After seeing the latest segment of the WUSA9 Underride Investigative Series by Eric Flack, Teresa Woodard at WFAA in Dallas interviewed Rebekah Karth Chojnacki on January 22, 2020. Here’s the result of that interview:
Well said!
WUSA9 Underride Investigative Series, January 21, 2020 segment, Truckers say they’re open to strengthening underride standards – with a catch:
Latest WUSA9 underride series segment reports on the $42 million jury verdict in Riley Hein’s side underride case. The report includes Eric Flack’s interview of Andy Young, CDL holder and truck litigation attorney, during the D.C. Underride Crash Test Event.
“These are the things that ultimately result in the eight-figure verdicts which can push a motor carrier into bankruptcy,” Andy Young said, a former truck driver who now represents accident victims families in lawsuits against trucking companies.
“So, you’re actually protecting everyone in the industry as a result of these devices,” Young said.
See the broadcast and read the article here: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/victims-family-wins-42-million-from-trucking-company-after-underride-accident/65-a113e4ee-6137-4f2d-8580-19b4bb294a9e
Eric Flack and his team at WUSA 9, over the course of this last year, investigated the truck underride problem and attempts to get it solved once and for all. They even won a prestigious Edward A. Murrow journalism award for their hard work in looking into this complex and multi-layered traffic safety/public health issue.
Now all the separate episodes of their series are put together in this impressive full-length documentary of the underride tragedy:
WUSA 9 continues to cover our efforts to bring about a comprehensive underride protection mandate which will ensure that — one day — all trucks on the road will be much safer to travel around. I look forward to them adding a final episode to their underride story because I know that the best is yet to come.
Thank you, Erin Spaht & Eric Flack!
Melts this mother's hurting heart. . . five years now missing AnnaLeah & Mary. May 4, 2013. Mary gets her wish to "be famous somehow." https://t.co/OV1dIKbRgp
— Marianne Karth (@MaryandAnnaLeah) April 26, 2018
So thankful to @MaryandAnnaLeah & @durso_lois who invited us into their painful and passionate journey. Our series documenting their fight for laws to prevent underride accidents has been awarded an @RTDNA Edward R. Murrow award. A tribute to the memory of Mary, Annaleah and Roya
— Eric Flack (@EricFlackTV) April 25, 2018
Kara, you have also done important coverage of this issue for which I continue to be thankful. https://t.co/m6bAYkwIe0 https://t.co/ijXVxSfTfv https://t.co/dkbyOPiP3s pic.twitter.com/F5ZFx1nSXL
— Marianne Karth (@MaryandAnnaLeah) April 26, 2018
Many reporters have helped to raise awareness of this hidden problem. By working together, we are getting closer to ending preventable underride tragedies.
