Hampton Truck Accident Injury Lawyer Report : Two Trucks Collide Causing a Fiery I-64 Wreck in New Kent County

Given the catastrophic nature of the pictures of a fiery wreck involving two big rigs on Interstate 64 westbound in New Kent County, the drivers were lucky to escape with minor injuries.

The New Kent truck wreck (Virginia State Police)

The truck wreck was reported at about 1 p.m. on September 26, 2012 near the Bottoms Bridge exit, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

The section of the I-64 was closed for most of the afternoon.

Virginia State Police said the collision between a tractor trailer and a box truck, resulted in a fire and minor injuries to two people.

The 26-year-old driver of the tractor trailer from Maryland was transported to VCU Medical Center in Richmond. The 34-year-old driver of the box truck from Chesterfield County, VA was checked out by emergency technicians at the accident scene.

The tractor trailer driver was charged with improper stopping on the interstate. The box truck driver was charged with reckless driving.

As an experienced Virginia trucking accident injury lawyer, I see many accidents in which a loss of control by a truck driver has serious consequences. Recently our trucking accident injury lawyers reported on the death of a woman in Chesapeake whose car was on the shoulder of the I-664 on June 14, 2012. She was hit by a truck.

When trucks collide with other vehicles the consequences can be deadly. In 2010 I handed a wrongful death case that led to a $3.5 million payout for a child whose father was killed by a truck.