The tractor-trailer driver's account of the accident differed in several significant respects from plaintiff's version. He testified that he first noticed the plaintiff's vehicle when it was about one-quarter mile ahead of him, and that at a point, approximately 150 yards from the plaintiff's automobile, he moved into the opposite or westbound lane. At this time, the plaintiff was driving in the middle of the eastbound lane and had not yet put on her directional signal. The truck driver further testified that he saw no brake lights on the plaintiff's vehicle at any time prior to the accident, that he was only 25 to 30 feet from the plaintiff's vehicle when she put on her left directional indicator, and that he flicked his headlights to low beam and back to high beam as a signal to plaintiff that he was about to pass her vehicle. Although the plaintiff was not sure whether she made a gradual or an abrupt turn, the defendant driver stated that she "cut right across in front" of him, taking a "sharp lefthand turn". In an effort to avoid the ensuing collision, the truck driver swerved his vehicle toward the left shoulder of the road, but the right front fender of his vehicle nevertheless came in contact with the left side of the plaintiff's automobile.
The tractor-trailer driver's account of the accident differed in several significant respects from plaintiff's version. He testified that he first noticed the plaintiff's vehicle when it was about one-quarter mile ahead of him, and that at a point, approximately 150 yards from the plaintiff's automobile, he moved into the opposite or westbound lane. At this time, the plaintiff was driving in the middle of the eastbound lane and had not yet put on her directional signal. The truck driver further testified that he saw no brake lights on the plaintiff's vehicle at any time prior to the accident, that he was only 25 to 30 feet from the plaintiff's vehicle when she put on her left directional indicator, and that he flicked his headlights to low beam and back to high beam as a signal to plaintiff that he was about to pass her vehicle. Although the plaintiff was not sure whether she made a gradual or an abrupt turn, the defendant driver stated that she "cut right across in front" of him, taking a "sharp lefthand turn". In an effort to avoid the ensuing collision, the truck driver swerved his vehicle toward the left shoulder of the road, but the right front fender of his vehicle nevertheless came in contact with the left side of the plaintiff's automobile.
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