Friday the 14th: A Bad Day for Fiery Truck Wrecks on Texas Highways

 

Friday the 14th began with a horrific fiery truck crash in Houston around 2 a.m. A big rig barreling northward on North Beltway 8 towards a tollbooth struck a concrete barrier. The impact launched the truck into the air. The big rig then landed on a Ford Expedition stopped to pay the toll and exploded into flames. Two victims, Alexandria Collins-Flores and Michael WInfield, the drivers of the SUV and of the truck, tragically lost their lives to that horrific crash.

Then, on Friday afternoon, a tractor-trailer truck rear-ended a heavy machine truck in the northbound lanes of I-35 about 24 miles south of San Antonio. The tractor-trailer truck burst into flames when it crashed into the heavy machine truck. Both occupants of the tractor-trailer truck died in the blaze.

Investigators sought to determine the two crash victims' identities, the cause of the fiery fatal truck wreck, and who owned the truck. Texas DPS Trooper Jason Reyes indicated that investigators believed the tractor-trailer truck might have been an 18-wheeler coming from Mexico.

Elsewhere in the state, news accounts detailed other truck crashes, less fiery and fortunately less fatal. Both the fiery fatal truck wrecks in Houston and in San Antonio involved 18-wheelers approaching other vehicles from behind at high speed, then crashing. The truck driver in Houston lost control of the vehicle before crashing. The truck driver in San Antonio rear-ended a heavy machine truck without stopping.

Investigators haven't stated a cause for either fiery fatal truck wreck yet. Fatigue presents one possibility. Driver distraction presents another possibility. Even truck driver medical conditions or truck equipment failures might be to blame.

As the Houston and San Antonio fiery truck crash examples reveal, truck wrecks can have enormous and devastating consequences. Those wrecks that don't immediately prove fatal can leave victims with life long injuries. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage from the truck, other vehicles, and cargo, might result.

Because of the high dollar amounts at stake, it's absolutely imperative that victims of these wrecks and their families have experienced truck wreck attorneys conduct in-depth investigations of the accidents to determine the causes. Only through accurate identification of a wreck's causes, diligent gathering of proof, and convincing presentation of the case and its evidence will victims be able to win the financial compensation that could help them pay for the tremendous economic costs of the wreck.

At Denena & Points, we're specialized truck wreck attorneys with more than 12 years of experience conducting accident investigations. We specialize in helping victims and their families to get their lives back on sound financial footing with successful compensation claims. You can call us at your convenience for a free accident consultation.