Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

Most of the accounts on my blog involve the damage done by tractor-trailers, but truckers face dangers, too. Someone shot three tractor-trailers that were traveling on the same rural stretch of I-26 in Calhoun County, South Carolina on November 13.

The shootings occurred in the span of just a few minutes just after 7 p.m. Police believe all of the shots came from the vicinity of the same overpass near St. Matthews and reportedly have recovered cartridge casings. Two trucks were shot in the windshield, one other in the door. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported.

The police face an uphill battle solving this crime. In the last two decades, there have been at least ten reported incidents such as this nationwide and most of these cases required a lucky break or a tip from family or friends before the police could zero in on a suspect. The notorious Ohio interstate sniper case in 2003, involving 12 shootings, was solved when a mentally disturbed man’s family turned in his pistol, which police then matched to bullet fragments. The Indiana I65/I-69 sniper was caught after an acquaintance told a police officer that a teenager he knew owned the same kind of gun. In Nevada in 1995, the man who shot six cars was arrested the dame day after being stopped for a broken taillight 300 miles away. And the sniper who shot into a Massachusetts school bus, killing a 14 year old girl was apprehended based on a tip from a criminal suspect in an unrelated case.

Truck driving is consistently on the list of ten most dangerous jobs in America, ahead of much more publicized jobs like policeman or firefighter. Worrying about snipers should not be added to the responsibilities of the person behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound vehicle. Let’s hope the police in Calhoun County catch a break soon.