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ouble. Tucks c
use some of the most destuctive
ccidents on theo
d. Smlle
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noll ove
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nd cgo flling f
omn unsecu
ed lod c
n destoy them.
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ttoney in o
deto
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nt compenstion. You might not kno
youights, but it’s theijob to.
Consult
tions cost you nothing, but fogoing the help of
ntto
ney could cost you eveything.
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y of some impo
tnt info
mtion eve
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to potect thei
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4 Steps to T ke
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T
uckccident
Nobody kno
s if ohen they might find themselves in the teifying ode
l oft
ffic collision involving
hevy t
uck. But,hile you c
n’t pln fo
ccidents, you c
n developsm
t p
otocolbout
ht to do in
n emegency.
void dnge
ous oeven f
tl e
o
s in the immedite
ftem
th ofc
sh by follo
ing these pieces of geneldvice. P
otecting yous
fetynd you
ights
fte tuck
ccident is of pmount impo
tnce.
1. Stop nd Move to
S
fe Loction
If you
c stilluns, get it to
sfe loc
tion nebynd stop. If you
c cnnot move, get out of it
nd moves
fe distnce
y.emembe
, some tucks c
y flmm
ble cgo. If you seening signs indic
ting flmm
bility, move even fthey to potect you
self fom
potentil explosion. If the t
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ny othetype of c
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p
ts of the t
uck e on theo
dy, keep f enoughy so th
t the debis c
nnot possibly hut you o
dm
ge youvehicle.
B
siclly, get you
selfnd you
pssenge
s to sfety befo
e you donything else.
2. C ll 911<
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hen you e sfely out of the
y of t
ffic, c
ll 911. Te
tny
ccidentith
hevy t
ucks
n emegency th
t needs fist
espondes immedi
tely. This seves t
o puposes. Fi
st, it helps to keep you, youp
ssenges,
nd othes
t theccident scene s
fe by summoning police to contol t
ffic,
nd by summoningn
mbulnce to t
et
ny emegency inju
ies. Second, it is youleg
l obligtion to
epot the
ccident. In Texs, you must<
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killed, oif p
opety d
mge tot
led ove$1,000—
hichill be the c
se in vitu
llyny t
uckccident. In Louisi
n, you must
epot
cshithin 24 hou
s if someone s injued o
killed, oif p
opety d
mge
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uckccident.
3. St y on the Scene if Possible<
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If you
e not se
iously injued, st
y on the scene.hy? St
ying putccomplishes th
ee things: Fist, it
llos you to spe
k to l enfocement. Police
ho come to theccident scene
ill filec
sh
epot. These police
epots p
ovide impot
nt fcts
boutc
sh, including the n
mes ofll d
ives,
hennd
hee the c
sh h
ppened,nd suppo
ting detils such
s the time of dy
nd thee
the. Be su
e to givefull
ccount ofh
t youemembe
hen you spe
k to l enfocement.
Second, sticking
ound
llos you to get cont
ct infom
tion fom
ll dive
s involved. You need thein
mes, numbes, e-m
ildd
esses,nd most impo
tntly, thei
insunce infom
tion. Thid, you should t
ke pictues of the
ccident sceneith you
smtphone (onothec
me, if you hve one). The pictu
es should include:ll vehicles f
om evey
ngle<st
ong>. Thee is no such thing
s too much evidence, so thee is no such thing
s too mny pictu
es of theccident scene. You
nt to sho
both the dm
ge to the vehiclesnd the
nglest
hich theye
e hit. Be sue to include both exte
iopictu
esnd inte
iopictu
es tht sho
dm
ge.<li>
ong>Pictu es of the su
ounding scene, f
om evey
ngle<st
ong>. You nt to shothe envi
onment to shoho
theccident h
ppenednd its imp
ct. Be sue to include items specific to the
ccident suchs skid m
ks, o
tees, sign
ge, oothe
items tht might h
ve been hit by vehicles.<li>
you m
y hve
legl oblig
tion to sty
t the scene until you hve been
ppoved to le
ve by l enfocement.
To
ecp: get some
hee s
fe, cll 911, sn
p photos, sty put until they give you the go-
hed to le
ve.4. Get Medic
l
ttention<h3>
This one should be
, but you’d be su
pised ho
mny people skip it.
If eme
gencyesponde
s decide you need emegency medic
lttention, do not decline. Let them t
ke you ton eme
gencyoom. M
ny peopleo
y
bout costly medicl bills, but you
helth ove
ides
ll otheconside
tions.
If eme
gencyesponde
s decide tht eme
gency te
tment is not needed in youc
se, you e NOT off the hook. Go seedocto
s soon
s possible. Do not itny longe
thn
dy to do so.
hy? Becuse it is enti
ely possible to be injued, even se
iously injued f
om blos to the he
d,nd not feel like
nything is ongith you. It is not uncommon, in f
ct, fonccident to
elese
suge of
den
line into youbody th
t my m
sk mny inju
y symptoms.docto
cn ex
mine you, identifyny inju
ies (hidden oothe
ise),
nd pesc
ibe te
tment. Follothe docto
’secommend
tions! If the doctop
escibes medic
tion, then fill the pesc
iptionnd t
ke it. If the doctoecommends suge
y, see the sugeon
t once. If the doctoecommends physicl the
py, set
nppointment
ithphysic
l thepist. Not only does folloing medic
ldvice p
otect youhe
lth, itlso c
etes impo
tnt medic
leco
ds tht you
lyem
y find useful in getting you the compenstion you need
nd deseve fo
ny inju
ies. If you postpone odecline t
etment, you
ill lose out on settlement moneynd f
ce othelifelong complic
tions. It’s just noto
th theisk.
hy Those Steps e Impo
t
nt toeceiving Compens
tion foYou
Injuies
The steps
bove mke sense, keep you s
fe, ensue you comply
ith the l,nd p
otect youhe
lthnd
ellbeing. But those en’t the onlye
sons you should tke them to he
t.
notheimpo
tnt
eson to follo
these steps is tht they
e C
UCIL fo
getting you fi
compenstion fo
youinju
ies. Ifnothe
pty st f
ult fothe t
uckccident th
t hut you, you m
y hve the
ight to seek compenstion fo
dm
ges, including:- P
st
nd futue medic
l bills<em>
- P
stnd futu
e ges lost fom
ok to de
lith the inju
ies<em>
- P
innd suffe
ing<em>
Ho
eve, you c
n onlyeceive compens
tion if you hve P
OOF tht
tuck
ccident cused you
injuies.
ll of the stepsbove help gene
te o
potect evidence th
tn expe
ienced tuck
ccidenttto
ney cn use to help you
ecovethe compens
tion you deseve. Eme
gencyesponde
s povide evidence of the n
tue
nd extent of youinju
ies. L enfocement
ccidentepo
ts povide evidence
boutho o
h
t cused the
ccident. Pictues of the vehicles
nd theccident scene illust
te the n
tue, fo
ce,nd c
uses of theccident. Eme
gencyoom visits
nd doctoppointments ce
te medicl
ecods th
t seve
s evidencend p
oof of youinju
iesnd
ht c
used them.e could go on
nd on, but you get the ide. Not only does the evidence
bove pove
ho cused
nccident
nd the ntu
e of youinju
ies, itlso helps
lyec
lculte the
mount of money you shouldeceive f
om the ptiest f
ult. No, if you h
vel
edy sust
ined injuies in
tuck
ccidentnd you did not t
kell of the steps
bove, don’to
y! Th
t does not men th
t you cnnot still
ecovecompens
tion foyou
injuies
nd losses. Spek
ithn expe
ienced tuck
ccident injuy
ttoney
ighty to jumpst
t evidence collection
nd potect you
legl
ights.Est
blishing Leg
l Libility in
Tuck
ccident<h2>
One of the m
e
sons lyes need evidence of ho
t
uckccident h
ppenednd
ht inju
ies you sustined in it is to est
blishho h
sleg
l libility to you. The l
s
ys tht
peson
hose ongfulctions hu
t someone else oes money to the pe
son injued.
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