Dryden, NY — There was an accident reported around 6:00 p.m. this past Tuesday evening (September 15, 2015) that involved a Jeep, a Nissan, and an overturned dump truck. Benjamin Hill, 51, and Anna Regula, 44, were both injured as the driver of the Jeep and Nissan.
The dump truck driver, 36-year-old Kiel Horner, was cited by police for running a stop sign.
They said that this accident happened when Horner’s dump truck ran a stop sign at the intersection of Dryden Road and Johnson Road, where it caused a collision with Regula’s Nissan and Hill’s Jeep.
Both Hill and Regula were sent to the hospital and their vehicles were not drivable after the wreck. However, it doesn’t look like the injuries are serious.
Horner, who was hauling dirt in his dump truck, is now facing charges.
Map of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
I would be interested in learning a little more about what caused this accident because it seems like this dump truck driver didn’t exactly make the best decision and could have really caused some serious injury or even death here. My main concern, though, is that there might be something more going than what we’re seeing in the news. Why did this dump truck run the stop sign? Did the driver just not see the other cars coming? Was he not paying attention to the road?
If not, then why? This seems like an awfully preventable accident and I’m wondering if there are reason for this driver running the stop sign beyond what the news was able to recover. For example, perhaps he was fatigued behind the wheel. Obviously, that information simply isn’t being released right now, so I don’t want to sit here and speculate. However, I do want to warn my readers about being too nonchalant about these kinds of wrecks.
The best way to prevent them from happening to other people in the future is to nip the negligence in the bud, as it were, and address what really caused the accident.
— Grossman Law Offices
