Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers say a distracted driver is to blame for a cattle truck accident along I-40 in Pottawatomie County. According to earlyreports the accident involved a cattle truck carrying 120 head of cattle.
The cattle truck overturned, which led to several cows wandering along the interstate. Several more accidents occurred after the initial accident, mostlyinvolving drivers attempting to avoid hitting the loose cows, which have been found as far as 5 miles east and west of the accident scene. Anotheraccident involved a second semi-truck which overturned getting on the highway. That truck, which was carrying ice cream, also spilled its load on theinterstate, leaving crews to round up cattle and clean up ice cream from the roadway.
As a result of these truck accidents westbound lanes of I-40 near McCloud road are expected to be closed for hours.
In light of the interstate closure due to a cattle and ice cream spill, a local news station compiled a list of the "Craziest Truck Spills."Included in the list are some of the following:
With the exception of the bees, it sounds like a good start to a holiday party.
Another tractor trailer spill that made the list did not involve an accident. Instead, the incident--which happened in Oklahoma City--occurred becausea driver did not realize that the tanker carrying 48,000 pounds of syrup was leaking along the highway.
Truck accidents are often serious, largely because of the sheer size of the vehicle. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),more than 333,000 large trucks were involved in vehicle accidents in 2012, injuring 104,000 people and killing nearly 4,000. Truck drivers are at risk,but not as great a risk as the occupants of the vehicles with which they collide. Of those killed in large truck accidents that year, 18% were occupantsof the truck; 73% were occupants of other vehicles involved in the accident.
Many factors contribute to semi-truck accidents:
In a large truck accident, as in any other motor vehicle accident, both criminal charges and civil litigation may follow. Call to learn more about criminaldefense or personal injury lawsuit representation.
