blowout is allegedly being investigated some more.
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Commentary:
Blown tires can happen for a number of reasons, but when they happen on commercially-owned trucks, there should be red flags going up. Wear & tear and debris are only two of the more common reason that a tire might blow out, but the other reasons include: wrong sized tires, improperly installed tires, or even defective tires.
Now I will say that this, a lot of companies that own big trucks don’t take care of them like they should. They don’t change the tires often enough and their drivers end up getting (or someone else does) because they aren’t given road-worthy vehicles in the first place.
Before people start blaming this driver for this accident, do a little research on tire failures because I think you’ll find they’re a little more common than you’d imagine. It may be that this truck driver was simply a victim here.
— Grossman Law Offices
