A Hayride Accident Results In Injury to Twenty-Seven, Two Seriously
It saddens me to report that a fall hayride amusement lead to disastrous consequences when 27 people were injured, two seriously, after a car struck the trailer carrying the church group. The accident happened on Friday evening, October 15th, when the car violently struck the slowly pulled hayride which was to be on the roadway a short distance before turning off into a field. The impact caused victims to be tossed off the ride into the roadway.
As an experienced hayride accident lawyer, I am well aware that there are no safety standards for all hayride trailers. No training is required and no safety course is required before you can tow a trailer or be in the “hayride business" – you don’t even need reflective tape or lights on the back of the trailer. It seems as if almost anything goes.
As an experienced amusement accident and hayride accident lawyer, I am all too familiar with these types of incidents. Most hayrides involve the use of a trailer attached to a tractor or truck pull. NTSHA has admitted that no standards exist for trailer hitches. There is very little regulation addressed with regard to hayrides and trailers that are under 3,000 lbs. and even homemade trailers are allowed for hayrides. Many of these trailers are exempt from rules and regulations and these seemingly innocent and supposedly amusement hayrides often result in catastrophic incidents. Many times you find that hayride operators are simply not paying attention or cutting corners. Liability for a hayride accident requires specialized investigation and is generally broken down in three types of law – negligence or tort law, product liability law or premise liability law.
If you have been involved in a hayride or defective trailer accident and would like to discuss your claim, please contact the experienced Pennsylvania hayride accident lawyers at Reiff & Bily immediately so that we can properly protect your legal rights.
