Fuel Tanker Fire on SR-99 in Selma: Commercial Truck Accident Attorneys — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to the Central Valley Freight Corridor, We Pursue the Hazmat Tanker Carriers Behind the 8,600-Gallon Fuel Load, We Pull the ELD and Black-Box Data Before the Wreckage Is Scrapped, FMCSA Hours-of-Service and Hazmat Rules Under 49 CFR, Smoke-Inhalation and Delayed-Onset TBI and PTSD From a Fully Engulfed Tanker Fire, California’s Pure Comparative-Negligence Rule and Punitive-Damages Exposure for Distracted Driving and Fatigue, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, $2.5M+ Recovered in Truck-Crash Cases and Millions in Catastrophic Injury Claims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911
Selma Highway 99 Fuel Tanker Crash: What Happened, Who Is Liable, and What to Do Right Now You walked away from a fire that should have killed you. That is the first thing to understand about what happened on State Route 99 near Second Street in Selma on a Saturday morning at 8:47 a.m. — a fuel tanker carrying roughly 8,600 gallons of fuel sideswiped a box truck that was stopped on the shoulder, and both vehicles became engulfed in flames. You self-extricated. You are alive. The California Highway Patrol says your injuries are “minor.” Here is what we need you to hear: “minor” at the scene does not mean “minor” in three weeks. And the evidence that proves what actually happened — the black box data from both vehicles, the tanker driver’s hours-of-service logs, the dashcam footage, the skid marks on that shoulder — is being destroyed right now, while the wreckage is hauled away and CalTrans restores the roadway. California law gives you two years to file a claim. The proof gives you days. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We are a trial firm that takes commercial-vehicle, catastrophic-injury, and wrongful-death cases in California, working…