When you’ve been hurt in a collision involving a commercial truck, even if the vehicles were traveling at a slow speed, the potential for serious injury can be significant. Because the causes of a truck accident can be so varied, there’s a lot more that needs to be done in the immediate aftermath of a truck wreck.
Your health is your foremost concern after a truck accident for several reasons. First, the sooner ‒ you get the right treatment, the better is the chance that you’ll achieve maximum recovery and that your medical condition won’t worsen. In addition, the longer you take to get treatment, the greater is the risk that defense counsel will argue that either your injuries are not as serious as you claim, or they were caused by a subsequent, intervening accident.
As with any motor vehicle accident, you’ll want to get witness statements, as well as photographs of all relevant evidence, from damage to vehicles to injuries to weather conditions to roadway defects. In addition, though, there are records and other evidence unique to a commercial truck accident. You’ll want to obtain:
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