Semi Trucks and Cars Collide in Fatal Four-Vehicle Crash
Two people have died in a semi truck collision involving two semi trucks and two automobiles on Interstate 35 near Lakeville, Minnesota.
A semi truck traveling in the northbound lanes of the highway did not stop quickly enough and rear-ended two passenger cars in front of it. These two cars then slammed into a semi truck in front of them. The second semi truck was carrying bees owned by Bauer Honey of Fertile, Minnesota. Thousands of loose bees swarmed the crash scene and complicated rescue efforts.
One person was killed on the site of the car-semi truck crash and one was airlifted to a nearby hospital and died the following day.
The rear end semi truck accident occurred just south of county road 70 and closed a portion of I35. According to news reports the owner of the bees commented that the truck was carrying 800 bee colonies, each with about 30,000 honey-producing bees. He estimates about 150 colonies were destroyed or lost in the accident which could cost the company about $45,000.
Accidents involving commercial drivers, such as semi truck drivers, and passenger vehicles require specific knowledge of commercial driving laws as well as experience dealing with insurance companies, accident reports and medical information having to do with injuries sustained as a result of the crash. The semi truck accident lawyers at Pritzker Olsen have this experience, and have represented victims of car-semi truck accidents in the past. In one case they obtained $2,850,000 on behalf of the family of a man who was killed when his vehicle was struck by debris from a truck.
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