I'm a trucker. Last week I was making a delivery in Vegas, and the warehouse was one you had to back into from the street. After I parked my truck in the center turn lane, and went inside to take them my paperwork, a woman who works at the warehouse, and another trucker said they would help to stop traffic on the street out front while I backed in. Just as I got positioned to back in, I saw the trucker give me the okay from my passenger's side mirror. Then I looked out my window to the woman, on driver's side. Just as I did, I saw a car that was going about 50 MPH (in a 45 zone) lock up his brakes and hit the woman , knocking her into the air and about 30 feet away she landed. Thank God she suffered only moderate injuries, and is expected to make a full recovery. But after she was taken to the hospital, the police did a huge investigation of the accident scene. Telling me I share in the liability because she was out in the street helping me to get backed into the dock. Is this true?
2007-04-09
17:02:38
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