Driver Incorrectly Entering Freeway Causes Major Crash near Weatherford, Texas
A truck driver is in critical condition at John Peter Smith hospital in Fort Worth after a car incorrectly entering 1-20 caused a crash involving two 18-wheelers.
Yesterday, 18-year-old Lauren Vitale was traveling westbound on the 1-20 service road when she suddenly entered the highway by driving across the grass between the highway and the service road instead of using the entrance ramp. 31-year-old Joshua Pottker swerved to miss her but her car struck the right front tire of his big rig. The tractor trailer was then forced into the highway’s eastbound lanes, which put it in the path of the 18-wheeler driven by 57-year-old Pascual Rincones Cisneros Jr. Cisneros’s 18-wheeler hit the trailer behind Pottker’s truck, cutting it in two pieces and severely damaging the front of Cisneros’s big rig. Pottker’s vehicle landed on its side.
Pottker was treated at Weatherford Regional Medical Center and released. Cisneros is still in the hospital on life support. Vitale, who caused the crash, was unharmed.
What a horrible accident. My prayers go out to the family of Mr. Cisneros. A collision of two big rigs like that is devastating. I can’t believe this whole thing was caused by a driver entering the highway by going across the grass. Why would she do this? While I have seen cars exit the highway through the grassy area, I have never seen or heard of anyone entering the highway this way.
Information provided by Dallas/Fort Worth Accident Injury Attorney Mark A. Anderson, who can be reached toll free at 877-294-1115, or contacted by clicking here.
