NEW CASTLE, PA, 11/30/05.
The driver of a truck carrying liquefied oxygen apparently fell asleep at the wheel at 1:40 AM. The tank truck hit an embankment and overpass, starting a fiery crash that killed him. See article.
The news report does not include anything about the driver’s hours of service, fatigue, or hazardous materials qualifications.
The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases statewide in Georgia, and in other states subject to the multijurisdictional practice and pro hac vice rules in each state. Ken Shigley was designated as a “SuperLawyer” in Atlanta Magazine and one of the “Legal Elite” in Georgia Trend Magazine. He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute and former chair of the Georgia Insurance Law Institute. He particularly focuses on cases arising from truck wrecks and accidents (tractor trailers truck wrecks, semi truck wrecks,18 wheeler truck wrecks, big rig truck wrecks, log truck wrecks, dump truck wrecks).