By and large, the evidence that you’ll need to support your truck accident claim is the same as with a car accident claim, but there’s a few minor differences. Typically, what you’ll want to have first and foremost after a truck accident is evidence from the police: police reports, witness statements. Your lawyer can request those documents or those statements directly from your local police agency or the RCMP, whatever the case may be. You’ll also want to gather up any photographs of the scene, any photographs, you know, taken by bystanders, yourself if you’ve taken any photographs of the scene following a truck accident.
Those will be important to preserve and provide to your lawyer if and when the time comes. You’ll also want to gather up any information about the trucking company itself and the driver. So for instance, you’ll want to know what sort of cargo a truck was carrying, where was it headed. Certain truckers or trucking companies have certain rules in place in terms of time spent on the road, sleep requirements or rest requirements, things like that. You’ll want to know whether the trucking company had any sort of inspection regime in place as it relates to the vehicle.
Again, those are all questions that your lawyer can answer for you, and those are pieces of evidence that your lawyer can set to gathering after you’ve spoken to them about your truck accident claim.
