Halloween Is Around The Corner And So Are The Dangerous Hay Rides
In early fall a number of farms and orchards turn into quasi-amusement parks by offering Halloween hay rides. Every year we receive a number of telephone calls from parents of children who have been seriously injured and sometimes killed as a result of a hay ride accident that has gone awry.
The experienced Philadelphia hay ride accident and amusement accident lawyers at the Pennsylvania catastrophic injury law firm of Reiff & Bily are currently involved and have been involved in a case where a young child fell off a hay ride and was trapped and pulled under the hay ride due to inadequate supervision or training of operators, as well as inadequate site and safety crowd control.
Many hay rides, as well as amusement park rides, are simply accidents waiting to happen when proper control mechanisms are not in place. These rides have the ability to crush, pin, and eject riders, causing catastrophic injuries. To make matters worse, many of the trailers used by hay rides and other utilities are less than 3,000 lbs. and consequently fall below federal guidelines requiring inspection. Anybody can build a trailer and use it themselves or sell it. There is very little safety regulation addressed with trailers and most state laws are silent regarding design or construction specifications for utility trailers used on hay rides. Obviously, a potentially dangerous situation exists using these trailers for hay rides on the fields and roads of Pennsylvania.
In many cases our experienced hay ride accident lawyers have found trailers have obvious violations of safety codes that relate to lighting, braking and inspection requirements. The lack of the hay ride and trailer regulation allows profit hungry operators to cut corners on safety often leading to preventable catastrophic injuries of innocent children and adults.
The hay ride and defective trailer accident lawyers of Reiff & Bily fight hard to keep innocent consumers’ rights protected. If you or a loved one has been injured as the result of a hay ride or defective trailer accident, please call one of our experienced hay ride and personal injury lawyers at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
