One person suffered critical injuries in a Los Angeles car accident text that involved many vehicles and probably was caused by a wooden pallet dropped onto a transition road from the southbound 101 Freeway to the southbound Harbor Freeway the morning of June 21, 2009. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Daily News, the injury car crash occurred right after the California Highway patrol was told that a wooden pallet had been dropped by a vehicle on the transition road. One car apparently struck the guardrail after bumping into the pallet and the other vehicles behind struck the first one, CHP officials said. Three people were injured, one of whom, sustained serious injuries. All three have been taken to area hospitals.

My heart goes out to all the injured victims here. I wish them the very best for a quick and complete recovery.

Freeway debris is a common cause of car accidents on our freeways. The California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) estimates that 140,000 cubic yards of debris is dumped on California's roadways each year. Roadway debris in California has caused 155 traffic accident deaths in California over the last two years.

California law penalizes motorists for dropping anything other than live bird feathers or water from their vehicles onto a roadway. In addition to fines and penalties, they can also be held civilly and criminally responsible if the debris they drop on the roadway causes injury or death to other motorists. Bisnar | Chase has successfully handled many major injury and fatality accident cases caused by roadway debris. Why do these tragedies occur? They occur mostly because drivers are not securing their loads properly and this amounts to negligence. In the case of this Los Angeles car accident, the person who dropped the wooden pallet on the freeway transition road should be held liable for the accident and resulting injuries.
Car accident victims who suffer serious personal injuries because of highway debris have the legal right to be compensated for their injuries by the negligent party that dropped the debris on the roadway. However, if the responsible party is never identified or found, the uninsured motorist provision of a car insurance policy may compensate the injured victim or the family of a deceased auto accident victim. Experienced Southern California car accident attorneys will be able to explain to the victims and their families their legal rights and options in such cases. Knowledgeable California car accident attorneys will also tell you how your auto insurance policy will apply to a roadway debris accident.

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