Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog

The Indianapolis Semi Truck Accident Lawyers can report a Tractor Trailer Crash Monday morning. Indiana Work Comp issues are often involved when a truck driver is injured in an Auto Accident. However, there is still no word on the condition of the truck driver in this crash. Monday's truck crash happened on United States Interstate 865.

Officials with the Indiana Department of Transportation say the Semi Truck was heading on the northbound ramp to United States Interstate 465 to westbound United States Interstate 865 when the driver lost control and collided with the southbound United States Interstate 465 overpass. INDOT workers were examining the bridge to see if it suffered any damage in the Truck Crash. No word yet if the driver of the truck was hurt in the accident. The Tractor Trailer was transporting boxes for Hardee's.

Semi Trucks play a key role in Indiana's economy and in our nation's economy as a whole. Some estimates put the number of tractor trailers in our country at 2 million with more than 3 million truck drivers. While Semi Trucks do pose a risk on the road simply because of their size, some statistics might surprise you. The website, www.truckinfo.net, found that commercial trucks are involved in 2.4% of all car crashes. And trucks are 3 times less likely to be in a collision than a regular motor vehicle. When broken down into minutes, one person is apparently hurt or killed in a truck crash every 16 minutes.

Indiana Workers' Compensation Lawyers know many of these Semi Truck Crashes involve Work Comp. Work Comp is often referred to as Worker's Compensation and often comes into play when a worker is injured or killed while on the job. In Indiana, the Indiana Work Comp Act mandates that employers have worker's compensation insurance or a self-insured program. Some jobs are excluded from the Work Comp Act but most do fall under it. The experienced Indiana Work Comp Attorneys at Kooi Law can help injured workers figure out if their injuries are covered under the Act and if so, how much financial compensation they should receive.

Worker's Compensation benefits may still apply even if the injured worker died from his or her injuries. In this unfortunate situation, that worker's spouse and/or children would be entitled to compensation. Those benefits could include funeral and burial expenses in addition to up to 500 weeks of disability payments. In some cases, a non-family member could be deemed a dependent and entitled to compensation. Thus, it is important to contact an Indianapolis Work Comp Attorney in the event of a fatal workplace accident involving a loved one.