Truckers are a growing motorist group using Washington's highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in Spokane and across Eastern Washington. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
These behaviors by either a commercial trucker or a passenger-vehicle driver result in injury and fatality accidents on Spokane roadways regularly.
When a crash with a commercial truck ends in property damage, injuries, or even death, the resulting insurance claim is typically more complicated, with more people, companies, insurance adjusters, and government agencies involved. The owner of the truck, the driver, the insurer, and all regulatory and licensing agencies play a part in the personal injury or wrongful death claim that will provide financial compensation for anyone injured or killed due to the negligent actions of a commercial truck driver or company.
Given the difference in size and weight of a commercial truck to a standard passenger vehicle, the damages caused by a crash are magnified. Even a low-speed collision can result in life-changing injuries and can tear families apart when the crash is fatal.
According to NHTSA, 3,802 large trucks involved in fatal accidents in 2012, and 77,000 involved in injury crashes nationwide.
The major hospitals in the area include:
Sacred Heart Medical Center; Deaconess Hospital; Providence Holy Family Hospital.
As soon as possible, an injured person should contact their insurance company to find out how medical treatment is covered under their insurance policy.
When an injury is serious or a death occurs, the next step is to find an experienced truck accident attorney to start the financial recovery process by launching an insurance claim. Major injury or wrongful death claims are complicated and difficult to manage, especially in the case of a commercial-vehicle accident. Having a personal injury lawyer on board is a great relief to injured people who need to focus on healing while their attorney focuses on getting them compensation for their growing financial losses.
Sometime in the evening, a truck ran a red light at the intersectino of Argonne and Sprague and struck another vehicle before finally running into a Banner Bank building. Though the driver responsible was hospitalized with minor injuries, no one else was injured in the accident.
At about 11:20am, a passenger car and a tanker truck collided head-on, killing the driver of the passenger car but not injuring anyone else. Check back for more details and updates on this accident.
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Sharon Deppner, 74, was killed in a collision involving a semi truck and two vehicles on Highway 2 about five miles west of Airway Heights, Washington at about 8:41 a.m.
Just before 5 a.m., a red Subaru crossed the center line on Trent Avenue at Barker Road and hit the tractor trailer head on. The Subaru driver sustained critical injuries, and the semi driver suffered minor ones. Check back for updates.
Cox has already been treated and released from Sacred Heart Medical Center, and was confirmed to be wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash. The pickup truck was completely destroyed in the crash.
Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene while the semi driver was uninjured.
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Though Sammuel B. Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene, Low was uninjured.
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Authorities said two dump truck drivers died in a head-on collision Wednesday morning near Mattawa in Grant County. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office asked drivers to avoid the area near Road O SW and Road 27 SW where the two trucks collided head-on and caught fire.
A commercial vehicle accident spilled 500 gallons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and killed the driver on U.S. Highway 95 near Lake Cocolalla in Idaho on Saturday. The highway was closed for nearly seven hours after the 1 p.m. crash. The driver, identified as 62-year-old John M.
Snow and ice Tuesday contributed to an accident on Interstate 90 near Cataldo, Idaho, that killed two people.
An accident in Pend Oreille County involving two semi trucks killed one driver Friday evening. The Washington State Patrol said James C. Morton, 51, was killed after the truck he was driving crossed the centerline and tipped over on a curve on State Route 20 north of Cusick.
Kelsey Heidecker, a 20-year-old woman, died Saturday morning after a semitruck she was a passenger in struck a tree on State Route 195. At 7 a.m., a semitruck driver, 21-year-old Braden Bundy, fell asleep at the wheel.
At 7 a.m., a semitruck driver, 21-year-old Braden Bundy, fell asleep at the wheel. He drove off the road and into a tree , totaling his truck about 12 miles south of Spokane. His passenger, 20-year-old Kelsey Heidecker, died at the scene.
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