The Atlanta truck accident lawyers of Fried Rogers Goldberg have over 50 years experience representing clients who have been injured in tractor trailer accidents. In an effort to be the best truck accident resource for Atlanta residents, they compile up-to-date news on truck acccidents.
June 20, 2011 Tractor Trailer Accident – southbound lanes of I-85 at Old Peachtree Road in Atlanta, Georgia
Troy Moore, a H.E.R.O. operator from Conyers, was seriously injured in a tractor-trailer accident at about 4 p.m. in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Moore was picking up tire debris from the roadway. A blue pickup truck and a silver pickup truck had stopped for the H.E.R.O. unit when a tractor-trailer hit the blue pickup, sideswiped the silver one and then struck Moore before coming to a stop. The truck driver claimed that his brakes failed.
Read more about brake failure in trucking accidents.
June 12, 2011, Baby Found in Car Seat after Tractor Trailer Accident – I-85, Braselton, Georgia
A tractor-trailer accident occurred when a truck struck the rear of a stopped passenger vehicle in Braselton, Georgia, causing a small child to be ejected in a car seat and a male and female in the passenger vehicle to be trapped inside the vehicle. The child was in stable condition and the male and female were listed as being in critical condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. The child amazingly had only minor injuries and was still buckled in the car seat on the side of the road.
May 28, 2011 Tractor Trailer Collision – Exit ramp of Sigman Road and I-20, Conyers, Georgia
A man was injured when his vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer in Conyers, Georgia. The wreck occurred at 5 p.m. and involved a passenger vehicle becoming wedged underneath a tractor-trailer truck hauling paper supplies. The cause of the incident is still under investigation.
Learn about monitoring trailer placement to prevent trucking accidents.
May 21, 2011 Collision with Truck Carrying Heavy Construction Equipment – Ga 11, Winder, Georgia
Andrew Christopher Stephens, 31, was killed when his 2000 Ford Explorer collided with a tractor-trailer that was hauling heavy construction equipment around 5:30 p.m. in Winder, Georgia. Stephens was ejected from his car and died at the scene. The police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
Truckers use the Smith System of Defensive Driving to avoid accidents.
April 24, 2011 Newlywed Killed in Tractor Trailer Accident – I-285 near Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
21-year-old newlywed Danyal Holley was killed when her car was struck by a tractor-trailer attempting to change lanes. The truck driver, Jack Parsons, was changing lanes when he struck the woman’s Nissan Sentra sending it out of control. The truck driver was charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and improper lane change.
Georgia Trucking Laws
Interstate trucking companies are governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (“FMCSR”), including trucking operations, driver qualifications, hours of service, maintenance of equipment, insurance, and alcohol and drug testing. Georgia also has state specific regulations governing intrastate trucking companies. Intrastate trucking companies pick up and deliver loads only in the state of Georgia and do not cross state lines. By statute, Georgia has adopted many of the federal regulations as also being applicable to intrastate trucking companies. Under Georgia law, intrastate trucking companies must have minimum insurance of $100,000/ $300,000 in liability coverage. Georgia also has a special exemption for logging trucks from many regulations applicable to other commercial vehicles.
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If you or a loved one has been a victim of a trucking accident, you should contact a trucking attorney at Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC as soon as possible to make sure that evidence is preserved and not destroyed by the trucking company. You can contact us by calling 877-591-1801 or clicking here to email us.