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Tampa Truck Accident Attorneys
Common injuries from truck accidents
Large commercial trucks account for four percent of the registered vehicles on American roads, and for four percent of vehicle miles traveled in this country. It is no surprise, then, that such trucks account for eight percent of vehicles involved in fatal accidents.
However, the number of injuries and fatalities caused by accidents involving large trucks falls disproportionately on the occupants of smaller passenger vehicles involved in such mishaps. Of those injured or killed in truck accidents, 78 percent were occupants of a vehicle other than the commercial truck, while 8 percent were not occupants of any vehicle.
Common serious injuries suffered in accidents
The following list describes the most common serious injuries suffered in commercial truck accidents. If you suffer any injury due to a truck accident, contact Tampa truck accident attorney, Mac A. Greco, Jr., P.A. today.
- Herniated discs: When a herniated disc occurs, the cushion that lies between your spinal vertebra is pushed out of position. This can cause the spinal nerves and cord to become pinched, resulting in constant pain and limited range of motion.
- Rotator cuff tears: The rotator or rotor cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that stabilize your shoulder. Tearing these muscles or tendons leads to pain and reduced movement of the arm.
- Torn ACL: Your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a key ligament that connects the bones of your knee joint. Tears to the ACL can cause your knee to swell painfully or feel unstable.
- Closed head injuries: These are traumas in which your brain is injured due to a blow to the head, or a sudden motion that knocks the brain against the skull. Symptoms may take time to present.
- Internal bleeding: Bleeding that occurs inside the body can be a serious emergency depending on the part of the body affected, and can cause death or cardiac arrest if untreated.
- Severe fractures: Compound, comminuted, and avulsion fractures are much more complicated than a simple broken bone, and may have leave permanent damage.
- Death
Contact our Tampa truck accident attorneys
If you have been involved in a trucking accident in Tampa, you must retain a competent lawyer with the skill to successfully handle cases involving such accidents.
