Chicago Personal Injury Law Blog

A Grayville man is dead after a truck pulled away from an intersection into the path of the motorcycle the man was driving. The motorcycle slammed into the side of the truck resulting in fatal injuries to the motorcyclist.

This accident is illustrative of the phenomenon where many motorists simply fail to recognize the presence of oncoming motorcycles and either turn into the path of an oncoming motorcycle or emerge from a side street or a driveway into the path of an oncoming motorcycle. A study by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration showed that in motorcycle vs. car accidents, the failure of the car to yield the right-of-way to the motorcyclist was responsible for the accident.

Truck accidents such as this create a tremendous risk of wrongful death or serious injury, such as a fractured hip, spinal cord injury, or brain injuries.

Labels: brain injury, motorcycle accidents, spinal cord injury, truck accidents, wrongful death