Missouri State Highway Patrol officials are still investigating the cause of a truck crash that occurred on Missouri Interstate Highway 55 last Thursday.  Apparently a small pickup truck being operated by Henry Nicley of Arkansas collided with a tractor-trailer driven by Michael Szkaradzinski.  The three men inside the small pickup truck were ambulated and transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau Missouri.  Some witnesses are saying that the tractor-trailer ran into Henry Nicley's GMC pickup when he was merging onto the highway, while others claim that the GMC rear-ended the big rig. 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration governs the interstate commercial trucking industry and the trucks that travel our interstate highways.  These trucks must be maticulously maintained and the drivers must recognize strict operating guidelines.  Completion of a daily driver's log is just one of rules that a truck driver must obey.  In situations when a truck is involved in a serious tractor-trailer crash, authorities may look to the driver's log to verifiy that the driver did not go 'over his hours of service.'  Truck drivers can only operate their rigs a certain number of hours within any 24-hour period.  To learn more about these rules, visit the Schultz Legal Group truck crash information center.

Personal injury claims resulting from tractor-trailer crashes are much more complicated than the traditional rear-end car crash. Contact Missouri trucking injury lawyer Stephen Schultz to discuss what needs to be done to preserve your injury claim when involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer.