According to local reports a Dodge car ran a stop sign and hit the rear of a big rig Wednesday morning July 27 around 9:20 a.m. The wreck happened at Fowler Street and Central in southeast Fresno when the driver ran the sign before hitting the stopped truck. The car then burst into flames and the driver was killed at the scene. The truck driver was taken to the local Fresno hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.
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According to the CHP report this accident could have been avoided rather easily. At a 4-way stop with clear visibility you simply do not expect this type of incident to occur. While I feel for the survivors of the driver in the Dodge police reports clearly place liability on that driver. Having seen so many of these senseless accidents it would not surprise me to see that some type of intoxicant played a part in this wreck. While an independent investigation is needed to determine what exactly happened and all the causal relationships of this wreck the truck driver may have grounds for a personal injury suit.
Texas Personal Injury Attorney Michael Grossman
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