New Haven Tow Truck Accidents

Tow trucks provide a critical service to New Haven residents, quickly removing crashed vehicles to restore traffic flow after an accident, transporting vehicles with mechanical problems, showing up roadside to remove broken down vehicles, and taking away illegally parked cars.

While we rely on the services of these heavy-duty trucks, tow trucks weigh between 8,000 and 75,000 pounds, depending on whether they’re classified as light-duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty tow trucks. Tow trucks place motorists in much smaller, lighter family vehicles at a high risk of serious or catastrophic injuries in an accident.

Contact a New Haven truck accident attorney from Weber & Rubano, LLC to pursue compensation — call (203) 888-8888.

Common Causes of Tow Truck Accidents In New Haven

Tow trucks are immense, heavy vehicles with extended blind spots. They make wide turns and require lengthy stopping times. Common causes of tow truck accidents include:

• Unsafe lane changes
• Speeding
• Distracted driving (drivers may use apps for booking jobs and for navigating)
• Improper merging
• Failure to yield the right of way in intersections
• Improperly secured towed vehicle
• Mechanical failures
• Impaired driving
• Inexperienced drivers
• Tailgating (following too closely)

When a tow truck driver causes an accident with a smaller vehicle, the occupants of the smaller car are 70% more likely to suffer injuries than the truck driver.

What Types of Injuries Occur In New Haven Tow Truck Accidents?

Injuries in accidents involving heavy tow trucks are often severe. In some cases, they may result in fatality, leaving family members to file wrongful death claims to recover their economic losses and a sense of justice for their lost loved one. In many other cases, serious or even catastrophic injuries occur such as the following:

• Traumatic brain injuries — a brain injury lawyer in New Haven will provide expert legal advice
• Fractures of the limbs, hips, pelvis, ribs, clavicle, or vertebrae
• Neck injuries
• Back injuries
• Soft tissue injuries like sprains and torn ligaments in knees, shoulders, wrists, and ankles
• Internal organ injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Thoracic injuries to the respiratory system or heart
• Facial and dental trauma
• Burns
• Traumatic limb loss
• Lacerations, abrasions, and contusions

Many victims of serious tow truck accidents also suffer emotional trauma resulting in PTSD, anxiety, or depression, particularly if they witnessed the death of a loved one in the accident.

What Damages Can I Recover In a Tow Truck Accident Claim In New Haven?

Even when accident victims are fortunate enough to suffer mild, fully recoverable injuries they can experience financial hardship with a single emergency medical bill and a few days of lost earnings. More serious injuries can cause temporary or permanent life-altering effects. These are the “damages” in a compensation claim. Common damages recovered in tow truck accident claims include the following:

• Medical costs
• Future medical expenses related to the injury
• Lost wages
• Future income loss or diminished future earning capacity
• Out-of-pocket expenses
• Compensation for pain and suffering and other non-economic damages such as disfigurement, scarring, loss of limb, the loss of one of the senses, diminished quality of life, and PTSD

If a loved one died in a tow truck accident in New Haven close family members can recover compensation through a New Haven wrongful death lawyer.

How Can a Tow Truck Accident Lawyer In New Haven Help?

Determining the correct liable party such as the driver, the tow service company, the manufacturer of defective equipment, or other entities can be a challenging endeavor. A successful claim for the maximum compensation relies on careful attention to detail and strong evidence of liability as well as a carefully calculated list of damages.

Call Weber & Rubano, LLC at (203) 888-8888 or contact us online for experienced legal representation in this complex arena of injury law.