Coca-Cola Delivery Truck Involved in Anaheim Intersection Accident that Leaves 2 Injured

At least two people were left injured after a vehicle accident occurred last Monday in an Anaheim intersection.

According to police, it was about 2:50 in the afternoon when they arrived at the Lincoln Avenue and Rio Vista Street intersection to respond to a call from a witness who reported a collision that involved a white Ford Aerostar and a Coca-Cola delivery truck.

Reports said that the male driver and a female passenger of the minivan were transported to the UCI Medical Center in Orange County with severe injuries. Meanwhile, the driver of the delivery truck was unscathed, according to police.

Initial investigation revealed that the minivan was traveling south-bound on Rio Vista, while the delivery truck was heading west-bound on Lincoln when the accident occurred. Based on police report, the minivan ran a red light and broadsided the delivery truck.

Portions of Lincoln and Rio Vista have been temporarily closed while the investigation was on-going.

Similar to this case, trucks are not always at fault during vehicle accidents. In some instances, other vehicles are at fault. This is due to a simple reason—trucks being a huge vehicle, have the disadvantage of not seeing everything that is happening below, particularly the smaller cars traveling along its sides. Therefore, truck accidents are often unavoidable.

Trucks are huge; therefore, they tend to accumulate momentum much more than any other vehicle as they pick up speed according to the laws of physics, said by a Los Angeles injury lawyer. This makes trucks particularly prone to accidents.

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Truck Driver Trying to Leave the Scene of a Truck Accident – Ticketed

While helping a stranded motorist at a highway near Syracuse, a state police officer was killed after being hit by a tractor trailer.

According to reports, the accident occurred at around 11 o’clock, early afternoon of November 20. The 53 – year old police officer Todd Young was seen helping a driver in an eastbound lane of Interstate 90. Allegedly, Young was struck by the tractor trailer driven by the 40 – year old Kurt R. Brown from Herkimer, New York.

Brown was working for a towing service in Mattydale, New York and during the truck accident, he was about to load a wrecked vehicle onto his truck according from the investigation. He was employed by Estes Express of Syracuse.

Though the good Samaritan police officer got killed from the said truck accident, Brown was only ticketed for unsafe lane change which led to a fatal accident.

Last year, over 500,000 trucks and other commercial vehicles were involved in vehicle accidents in New York with more than 100,000 people sustained serious personal injuries and more than 5000 people died in truck accidents. This is relatively large numbers compared to only 3200 recorded deaths resulting from truck accidents in 2009.

Apparently, road accidents involving trucks in New York is rapidly increasing. Authorities should implement a strict maximum speed level and other traffic rules and regulations as motorists often disregarded the same probably due to slack surveillance from traffic enforcers.

Serious personal injuries could have been avoided if only motorist and traffic authorities coordinate with each other regarding the traffic rules and regulations. Truck accidents could be more fatal than any other vehicle because of its huge and heavy equipments. Therefore, it should be given with more proper attention by the authorities.

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