Luckily no one was injured when the fully loaded tractor-trailer carrying baled fiber went out of control, overturned and slid into a ditch. As an experienced Nashville tractor-trailer accident lawyer my first thoughts are, just how does a driver lose control of a tractor-trailer? We see many accidents in which the driver suffers a medical emergency, a heart attack, a stroke or other malady that makes it impossible for the driver to control the vehicle.

Drunk Tractor-Trailer Driver

According to the article in the Johnson City Press, Troopers investigating the crash believe that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and traveling far to fast for the road conditions. Eyewitnesses said that the truck was “all over the road” just prior to the crash. Charges are pending the completion of the investigation, which generally means the results of a blood test.

The lesson is that for those of us who pay attention to our driving and follow the rules of the road, there are some things that we can’t prepare for, and that we have to be vigilant and not take anything for granted as we cruise the highways and byways of Tennessee.

If you or a loved one are injured or killed in a Tennessee highway accident caused by a drunk driver don’t try to take care of the aftermath on your own. When you hire an attorney from Phillip Miller & Associates, you’re getting the whole package.  You don’t just get an extremely qualified and dedicated lawyer, you also get a loyal Tennessee resident who cares about the quality of life in their community and who puts their time and money into standing up for causes and charities they believe in.  Please contact Phillip Miller & Associates today and take your first step forward towards putting the frustration and horror of your auto accident experience behind you.

Report Drunk Driving

As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I can tell you for certain that when you have a driver under the influence of alcohol, one who has had previous driving infractions serious enough to have had her license revoked, driving on a major interstate highway going the wrong way, that there will not be a good outcome.

Reference an article on the website of Memphis TV station WMC-TV which reports that this very scenario took place on I-40  just West of Memphis. The 37-year-old female driver barreling down the highway in the wrong direction hit a tractor-tanker truck and then a tractor-trailer. Debris from the crashes then struck a Honda Accord, leaving the drunk driver trapped in her vehicle. Fortunately for her, no one died in this senseless Tennessee automobile accident.

Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. Here in Tennessee in 2008, 327 people were killed in crashes where the driver or motorcyclist had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. That is down from 377 people killed in 2007 with a BAC of .08 or higher.

Every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion.3 But there are effective measures that can help prevent injuries and deaths from alcohol-impaired driving.

If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee automobile accident caused by a drunk driver you owe it to yourself to contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident lawyers at Phillip Miller & Associates and take advantage of a free consultation to find out about your rights and remedies.