BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI — One person has died following a collision at an intersection in Black River Falls, Wisconsin on Monday, April 28th, 2014, according to news report from WEAU.
Police currently believe that one person was killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Ellis Road and Highway 54 at around 10:40 Monday morning.
Scene of the Accident
One person in the car was killed in the crash. It is not immediately clear if they were the only person in the car, but no other injuries were detailed in the news report.
Officials from the Wisconsin State Police are currently investigating the accident.
Commentary:
I can’t help but be skeptical of accidents like this, where a truck driver has blamed the victim in a collision, when the truck driver happens to be the only living witness. It is unfortunate, but when a trucker is potentially facing the loss of his income over an accident, the potential for dishonesty increases significantly. I’ve even researched accidents where truckers are actively destroying their logbooks after an accident to conceal just how much they had been driving. Luckily technology has developed in trucks like this one, and we can take a look at his electronic control module to determine if the driver actually stopped at the intersection, but time is important with evidence like this, because representatives from the trucking company have a way of making details like this vanish into thin air.
–Grossman Law Offices
