Category: After the Crash

Ben Phelps: One of the big keys with these reconstructions is evidence, especially roadway evidence and vehicle evidence. To ultimately try to answer some of these questions, that’s what we need, and the quicker either side can get involved, the better chance you’re going to have. David Craig: I’m attorney…

Chris Card: You have to have insurance or you can’t be operating a semi. So, if you raise the cost of the insurance as well to where it’s a lot more difficult to get insurance, you’re going to get more quality people too because then they’re really worried about being…

As an attorney who has dedicated my entire career to helping families who have had family members seriously injured or killed by collisions with commercial trucks, I am opposed to Indiana House-passed bill, HB 1190. What does HB 1190 Indiana propose? This bill would permit overweight trucks weighing as much…

According to an Indiana State Police Press Release, Susan Konkle and her passenger, Renee Stouder were injured when the 2007 Ford F-150 pickup truck they were in was rear-ended by a semi-tractor driven by Trina Fay Carlson.  The preliminary crash investigation by Indiana State Police Trooper Caleb Clark indicates that…

Record Snow Indianapolis, along with most of the state of Indiana, was hit with a winter storm this past weekend.  In fact, according to the National Weather Service the single day snowfall record of 3.4” set back in 1901 was broken on Saturday when the city received 3.6” of fresh…

Tanner L. Carpenter of Marshall, Illinois, age 23 was killed in an early morning crash on Interstate 70 near Terre Haute on Wednesday, December 16th. According to police, Carpenter lost control of his 2005 Ford Mustang which spun and struck concrete barriers on a bridge several times.   According to Sgt….

Indianapolis saw the first measurable snow fall of the season this morning.  Often, the first snowfall of the season catches motorists off guard resulting in drivers not giving themselves enough time to safely get where they are headed.   Failing to reduce speed when the roads are wet, or snow-covered leads to…