A fully loaded Pepsi tractor-trailer collided with two passenger vehicles in the early morning hours Monday just outside of Kansas City Missouri.  The tractor-trailer crash impacted two passenger vehicles before overturning down an embankment on northbound Interstate 435 at the Eastwood Trafficway. Authorities remain somewhat guarded as to the cause of the crash, although it is known that there were serious injuries.  The damage sustained by both the Pepsi truck and the two vehicles was severe.  A wrecker took over one hour to remove the overturned Pepsi truck from just off the northbound I-435 embankment.  It took cleanup crews another three hours to clean up all of the soda bottles that were scattered across the highway upon impact.

When fully loaded, a Pepsi tractor-trailer can approach a weight of 60,000 pounds.  When loads that heavy impact other vehicles, the outcome almost always results in serious personal injury and even death claims to all parties involved.  A Kansas City truck accident lawyer will be able to investigate the circumstances of this particular incident and reach conclusions on which parties are ultimately responsible for the crash.  Injury victims may then be able to obtain compensation from the insurance carriers that insure the at-fault party or parties vis-a-vis a Missouri truck accident injury claim.

In cases involving serious personal injuries or wrongful death claims, a truck accident injury lawyer will retain an accident reconstruction expert who can inspect the tractor-trailer ECM (electronic control module) and process data which will shed light what the truck was doing just prior to impact.  This evidence can prove invaluable, especially in incidents where liability is in contention.  Contact a Kansas City truck accident lawyer today by calling (866) 840-3636.