PORT DEPOSIT, MD — One man was hurt in a crash with a tractor-trailer that was reported in Port Deposit, Maryland on Wednesday, April 30th, 2014, according to a news article from Cecil Daily.
Police with details from the crash investigation believe an as-of-yet unidentified man was hurt when the pickup truck he was driving is thought to have crossed into the lanes of oncoming traffic when it collided with a tractor-trailer while driving on the Jacob Tome Highway.
Scene of the Accident
One person was taken by EMS to a nearby hospital with unspecified injuries after the accident. The driver of the tractor-trailer refused medical treatment after the accident.
Officials from the Maryland State Police were helping local authorities with the crash investigation.
Commentary:
People who read this article are surely going to blame the driver, but in my experience these articles on accidents are inaccurate. Why is this? Because most of these accident summaries are drafted off of police reports, which are written by police officers and not accident investigators. Why is this important? Because the officers at the scene are juggling taking a police report, managing injured victims, all while clearing the road for traffic. Needless to say, many of the details can be lost in this confusion, which is why most police reports that come into play with my cases are found to be incomplete, or altogether incorrect. Independent investigation can only add to the evidence, and work to correct potentially inaccurate information taken down at the scene.
–Grossman Law Offices