Answer:

Friends and family often ask what actions they should take if they’ve been hit by a commercial truck here in Orlando. We always explain to them that it’s very important to first call 9-1-1 so that they can get emergency medical help to the scene to treat them for their injuries and also to begin documenting what happened.

The second most important thing is to immediately contact a lawyer because commercial accidents are unique. They typically involve very significant and traumatic injuries and, additionally, the evidence at the scene is usually very key and crucial to determining who is at fault and how it happened. With commercial truck accident cases, these companies often have their own emergency response team where they have lawyers at the scene very quickly, their corporate reps at the scene very quickly, as well as sometimes investigators at the scene. We want to make sure that we get our commercial truck team at the scene immediately as well so that we can make sure no evidence disappears and so that we can get the scene documented immediately and make sure that all evidence is preserved. If any of that is needed down the line, it can be used for full analysis and to understand exactly how everything happened.

If you have any questions about this or any other issues with respect to a commercial truck accident case here in Orlando, please contact us. We’d be happy to help you.