{"id":6774,"date":"2018-04-10T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6774"},"modified":"2018-04-08T12:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T12:53:33","slug":"fatal-tractor-trailer-crash-results-2-25-million-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/fatal-tractor-trailer-crash-results-2-25-million-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Tractor-Trailer Crash Results in $2.25 Million Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atinderpal \u201cGavan\u201d Singh, a commercial truck driver, was driving his tractor-trailer eastbound on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interstate_80_in_Nebraska\">Interstate 80 in Nebraska<\/a> when this tragic crash occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Galloway, a trucker for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecklundlogistics.com\/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\">Ecklund Logistics Inc.<\/a>, was also driving eastbound on the same interstate. He was some distance ahead of the Singh truck. This incident occurred in late summer. A grass fire had started on the highway median, which created a smoke cover that affected visibility on the highway. Local fire and sheriff personnel were on the scene trying to contain the fire and control traffic at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Galloway heard about the fire on his CB radio while still several miles away and slowed his truck to 5 mph in a 75-mph zone.\u00a0 He was driving at that speed for 5-10 minutes as he approached the area of the fire.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/fatal-tractor-trailer-crash-results-2-25-million-jury-verdict\/#more-6774\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atinderpal \u201cGavan\u201d Singh, a commercial truck driver, was driving his tractor-trailer eastbound on Interstate 80 in Nebraska when this tragic crash occurred. Freddie Galloway, a trucker for Ecklund Logistics Inc., was also driving eastbound on the same interstate. He was some distance ahead of the Singh truck. This incident occurred in late summer. 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