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Houston Truck Accident Attorney Applauds State's Participation in Safe Truck ...

Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 10, 2011

Houston trucking accident attorney Brad T. Wyly says he is glad to see Texas law enforcement officers and safety inspectors hitting the highways this week to participate in a national campaign to promote safe commercial truck driving.

Roadcheck 2011, which is sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, is designed to reduce fatalities and injuries caused by truck crashes across North America. Law enforcement officials in Mexico and Canada have partnered with the U.S. in this week’s campaign.

“The international participation in Roadcheck is really significant,” says Wyly, whose Houston personal injury law firm , The Wyly Law Firm, P.C., handles truck-related personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits in Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Harris County and surrounding areas.

“Each year thousands of commercial motor vehicles cross our borders,” Wyly says. “The best way to prevent tragedy is to have extra eyes on the road to make sure those tractor trailers and 18-wheelers – and the people driving them – are operating according to the highest standards.”

Texas has a bleak record when it comes to trucking accidents, Wyly points out. The most recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show that, in 2008, large trucks were involved in 421 fatal crashes on Texas roads, accounting for 10.4 percent of the nation’s deadly large truck crashes – the highest percentage in the country.

As part of Roadcheck, officials will stop trucks to check equipment, evaluate driver log books and verify all licenses and endorsements. They will also make sure drivers show no signs of impairment from drugs or alcohol.

“They’re hitting all of the big trigger points,” says Wyly, a Houston-Galveston native who has extensive experience representing clients injured in Texas trucking accidents .

“The most common causes of truck wrecks include driver fatigue, reckless driving, prescription and over-the-counter drug use and improper trailer loading,” he says. “Checking those semi-trucks carefully can go a long way towards preventing deaths on the roads.”

During last year’s Roadcheck, Texas officials inspected 6,906 commercial motor vehicles, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Of that number, 25 percent of the vehicles were taken out of service because of serious safety violations that required immediate repair.

Texas family of four dies in car accident - Houston Personal ...

At about 11 o'clock at night on Thursday a fatal car accident took the lives of four members of a young Texas family. The driver of the other vehicle was also severely injured suffering a broken pelvis legs and ribs. The other driver was transported by air to Shannon Medical Center.

According to Department of Public Safety officials the 21-year-old mother was driving the family's Nissan, her two children aged two and six months were in the car along with her 21-year-old boyfriend. The other vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado was heading in the opposite direction when the 60-year-old driver fell asleep and drifted into the oncoming lane of traffic.

In the collision the truck ended up driving over the front of the smaller car and plowed through the roof of the car. After the initial impact a fire started at the front of one of the vehicles/ Law enforcement officials speculate the fire was triggered by severed fuel lines ignited by sparks from the crash. It appears though the family perished immediately upon collision. No charges have yet been filed against the 60-year-old who fell asleep behind the wheel but the case remains under investigation.

A witness at the scene ran to a nearby sheriff's deputy upon witnessing the crash. The deputy attempted to render assistance to the family but by the time he reached the wreckage it was too late. The other driver was conscious and in a great deal of pain by the time the deputy reached him.

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