Long v. Pennsylvania Truck Lines, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

Appellant with his family was driving at the rate of twenty to twenty-five miles per hour on a road fourteen feet in width with berms measuring two feet on each side. Approaching a sharp right curve with the view obstructed, he slowed down to about fifteen miles per hour, and, on negotiating the curve, was confronted by appellee’s truck less than sixty feet away, occupying the center of the road instead of its own side. Due to the narrowness of the road and the width of appellee’s vehicle, appellant was unable to pass, and a violent collision resulted some…