Portsmouth Truck Accident Injury Lawyer Report – Unsecured Load Causes Four Car Crash on I-81 in Virginia

If you fail to secure a load on a truck or a pickup and it falls off, causing an accident with injuries, you are likely to be held liable in a subsequent claim.
The potential for highway chaos of an unsecured load was demonstrated when glass cases fell off a Chevy Avalanche on northbound I-81 near Roanoke, causing a four car crash that closed the interstate for hours.

Given the chaotic scene that ensured, I am relieved nobody was injured. Our Portsmouth, VA car and truck accident lawyers, see a number of serious accidents caused by loads falling off the back of trucks. On occasions, the consequences can be fatal.

Virginia State Police said at about 1:55 p.m. on July 12, 2012, the Chevy was carrying glass cases, when one fell out of the truck bed and hit the highway, WSLS10 reported.
Two cars behind the truck managed to swerve and miss the case. The second car, a Mercury minivan, had to drive into the median, to take evasive action.
Then a Ford F-150 pick-up truck pulling a horse trailer, missed the glass case, but struck the first car. The impact of the accident spun the horse trailer around and it crashed into the minivan.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt. The driver of the Avalanche, Melissa Heights of Roanoke was charged with failure to secure a load.