A man charged with reckless endangerment for letting a 15-year-old drive a big rig.
Police indicate that a man was charged for letting an unlicensed 15-year-old boy drive a tractor-trailer. Sheriff's deputies responded to an accident and discovered that the teenage boy had been driving the 18-wheeler.
The young man was apparently traveling too fast when making a turn and it resulted in the truck turning over.
According to police, the man who let the teenage boy drive the truck new that the boy was not licensed to drive and have charged him with endangering the welfare of a child.
In some parts of the country particularly in the farm belt, young men and women learn early how to operate tractors and trucks on the family farm. Times have changed but the underlying fact is that regardless of the age of the driver, no one should operate a truck or car or other machine until they are properly prepared to safely operate it.
Greg Baumgartner is a Texas personal injury attorney and the founder of the Baumgartner Law Firm, which is dedicated to helping victims of 18 wheeler accidents seek civil justice. If you would like to speak with a Texas injury lawyer call the Baumgarnter Law Firm.
