Was Fatal Crash with Tractor Trailer Driver Negligence or Result of a Known Dangerous Roadway?

A man was killed after his pick-up truck collided with a concrete lamppost on Route 22 near Delmont, PA. Debris — a lawnmower, power washer, rake and wheelbarrow — was scattered across the highway from a small trailer the pickup was pulling.

A tractor-trailer and six other vehicles were involved in the collision. The man in the pick-up truck was trapped inside his vehicle. It took firefighters nearly an hour to cut the roof and rescue him. The man died at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Two other people were taken to area hospitals for injuries.

State police spent several hours reconstructing the scene trying to determine what caused the crash. The investigations will undoubtedly look into driver negligence as well as whether the roadway was knowingly dangerous.

The crash site is the same location of a similar accident that injured three people nearly a year ago when a tractor-trailer hit a car, and airborne debris from that crash struck a road construction worker setting up signs. In this collision, the tractor-trailer careened across the median; its cab pushed a pick-up truck into several other vehicles. Firefighters had to extricate the driver from the pick-up.

Are these two accidents a coincidence or do they indicate a stretch of unsafe road? A poorly designed roadway, intersection, or means of controlling traffic, such as a traffic light can cause or contribute to an auto accident. Poorly placed and poorly designed road signs or barriers can also be a factor.

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