"Second I-78 Accident In Matter Of Days"

OMG... Another construction zone accident! Horrible!

 

I would like to give you the details of the accident. I am the sister of the entire family that was killed in that fatal crash on I 78. My 31 year old brother was driving a Jeep Liberty. He had my 29 year old sister in law and my 4 Year old niece in the car. My neice was going to be turning 5 years old on November 14th.

A tractor trailer was in front of my brother's vehicle stopped. My brother approached the tractor trailer and stopped also. Mr. Lawrence E. Bank's was also driving a tractor trailer. The police will not release why the following occurred, but apparently Mr. Banks did not slow down when approaching the stopped traffic. He slammed so hard into the back of my brother's vehicle that he crushed the entire vehicle and family into the back of the stopped tractor trailer. Then, because Mr. Banks was driving so fast, he drove over my brother's vehicle crushing it from the top also. At that point, if any of my family was still alive, and I pray not, they were burned to death as the tractor trailer and the SUV caught fire. 1/3 of my family is dead because they were going to put money down on a new house.

Mr. Banks only received burns and has been upgraded to fair condition in the hospital. Because PA. authorities are investing the accident, they still have not released the bodies (or whatever could be left) to my family.

So, to respond to your post, NO my brother was not an "aggressive SUV driver!"

Thank you and I appreciate being able to respond!

 

Yes, I agree. However, all we have to go on now is the police report and eyewitness accounts of what had happened.

 

Thats awful,i wish when these things happen they would tell why or how this happened.Too many times its blamed on one or another,car truck,truck car,if more details would be told to everybody mabe it could help everybody be more careful.

 

Replace SUV with the term big truck and your post would be just as true.
It works both ways.

Some things we know for sure:

1. This SUV was stopped.
2 The SUV was rear ended by a big truck.

What this means is the the vehicle that rear ended the other vehicle is at fault. AUTOMATICLY! Nothing in the police report will indicate differently. This driver should be charged with every death and he should go to prison for a very long time.

I know I am a hard case when it comes to this but, these are the facts. Even if his brakes failed (very unlikely) it wold still be his fault for driving an unsafe vehicle.

Hell, The next time it might be me and my family in my SUV or yours.

Jennyret, My sympathies to you and your family.

Earthbrown..........Your post was tasteless and I removed it......