A passenger car slammed into the back of a tractor trailer in Clarendon County, SC, on Tuesday, March 13, killing a woman who was riding in the car. According to WLTX.com, the tractor trailer and car were traveling southbound on Interstate 95 when the car rear-ended the tractor trailer. The woman in the car died of massive head trauma, and the driver of the car was hospitalized. The report did not include the condition of the driver of the truck.
TRUCK ACCIDENT FAST FACT: According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in truck accidents involving large trucks and other vehicles, 98% of the fatalities occur to the people in the passenger vehicles.
