Lost or Unsecured Load Motor Vehicle & Truck Accidents

Legal Assistance for People Seriously Injured in Accidents Caused a Lost or Unsecured Load

Cargo that falls off a tractor-trailer, truck bed, or from atop a vehicle can cause serious accidents and injuries to other drivers and their passengers. If you have been seriously injured or disabled due to a vehicle, including a pickup truck, semi-truck, or SUV, that has lost a load on the highway or from someone dropping something on the highway from an overpass, you may be seeking answers to your legal questions. The Farber Law Group, a Bellevue car accident law practice, may be of help to you.

Lost or Unsecured Loads

Imagine traveling down the highway at speeds up to 65 miles per hour and suddenly a heavy object comes crashing through your windshield, or suddenly there is a couch, refrigerator, or other piece of furniture in your roadway.  Unfortunately, this occurs all too frequently when drivers fail to properly secure the loads that they are carrying.

The Washington State Patrol estimates that there are 400 motor vehicle accidents in our state every year caused by unsecured loads. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates is even higher with estimates of 25,000 accidents a year nationwide resulting in 100 deaths.

Many drivers do not realize that when they load objects into their pickup trucks that even heavy objects can become loose and go flying into traffic, often causing disastrous results as the object flies through a windshield or as motorists try to avoid the object.

Victims of these types of accidents can suffer serious head and facial injuries.

The Farber Law Group has followed several such accidents including:

  • An accident in which a Bellevue couple narrowly missed injury when an unsecured pickax came flying through their windshield on Interstate 405.

  • An accident in which an infant belonging to a College Place couple was killed when a pickup truck rear-ended the vehicle he was riding in because it had slowed due to a pickup truck losing a cooler.

  • An accident in which a Bainbridge Island man was killed when a fishing boat on a trailer became unhitched and hit his SUV.

  • An accident in which Maria Federici was blinded and suffered head injuries after a piece of furniture fell from a U-Haul trailer and hit her vehicle while she was driving in Seattle.

  • An accident in which a Kirkland woman was terrified after a load from the back of a pickup truck flew and caused substantial damage to her car on Interstate 5 near Marysville.

  • An accident in which an Edmonds man narrowly missed injury when a steel rod impaled his windshield on Interstate 5 near Boeing Field.

Washington vehicle code RCW 46.61.655 "Dropping Load, Other Materials -- Covering"  holds that a person who does not secure a load may be found guilty of first-degree criminal negligence or a second-degree misdemeanor.

Experienced Washington Unsecured Load Lawyer

Attorney Herbert Farber can help you bring a claim for any type of cargo or trailers that are improperly secured including:

  • Scrap metal

  • Construction materials

  • Appliances

  • Furniture

  • Truck tire recaps

  • Camper shells

  • Gravel

  • Landscaping or lawn mowing equipment

  • Trailers carrying boats

  • Any load that was haphazardly thrown into the back of a pickup truck.

No matter what caused your motor vehicle accident, attorney Farber will help you understand your options and help you file a claim against the driver responsible for your accident.

 
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Herb Farber and the attorneys in the network of The Farber Law Group provide a free case consultation to people seriously injured in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. If your injuries are serious and you cannot come to see us, we can arrange to visit you at Harborview Medical Center, Overlake Hospital Emergency & Trauma Center, Evergreen Hospital, or one of the other trauma centers throughout the state.  We have represented injured victims for more than 45 years and we believe every injured person should have access to legal advice. For your Free and Confidential consultation, contact us today at (800) 244-9087.