Personal Injury Law

Truck Driver Not At Fault In Fatal Gambling Bus Accident

By Claude Wyle

The CHP have determined that the pick up truck driver who was killed in last week's gambling bus accident was not the cause of the fatal collision. Although the truck driver had been driving aggressively before the bus crash, the deadly bus accident was caused by another driver who sideswiped the gambling bus, and then hit another car behind the bus. The tour bus, on its way back to San Francisco, also lost control and crossed into the pick up truck's lane, causing a head-on collision, and causing many serious personal injuries. The driver of the car who is at fault suffered major personal injuries, and another driver who was struck also has suffered serious personal injuries, as well.
As bus accident and truck accident attorneys, we have learned that the first impression of fault for a crash by the police is not always the best and last word. The CHP have changed their determination of fault largely because they have, like we do every day, employed accident reconstruction analysis to the physical evidence found at the scene and on the vehicles involved. In our experience, careful accident reconstruction often reveals the truth about a collision, long after the police have called it an open and shut case.

Full post as published by San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer on December 10, 2007 (boomark / email).