What Should I Do After a Truck Accident?
Truck accidents often involve unique legal and factual issues that make them different from ordinary car accident claims. In this video, we explain the steps you should take after a truck accident, from prioritizing your medical care to documenting the vehicles and people involved. We also discuss why identifying the trucking company and preserving key evidence can be critical to pursuing a successful claim. Watch the video below to learn more.
Video Transcription
If you're involved in a truck accident, as opposed to a car accident, you want to take care of your health first and foremost.
Any medical care you need, follow up with your doctors.
Second, with a truck accident, it's extremely important that you document who was in the accident with you because, in order to hold a trucking company liable, we need to know who they are.
So you take pictures of the side of the truck, of the license plate, of the person who is actually driving that truck.
That helps us identify all the responsible parties.
Many times you don't have that issue with a car because it's a private person owning it.
But with a truck accident, documenting the accident and the scene and the people involved is crucial.
Any medical care you need, follow up with your doctors.
Second, with a truck accident, it's extremely important that you document who was in the accident with you because, in order to hold a trucking company liable, we need to know who they are.
So you take pictures of the side of the truck, of the license plate, of the person who is actually driving that truck.
That helps us identify all the responsible parties.
Many times you don't have that issue with a car because it's a private person owning it.
But with a truck accident, documenting the accident and the scene and the people involved is crucial.