Benji is a professional chef, and he is passionate about his calling. He and his wife worked hard to purchase a piece of property outside of Longview, Washington. They were making plans to build a there home for themselves and their young son.In an instant, everything changed.Surviving a log truck collisionOn a rainy summer afternoon, [...]
Why has there been so many high-profile semi crashes in the Seattle metro area lately? Here's a sample of what we found in just the last few weeks in King County and Pierce County. On April 5, a truck driver was killed when his vehicle's brakes failed on a downhill slope in Tacoma, forcing [...]
Seattle-based attorney Kevin Coluccio explains the basic process of a Washington truck crash lawsuit with Coluccio Law, from start to finish. Talking with a lawyer The first step in a successful lawsuit against a trucking company: talking with an experienced attorney. If you send a message to Coluccio Law, we will respond as quickly as possible. If [...]
In dark hours of an early winter morning, truckers are eager to miss rush hour traffic as they are headed out on their routes. Dispatchers advised that a winter weather advisory was expected. The temperature hovered right around freezing on the east side of the Snoqualmie Pass. It was just before 5 a.m. when a [...]
Getting started with an insurance claim First, our lawyer disclaimer: talk to us before you talk to the truck driver's insurance company.Even if you think there is no doubt that the trucker caused the crash, and the police report and witnesses all agree.In the meantime, you can start a claim with your own car insurance company. [...]
Kevin Coluccio has earned certification in "Truck Accident Law" by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. It is the first— and only—American Bar Association accreditation for Truck Accident Law in the United States. Coluccio is one of only fifty attorneys who have earned Board Certification in this practice area. Board Certified attorneys pass a comprehensive [...]
A massive fire resulting from a semi-truck bridge crash has caused big traffic problems, and called the safety of the bridge into question. Semi-truck bridge crash caused fire, gridlock Around 2:45 A.M. on November 11, a semi-truck jackknifed on the Brent Spence Bridge, a double-decker truss bridge over the Ohio River. The tractor-trailer was struck [...]
The initial reports of 2019 fatal crash data indicate that the truck crash fatality rate for last year is nearly the same, or very slightly up, from 2018. The October Preview of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities In 2019 from NHTSA shows: 5,005 fatalities in crashes involving at least one large truck* in in 2019, compared to 5,006 [...]
The National Transportation Safety Board released their final report on a 2018 fatal truck crash involving 3 semi-trucks and 4 passenger vehicles. The final report finds identifies issues from the NTSB's most wanted safety improvements list* as factors. The fatal truck crash On March 1, 2018, a commercial semi-truck driver merging into Interstate 290 in [...]
The violent truck crash that killed Sara Allison and seriously injured her husband was shocking, even for seasoned veterans of trucking law. A semi-truck driver who had been trying to pass a motor home struck the Allison's car head-on. Ms. Allison tried to avoid the oncoming semi-truck by swerving into a ditch. In a stunning [...]
