Woman Injured in Head-on Collision of Car and Semi Truck
A Shoreview, MN woman was airlifted to the hospital after a car-semi truck accident around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 22. The semi truck-car accident occurred on Highway 8, local news sources report.
The 1998 Toyota driven by the victim was eastbound on Highway 8 when the 75-year-old woman’s car collided head-on with an oncoming westbound Volvo semi tractor trailer. The semi tractor trailer was hit on the left front side.
Tractor Trailer Traumatic Brain Injury Victim Awarded $2 Million
Truck accident attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen recently won more than $2,75,000 for a tractor trailer accident traumatic brain injury victim. The client was working as an independent contractor when he was injured. He was hauling asphalt in a tractor pulling a belly dump trailer when the trailer became stuck and a tow truck began to pull it out.
While sitting in the cab of his tractor trailer, the client was struck in the face by a hook that came loose from the tow truck and smashed through his windshield at a high speed.
Bicycle-Semi-Truck Accident Attorney in Minneapolis, MN
Attorney Eric Hageman represents bicycle-semi-truck accident victims and their families throughout Minnesota and the United States. His offices are in Minneapolis.
I love helping injured people obtain justice and forcing trucking companies to be held accountable for their actions. In almost every single one of my semi truck accident cases, someone has done something wrong and they aren’t taking responsibility for it.
Car-Semi Truck Crash on MN Highway 7 Raises Truck Driver Negligence Issues
On April 29, a semi truck traveling eastbound on MN Highway 7 about 3 miles from Cosmos, Minnesota crossed the center line, crashed into another semi and then into a car that was pulling out of a private driveway. The driver of the eastbound semi truck and the passenger in the car, Ermand Schultz, died at the scene. The driver of the car, Beverly Schultz, was airlifted to a hospital and is in serious condition.
Car-Semi-Truck Road Construction Accident Prevention MN
Car-semi-truck road construction accidents often involve rear-end collisions in road construction zones. These accidents are generally due to the semi truck driver being unaware of the road construction and is inattentive and/or driving too fast. The result can be serious injury or death.
In a recent car-semi-truck accident we handled, a husband and wife were hit by a semi truck and seriously injured.
Mankato, MN Semi Truck Accident Injury
At about 9:30 this morning, Jeffrey Wagner was broadsided by a semi truck on Highway 169 in Northern Mankato. He suffered critical injuries.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report, the driver of the semi hit Wagner’s car broadside as Wagner was trying to cross the northbound lanes of Highway 169 to turn into the highway’s southbound lanes. The report listed no injuries for the semi truck driver.
