BRIGGS, TX — One woman has died following a collision between a vehicle and a tractor-trailer in Briggs, Texas on Wednesday, May 28th, 2014, according to a news report from the River Cities Tribune.
Authorities representing the Texas Department of Transportation have said that they have reason to believe that 36-year-old Fengling Wu was killed when the Nissan she was driving collided with a tractor-trailer while turning onto Highway 183 around 3:40 in the afternoon Wednesday.
Scene of the Accident
Emergency responders pronounced Fengling Wu dead when they arrived on the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was immediately unhurt after the collision.
Department of Public Safety personnel are investigating the accident at this time.
Commentary:
If this vehicle was turning as the news article indicates, I’d be very interested to see both the layout of the road where the accident happened, as well as the GPS tracking information in the truck. I’m interested in the layout of the road to see if the turn was blind to either driver, if they were driving into the sun, and to determine which of the two vehicles had the right-of-way. Furthermore, if the truck was speeding, the victim may have assumed there was ample room to successfully turn when there was not. We’ve all turned across traffic, only to look in our rear-view mirrors to learn that we have been narrowly missed by a speeding car, and only a few seconds and feet kept us from collision. Others may not be as lucky.
–Grossman Law Offices
