Authorities are still investigating the causes of a morning tractor-trailer crash in Franklin County Missouri that claimed the life of a young girl.  The crash occurred in the early morning hours Friday morning when traffic on Interstate 64 was already backed up due to an earlier accident.  A white tractor-trailer slammed into the back of another large blue truck that was idling in the previously slowing lanes of traffic.  The impact caused significant damage and claimed the life of a young 3 year-old toddler that was riding in the passenger seat of the white truck.  49 year-old Catherine Stults was driving the white tractor-trailer that slammed into the back of the blue tractor-trailer that was being operated by Timothy Williams.  The 3 year-old was eventually identified as Andrea Witherspoon of Cape Girardeau.

One of the most common type of serious tractor-trailer crash involves the situation where a truck inadvertently crashes into traffic that is slowing or stopped ahead.  Causes of this type of collision can include defective brakes, fatigue, or impaired line of sight.  Missouri has seen is share of serious wrecks of this type, including the fatal truck crash which occurred on Highway 64 near the Mason Road exit in West County.  The shear force and inertia of 60,000+ pounds of weight into a stopped object has devastating results.

Visit the truck accident injury website at Schultz Legal Group for helpful information and resources.  Don't be victimized twice.