Evjen v. Packer City Transit Line, Inc.

This is an unusual fact situation in that both drivers of the tractor-trailers were killed in the accident, there were no eyewitnesses, and no skid marks. The evidence relating to the cause of the accident consists of surrounding circumstances and the position of the motor vehicles and of the debris and other material after the accident. Highway 41 at the place of the accident runs generally north and south, was 22 feet wide, made of concrete, and was straight for approximately one-half mile in each direction. There was a slight downgrade to the south. A black line marked the center of the…