Is There Semi Truck Accident Epidemic on State Route 167 in Kent?
The victim of a serious semi truck accident on State Route 167 near Kent in October of 2016 has retained Davis Law Group, to represent her in possible legal action.
The victim, driving a 2006 Honda Odyssey, merged on to SR 167 northbound. Traffic was moving very slowly when, near milepost 22, a fully-loaded semi tractor trailer with 90,000lbs of cargo rear-ended the car. The car was totalled.
The victim suffered serious injuries to the thoracia vertebrae, fractured ribs, collapsed lungs, and other leg and hand injuries requiring prolonged medical treatment and rehabilitation.
According to law enforcement investigation reports, the semi commercial motor vehicle carrier was Daniel & A Coporation of Auburn, WA. According to Washington business registration Daniel & A Corporation is a 16 year old, Auburn-based company operated by Nikolay Popruzhnyy.
In 2016 there were fourteen (14) other accidents involving commercial vehicles on the 10-mile stretch of State Route 167 that runs in 5 miles in either direction of the location of this accident. There were 43 connercial vehicle accidents on SR-167 that year.
Since January 2014 there have been 493 motor vehicle collisions on the two-mile stretch of 167 where this acciden occurred. One-hundred-ninteen of those accidents happed in the exact same location at milepost 22.
DLG Case Number: 201457