2 road crew workers injured after semi hits scaffolding on I-440

[st. j vet]

http://wkrn.com/2016/01/31/2-road-crew-workers-injured-after-semi-hits-scaffolding-on-i-440/

Man, I feel for that driver, in more ways than one.

 

[The Best]

I am too sure the driver is going to be charged with anything. Could be that the construction workers could be 100% at fault. This reminds me several years ago over near Orange, Va a Roadway truck got tangled up with some construction equipment in a work zone, but the driver of the Roadway truck was an ex-state trooper and knew the law. The outcome was that the truck driver sued the contractor and won and walked away with his pockets fuller than they were before.

 

[DCM_Doc]

Unless the trailer was taller than legal height & signs were posted warning of low clearance I don't see now the driver is at fault. The scaffold should have been at least 13' 6" above the road surface. I can sympathize with the construction workers though. I respect workers & always slow down in construction zones. There have been several highway workers killed & injured by careless drivers in this state.