Personal Injury Law

Two dump trucks collide in Randolph County, Missouri

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Two Missouri men were seriously injured Saturday when the dump trucks they were driving crashed on Highway 24 near Moberly, Missouri.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, David Underdale, 61, and Jeremy Imler, 33, were each driving Freightliner dump trucks on Highway 24 at approximately 10:45 a.m. Underdale, who was traveling eastbound, had to make an evasive maneuver when a third vehicle pulled into his path. As he did so, his truck crossed the center line and struck Imler?s dump truck, which was heading westbound. The third vehicle was not hit by either truck.

Both Underdale and Imler suffered serious injury and had to be airlifted to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment.

The driver of the third vehicle was not identified on the initial crash report and it is not known whether authorities have any information on the third vehicle.

Generally you hear about tractor trailer and large truck crashes causing serious injury to people in smaller passenger cars. This is an unfortunate example of how the power of these large trucks can be dangerous to even other large commercial and industrial vehicles. An investigation into this Missouri truck accident should determine whether the drivers where following proper safety regulations and hopefully find out who was driving the third vehicle and what his or her role was.

If either truck driver is found to be at fault, or if the driver of the third vehicle is found and evidence shows that he or she was negligent and caused the crash, a Missouri trucking accident lawyer may be able to recover damages to help the injured party cope with medical expenses, lost wages, and other hardships related to the crash.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on August 30, 2009 (boomark / email).