Truck Crash Leaves Woman Quadriplegic: Settled for 6.5 Million
A 38-year-old woman was driving in the right-hand lane on Highway 10 in Cushing, MN near her home. Traveling too closely behind her was a semitrailer. Another semitrailer, was tailgating the first semitrailer. At the last minute, the second semitrailer veered into the left lane to avoid a collision with the woman. As the second semitrailer was traveling too close to the first semitrailer, the driver was unable to avoid crashing into the woman's vehicle. The collision crushed the rear of her car to just behind her driver's seat. The woman sustained catastrophic injuries rendering her a quadriplegic.