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Truck accidents involving large vehicles such as tractor trailers, semi-trucks, and other large freight carriers such as log trucks and automobile transporters, can cause catastrophic damage when they are involved in a crash. These huge trucks can spill hazardous cargo, roll-over, cause multi-vehicle pile-ups and reduce passenger vehicles to scrap metal.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some causes of truck involved accidents were trucks traveling too fast for road and weather conditions, driver fatigue, alcohol and drug use and aggressive driving behaviors.

The physical consequences of being involved in an accident with a truck are very serious and most often fatal. The size and weight of large trucks is so great, that a passenger vehicle has no chance of coming out of an encounter with one unscathed. The occupants of the smaller vehicle are almost always the victims of disabling and life-threatening injuries.

If you live in Sacramento, California or the surrounding area and you or a loved one was involved in an accident with a truck, please contact a qualified truck accident attorney at the Sacramento, California office of The Cochran Firm today to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you, to help you understand the complex laws and what your rights are in litigation with the trucking company.

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