Marion, Montana — A truck driver who hasn’t been named was taken to a hospital with serious injuries earlier this week after his tractor-trailer was in a wreck. It happened outside of Marion, which is in the northwest corner of Montana, and no highway name was given, though it was probably Highway 2.
Police said that a tractor-trailer was headed along the highway on Tuesday morning (July 21, 2015) around 10:15 a.m.
The driver somehow lost control of the truck (they think) and swerved into the opposite lanes of traffic. The truck then crashed through a short guardrail and flipped over, trapping the trucker inside the cab.
Paramedics were called and they had to cut the man out of his truck. He was rushed to a hospital via medical helicopter and treated for serious injuries.
His name hasn’t been released and it’s not clear who owned the truck he was driving.
Right now, it doesn’t look like any other drivers were involved.
Map of Marion, MT
Commentary:
A lot of police officers have already looked at this accident scene and some of them may have arrived at the conclusion (prematurely, if you ask me) that the trucker just lost control of his rig that morning. Maybe that’s the case, but then again, maybe it’s not. I always like to give folks the benefit of the doubt, so I wanted to point out that a poorly-maintained truck might be the reason this accident happened. For all we know, this truck was put behind the wheel of a rig that needed new brakes, or had a cracked steering column. I’m not one to speculate, of course, but I don’t think it’s fair to assume this man was at fault for the accident when it’s clear that not all the investigating has been done yet, just the preliminary stuff.
— Grossman Law Offices
