A two-vehicle crash on the interstate northwest of Richmond, Virginia (VA), sent one person to the hospital with injuries. Two other people died in the rear-end collision that happened near mile marker 133 on I-64 a little before 11 pm on August 24, 2021. According to Virginia State Police, an SUV ran into the rear…
A case our Virginia Beach-based personal injury and wrongful death law firm never handled teaches a lot about how to represent victims of crashes caused by commercial truck drivers. The deadly wreck caught our attention because it happened on the Eastern Shore, and we tracked its progress because we wanted to see a positive outcome…
Size matters. Or, more specifically, cargo weight and its distribution matter when it comes to operating a large commercial truck safely. How much tonnage a semi, tanker truck, flatbed or other large truck carries matters so much that the Virginia Department of Transportation sets maximum weights for each of the following types of vehicles: Single-unit…
Two people in Virginia may have felt lucky to be alive after an out-of-control tractor-trailer peeled off the side of their car in the early morning hours of July 21, 2021. The sideswipe collision happened in New Brunswick County southwest of Petersburg. Sadly, the commercial truck driver did not survive. State troopers responded to the…
Three people in an SUV suffered serious injuries when a tire that had detached from a tractor-trailer traveled across several lanes of the interstate and smashed into their vehicle. The crash happened on I-95 near Lewistown Road in Hanover County, Virginia (VA). State troopers responded to the scene of the wreck a little after 1…