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Clovis, CA – Several injured after truck crashes and a house in Clovis and bursts into flames

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CLOVIS, CA – According to the Clovis Fire Department, a truck that was traveling through town Wednesday morning smashed into a house, striking a gas line.

Around 8:00 a.m., the collision occurred close to 8th and Pollasky Avenue. According to Clovis Fire, a truck lost control for an unexplained cause and struck a house, hitting a gas line. According to officials, the gas meter was wrenched off and set on fire, severely damaging the house and the truck.

The driver and the passenger were sent to a nearby hospital with burn injuries. At the time of the collision, nobody was home.

Semi-Truck Accident Attorneys in Clovis 

Every year, truck accidents cause injuries to more than 2,900 people in Southern California. Even though most truck accidents are avoidable, they continue to have a hugely negative impact on other drivers sharing the road. 

Commercial vehicles are much bigger than other vehicles, which heightens the odds of them causing serious injuries to victims involved in collisions with them. In many cases, victims sustain traumatic injuries that demand hospitalization, therapy, and numerous kinds of medical treatment both immediately and long-term. 

The physical and psychological repercussions of tractor-trailer accidents are almost always overwhelming. To make matters even worse, victims are typically forced to spend tens of thousands of dollars on medical bills, go without an income because they are unable to work, and are forced to deal with various other financial burdens from their accidents. 

Clovis Personal Injury Lawyers

When victims are injured in collisions resulting from negligent and reckless drivers, they should reach out to a truck accident attorney in Clovis as soon as possible.

For over four decades, Clovis personal injury attorneys at Torem & Associates have helped thousands of victims throughout California protect their legal rights after being injured in truck accidents caused by the negligent and reckless actions of others. Our attorneys are committed to helping our clients get the justice they truly deserve after suffering mental, physical, and financial damages as a result of another person’s negligence. 

We provide aggressive and effective legal guidance that ensures accident victims are in the best position possible to move forward after being harmed. If you’ve been injured in a collision, and you believe a negligent driver caused your accident, contact our personal injury law firm in California (888) 500-5000 to see how we can help you.

Note: Our team of writers utilizes secondary sources when creating these posts.  These sources include but are not limited to local news reports, police accident reports, and eyewitness accounts about serious injury accidents in the Clovis.  For that reason, the details surrounding the incident have not been independently verified by our team of writers.  If you locate any information that is not correct in our post, please contact our firm right away so that we correct the post to reflect the most accurate information available.  

Disclaimer: Our firm, Torem & Associates, has worked hard to become valued members of the local business community.  We write these posts as a way to bring awareness to the dangers of driving or being a passenger in any type of automobile accident. We hope that through awareness, people will use additional caution when out on the roadways in Clovis and throughout California to prevent being seriously injured in a crash. This post is not intended to be a solicitation for business. The information provided in this post is meant to be informational and is not intended to be misconstrued as legal or medical advice. The photos used in the post are not representative of the actual accident scene. 

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