Tractor Trailer Accident on I-85 | Accident Attorney

Date:  April 6, 2009
Place: Coweta County, Georgia
Event: Truck Accident in Georgia

Early this morning, a tractor trailer truck was traveling southbound on Interstate 85 in Coweta County. The tractor trailer overturned in the exact location where two other tractor trailer wrecks occurred in March 2009. At the time of the incident, the tractor trailer truck was hauling double trailers and wrecked north of Collinsworth Road in Coweta County.

The tractor trailer accident happened in a two lane section of Interstate 85 where construction was in progress. Fortunately, there was not a concrete barrier on the right side of the interstate in the area were the incident occurred. Instead of a concrete barrier there was a dirt shoulder with a drop off of several inches between the pavement and the shoulder.

Following two truck accidents last week, one being a fatality and the other involving two trucks that burst into flames near Northgate High School, Georgia State Officials lowered the speed limit along Interstate 85. The speed limit was lowered to 50 mph and it stretches from Ga. Highway 74 in Fairburn south to the Meriwether County line.

The truck accident was investigated by The Coweta County Sheriff's Office.

If you have been injured in an accident involving a collision with a truck, feel free to call us at Murphy & Associates for free answers to any questions you may have. We look forward to working with you. (770) 577-3020