Nashville Residents, Truck Drivers, Call for Stricter Safety Measures on High-Risk Semi-Truck Accident Road
A recent semi-truck involved accident in Nashville, Tennessee has both residents and semi-truck drivers calling for stricter and better safety measures on Nashville roads. According to local news reports, in early August, 2024, a serious semi-truck accident killed one person, sent a three-year-old child to the hospital “fighting for her life”, and injured two others involved. The deadly car accident occurred on the evening of Saturday, August 3 at around 6:00 p.m. at the intersection of Ewing Drive and Knight Drive in Nashville. At that time, police believe that 48-year-old Richard Frazer, who was driving a sedan, failed to stop at the stop light in the intersection and turned left onto Knight Drive. Metro Nashville Police indicate that Frazer’s failure to stop put him in the path of a FedEx semi-truck and tractor-trailer. The semi-truck driver attempted to brake as Frazer pulled out in front of him, but was unable to stop in time, and hit Frazer’s sedan.
Witnesses to the terrible and fatal incident included both Nashville residents and semi-truck drivers who work at the FedEx terminal located just a few hundred yards from where the accident occurred. Rebekah West, a semi-truck driver herself, approached the scene of the fatal truck accident after it occurred, and said that it was “hard to watch.” West stated that the particular intersection where the accident occurred is very dangerous for both semi-truck drivers and residents, noting, “It’s very dangerous. There have been many, many cars pull out [sic] in front of me and my husband on that road, in that intersection.” West also sent a reminder to drivers in Nashville about the dangers that semi-trucks pose to other, smaller vehicles on the road, adding that “It takes the length of a football field to stop a semi, so it can be very dangerous.” Candy Marthel, a Nashville resident, also stated that the intersection concerned her and additional safety measures are needed, as well as maintenance of the intersection. Mathel said, “You have to come down almost to the street to see because of the bushes down there…So once you get out there and you’re trying to see around the corner, it may be too late if you just peek out.”
The investigation into the fatal and serious truck accident is ongoing, and, so far, investigating authorities indicate that intoxication was not a factor in the crash.
Legal Rights and Options for Truck Accident Survivors under Tennessee Laws in Knoxville
Although it seems that the accident in the recent case in Nashville was not caused by the semi-truck driver, it is important to take the hazards that semi-trucks pose to drivers of smaller vehicles on the road seriously. As Rebekah West indicated, semi-trucks are not like smaller vehicles, and require a longer stopping distance – that is, the length of a football field – to brake. In addition, semi-trucks often have poor visibility for drivers to see smaller vehicles, and the sheer size and weight of a semi-truck can cause serious and fatal truck accidents. Accordingly, it is important to be aware of semi-trucks on the road and drive carefully around them.
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Source:
wsmv.com/2024/08/05/truck-driver-calls-traffic-control-measures-after-deadly-crash-involving-fedex-tractor-trailer-sedan/
