Two People Including Child Trapped Under Farm Vehicle
A 22-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son were found trapped underneath a piece of farm equipment after their vehicle collided with the piece of equipment. The woman reportedly rear-ended the farm vehicle which left the front-end of her vehicle trapped underneath it. The farm vehicle was towing a large trailer unit. The driver of the farm vehicle was uninjured in the accident but the woman received moderate injuries.
The 2-year-old boy received minor injuries and was transported to the same medical facility as his mother. Both victims were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident but they had been trapped underneath the vehicle for a lengthy period of time.
Driving in the vicinity of large vehicles like farm equipment or construction equipment could prove to be very dangerous for several reasons. In a turning lane, the large vehicles make very wide turns and can easily collide with other vehicles on the roadway. Also, as this incident shows, driving behind large vehicles is dangerous because you can never be sure when they are going to stop. If, for example, a vehicle is tailgating another, it is very easy to collide with them if they stop suddenly. If the vehicle being tailgated is a large vehicle like a farm vehicle or semi-truck, the damage to the tailgating vehicle could be very extensive and the injuries to the driver could be serious.
This incident could have been much worse if the victims involved had been killed as a result of the impact or from being trapped underneath the farm vehicle. Authorities said the victims were trapped for a long period of time in the first place; they could easily have died in the accident if they had been trapped longer. There are many instances when the damage to the vehicle also contributes to the injuries that victims suffer in these types of accidents. If the front-end of the vehicle collapses in toward the victims, they could suffer injuries ranging from broken legs to internal injuries to their midsection or facial area. In some cases, the car could also catch on fire which could lead to extensive burns to the victims.
