Joseph Villavisencio Killed in Accident with 18-Wheeler near Normangee, Texas
According to KWTX, a man was killed in an accident with an 18-wheeler near the town of Normangee, Texas. The wreck occurred Thursday, December 22 when Texas Department of Public Safety officials believe 22-year-old Joseph Villavisencio swerved to miss something on FM 39 and struck an 18-wheeler head-on. Villavisencio suffered fatal injuries from the accident, while the driver of the 18-wheeler was uninjured.
Commentary According to many reports, the young man was a football player at Texas A&M University. My condolences go out to the family. Though this particular report seems to suggest the accident is one-sided and cut-and-dry, an examination of the scene should be conducted by a party other than the Texas DPS. This is not to say the DPS does a poor job, because they do not, but they are not tasked with determining some of the minutia of an accident. In other words, their investigation more than likely will not check a contingency like the braking systems on both the young man's vehicle and the 18-wheeler. If either system failed or was inoperable at the time of the accident, fault could be partially shifted, depending on the circumstances. You see, rarely are accidents (and especially commercial vehicle accidents) the complete fault of one driver or party. This is why investigations and recreations are conducted, because liability determinations will be hotly contested, especially by defense attorneys harboring their client's million-dollar insurance policy.
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