It is common for the vehicles in a truck accident to be towed before investigators or attorneys can get on site and conduct an investigation. However, the positioning of a truck immediately after an impact may also offer valuable clues as to how a crash occurred. The final resting area can provide clues to the point of contact, direction of travel and agreement of physical evidence with the accounts from those involved.
The truck’s position may be one of the many elements in a comprehensive analysis of the circumstances of a collision for Fort Lauderdale Truck Accident Lawyers. Attorneys can review photographs, markings on the road, truck damage, witness statements and the available video footage as well as the location of the truck. Taken together, these details can assist in answering questions that might be unanswerable from a police report or a driver’s statement.
How Truck Location Can Clarify a Collision
The end position of a truck can help with determining the chain of events leading up to a collision. A position alone may not create the exact details of what happened, but it can be used to help create a timeline when compared to other physical evidence.
For instance, lawyers may be asking themselves what a driver did, or didn’t do, in this case, with regard to the truck:
- In the correct lane of the roadway
- Divided by part of a lane divider
- On a shoulder/roadside
- Turning towards something in an unusual way.
- Close to an intersection or turning point
- Close proximity to another vehicle post collision
These facts may be more impactful when combined with photographs and evidence from the roadways…