Kansas City Trucking Accident Law Blog

At Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys, we know there has been some modest improvement in trucking safety over the last few years but we also know that until we are no longer seeing trucking accidents on a daily basis, there is a long way to go. The danger though isn’t only to other motorists to but to pedestrians and especially road construction workers along our nation’s highways.

Distracted Driving continues to be a problem for truck drivers in Kansas and Missouri.

Last weekend in Ohio, a 40 year-0ld road construction worker was killed when he was struck by a semi-truck while his crew was posting signs. The man was killed when the big rig went off road– while the driver admits he was trying to pick up some loose papers– not watching where he was going in a marked construction zone.

This is a tragic accident and we want to extend our deepest sympathies to friends and family of the worker killed in this unfortunate situation. Our experienced Kansas Trucking Injury Attorneys know driving a big rig truck is no picnic but that is what makes attentive driving so much more crucial. You can never predict what is going to happen on the road in front of you. Being behind the wheel of a semi-truck makes it that much more difficult to react as it is. No matter how experienced of a driver you are, eyes on the road is always going to win out over gut instinct. You may have done something 99 times but it only takes that once for something tragic to happen.

Contact Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys today to set up a free consultation to discuss your situation. We have over 15 years of experience in Trucking Injury Accident cases in Kansas and Missouri. We want you to know your rights.