The Baker County Press of Glen Mary Florida reported Wednesday that a 62 year-old Nashville man driving a pick-up west on I-10 veered across the median and ran head on into an East bound tractor-trailer which burst into flames. The driver of the tractor-trailer was wearing his seatbelt and got out of his vehicle before it burst into flames. The Nashville man’s truck came to a stop over one hundred yards from the site of the collision. Another vehicle, a 2005 BMW with two passengers sustained damage from the jack-knifing trailer but the two passengers were unhurt.

Of specific interest to an experienced accident and injury lawyer is the fact that the Nashville man was the ninth person to die on Baker County roads this year and the second fatality in nine days. For a rural community in North Florida it appears to me that this is an extremely high mortality rate which makes me wonder what could be going on there. Lot’s of questions remain unanswered about this particular pickup/tractor-trailer accident. Once again we see a vehicle veer of the road and cross directly into the oncoming traffic. Further investigation will show whether the Nashville man had some sort of medical problem which led to this tragedy but absent proof of such an emergency we may never know what distracted the man and lead to his death.

This tractor-trailer/pick-up truck fatality is a good example of what I write about all of the time. When you are driving a motor vehicle, you must avoid distraction and pay attention to everything that’s going on around you.

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