Texas Trucker Crashes Giant Toilet Paper Rolls Into Idaho River
Fort Worth truck driver, Mahmoud Salameh (24) is in trouble in Idaho for both driving inattentively and for towing a 53-foot trailer without a proper permit. The reason he was caught? Since he wasn’t paying proper attention to the road, Mr. Salameh failed to safety negotiate a bend in the road and crashed through a guardrail, spilling his load into the Lochsa River below. Since his truck’s cargo was giant rolls of unprocessed toilet paper each weighing 8,000 pounds (30,000 when fully saturated) it means a massive cleanup operation which is why this flatbed truck wreck is making national headlines rather than the hundreds of other big rig accidents which occur on a regular basis.
As a Texas truck accident injury lawyer, I know that big rig collisions like this happen every day. Normally the results are far more serious that thousands of pounds of soggy paper and the environmental damage caused in this case. In the most sever truck accidents, lives are lost, people suffer brain injuries, broken bones, amputations. Although Mr. Salameh was transported to a local hospital in Missoula, he was released the same day. Fortunately, no one else was injured in the wreck.
Deadly tractor-trailer accidents are more common that you’d think. You should always be careful when driving near commercial trucks because you never know when disaster might strike. If you or a loved one have been injured in a Texas truck wreck, call an experienced Dallas-Fort Worth personal injury and wrongful death attorney toll free from anywhere at 800-354-6275 for a free consultation on your case.
