Fort Myers Garbage Truck Accident Kills Woman in SUV; Truck Driver Cited
A Fort Myers, Florida traffic accident has left one woman dead and a garbage truck driver facing charges.
The fatal Fort Myers car truck crash took place on Monday June 29 at the intersection of Summerlin Rd and Colonial Blvd. According to police reports, the garbage truck was traveling east on Colonial Boulevard going too fast for wet road conditions, when the driver lost control. The waste management truck sideswiped two vehicles before crashing and flipping onto a Toyota 4Runner, killing its 56-year-old Cape Coral woman driver.
Witnesses attempted to assist the SUV driver, but damage in the accident was too severe. There were no other personal injuries in this South Florida commercial truck accident. Charges are pending against the 29-year-old garbage truck driver, a man from Lehigh Acres, Florida. Fort Myers Police cited the truck driver for driving too fast for wet road conditions.
An experienced Fort Myers accident lawyer who is familiar with commercial truck laws and traffic regulations may assist families in cases where a motorist is injured or killed in a truck accident.
Unfortunately, garbage truck accidents involving other cars, bicycles, or pedestrians, resulting in personal injury and death, are not uncommon. A random search on Google news reveals multiple garbage truck accidents in the United States for late June/early July -- many involving fatalities. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports that for large truck crashes in 2005, garbage trucks/refuse trucks were involved in 116 fatal accidents or 2.4% of all accidents involving large trucks, as well as 1,681 injury crashes (see link to chart below).
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