Truck Crash

Tractor Trailer Accident Highlands
18 Wheeler Accident Highlands

Tractor trailers, 18-wheelers, big rigs, and semis can cause devastating injuries when they crash into consumers driving cars, pick-up trucks, and SUVs.

A semi truck crash is, of course, often violent, resulting in rollover, roof crush, vehicle occupant ejections, and permanent life-changing injuries.  It is not uncommon for the crash victim to suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury, paralysis, or even wrongful death.

Every year, thousands of large trucks are involved in traffic accidents in the United States.  Of these, roughly 5,000 of these trucking accidents involve semi trailer trucks which cause death.  Shockingly, one out of every eight traffic deaths is caused by a crash with a large truck.  Not surprisingly, many of the deaths and injuries involve passengers in the cars struck by tractor-trailers.

There are regulations that govern these large commercial trucks.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), requires tractor-trailer and other large truck operators to:

• obtain a commercial drivers license
• undergo limited drug and alcohol testing
• Drivers are also required to keep detailed logs outlining their routes and travel

Despite these minimal requirements, safety experts blame truck driver fatigue – being tired or falling asleep at the heel -- as the cause of dangerous and deadly truck accidents.

No surprise to local residents, there is a high concentration of trucking crashes throughout Highlands County, including in Avon Park, Avon Park Lakes, Lake Placid, Lorida, Sebring, and Venus.

These counties and communities sit at the center of main travel routes from South Florida and Southwest Florida to Central Florida.  Large citrus industry trucks, sugar trucks, produce trucks, and other hauling trucks travel to Central Florida from the local processing plants and those surrounding Lake Okeechobee.

When a serious truck accident has affected you or the life of a loved one, will you hire the first truck accident lawyer, personal injury lawyer sebring florida, personal injury lawyer lake placid florida, personal injury lawyer highlands florida, trucking accident lawyer, whose ad you see on TV or in the phone book?

Think about that.  Then call the Harris Law Firm for an experienced personal injury lawyer.

Truck Accident Lawyer

If you have been seriously injured because of a truck driver’s negligence in a truck-car accident, truck accident, tractor trailer accident,18 wheeler accident, or other semi accident, then contact the Harris Law Firm to evaluate your claim.

We provide you and your family personal attention, listen to your needs, and involve you at every critical stage of your case.

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