Yakima County, WA – Nathaneal Campos was injured in a two-vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer in Yakima County on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015.
20-year-old Campos was driving west on Interstate 82 near the Highway 12 intersection when an 18-wheeler allegedly attempted to change lanes and struck his 2006 Lincoln Zephyr car on the passenger side. The Lincoln came to a stop upon entering the median and striking a cable barrier.
The 18-wheeler fled the scene following the collision.
Campos was taken to Yakima Memorial Hospital for injuries sustained during the collision.
Authorities are still investigating the incident.
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The thing that frustrates me about this accident, is that truck drivers should be the most careful drivers on the roadway. If this accident is just as cut-and-dry as it sounds, we have a real problem. Truck drivers are essentially professional drivers. They should observe the rules of the the road better than anyone.
I know that sometimes drivers are encouraged to push over the regulated limits regarding driving time and not get the amount of sleep mandated between drives. It would be interested to see if that’s the case here. Sleepy drivers are not aware drivers. That just has exponentially larger consequences when you’re maneuvering a larger vehicle.
It’ll be interesting to see what comes out in investigation. It’s important that the appropriate entity be held responsible for what happened here.
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