Miami, Florida Truck Accident: Tractor-Trailor Goes Head-On With a Car and Shuts Down Krome Avenue
Miami, Florida - An 18-wheeler and a car met in a head-on collision Wednesday, shutting down Krome Avenue near SW 88th Street (Kendall Drive). The March 5, 2008 tractor-trailer wreck sent one person to the hospital on air rescue. The rescue helicopter dispatched by the Miami-Dade Fire Department had to land on the street.
Hazmat teams were also sent to the accident scene to clean up the resulting fuel spill.
According to traffic statistics, the injuries sustained in truck accidents, especially those involving huge semi tractor-trailors, are generally more serious in nature than injuries sustained in car accidents. One reason for this is because these big rigs typically weigh as much as 80,000 lbs fully when loaded. That's several tons heavier than the average passenger car.
Some of the many catastrophic injuries typically resulting from a truck accident include:
- traumatic brain injury,
- head injuries,
- brain damage,
- burn injuries,
- quadriplegia,
- paraplegia,
- spinal cord injuries,
- severe orthopedic injuries,
- coma, and
- death
