Tiverton, RI — A collision between a cement truck owned by the Fall River Ready Mix Concrete Co. and a car sent one man to the hospital in Tiverton, Rhode Island, on Thursday. The accident took place on Main Road, around 2:45 in the afternoon.
The car and the cement truck collided head-on. At this time, there’s been no reason given for why the accident occurred. The driver of the car had to be extricated and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with critical injuries.
The driver of the cement truck was uninjured.
In addition to the two vehicles, the accident caused extensive damage to the two vehicles.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
News reports don’t say much about the actual collision itself beyond the fact that it happened, so it’s possible that this was completely the fault of the car driver. But let’s assume for a moment that the driver of the cement truck was at least partially to blame. A lot of people assume that a lawyer like myself might want to get involved in the accident as quickly as possible so that we could sue the trucking company and make lots of money. That actually isn’t the case. I believe it’s always smart for victims in these accidents to bring in outside help as soon as possible, but only because after an accident like this takes place, time is running against you.
Actually being able to discover what happened in these sorts of accidents is only possible for a short time afterwards, and because trucking companies have so much to lose, they typically work against the victim’s interests to shove off as much of that liability as they can. If a trucking company is at fault, most people would assume that after the accident, everything is pretty cut and dry. They may wait for the insurance company to get involved, thinking it’s only a matter of time until the trucking company makes things right. That’s not the case. Companies like these typically have their own investigators and accident recontructionists, and they’re job is to see how much of the blame in an accident they can push on to the other side. Private investigations are usually one of the only ways to figure out what happened in a timely manner. It’s important for any victim to know that, after an accident, time is always of the essence.
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