Posts tagged accident

• Tractor Trailer Wreck Birmingham Alabama

  Emily Hawk | March 21, 2008 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  On March 21, 2008 a major wreck involving a large Fed-Ex truck and a convertible occurred on I-459 near Overton Road. The accident, which happened just after 11am, involved a large Fed-Ex truck and a convertible. Four people were killed. According to reports, the driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.

• One Teen killed, One Critically Injured in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 17, 2008 12:53 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Marbury High School student, 18, was killed in a car accident when his vehicle went into an intersection in front of an oncoming log truck, said the Alabama Department of Public Safety. The passenger, a sophomore, 15, is in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery at Baptist Medical Center."It went through my mind that this can't be happening again," said Marbury High School...

• Union Station Train Accident Injures Seven

  Shannon Weidemann | February 08, 2008 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A train accident at Union Station in Washington D.C. involving a commuter train and an Amtrak locomotive injured seven people on Thursday. The MARC commuter train from Baltimore had just arrived and passengers were disembarking when it was struck by the locomotive. The six-car MARC train 419 had come to a stop at its usual platform at 10:03 a.m. yesterday when an Amtrak locomotive assigned to...

• Mobile Man Killed in Motorcycle Collision

  Chrissie Cole | January 28, 2008 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a Mobile man, 46, on Sunday, when he collided with a sedan, according to Mobile police. Another motorcyclist was hit as well, police said, but he was not injured.The man died at University of South Alabama Medical Center after his motorcycle crashed with a Buick LaSabre, driven by a man in his 80s.A police spokesman said the motorcyclists were traveling...

• Geneva Man Killed in Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | December 15, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident, on Tuesday, claimed the life of a Geneva man while also injuring three of his passengers, according to Alabama State Troopers.The accident occurred on Geneva County Road 58 just after 8:10 pm, according to a news release by state troopers.The accident involved a 1998 Ford F150 pickup truck and a 1995 Dodge Neon driven by a man, 39, of Geneva. The driver of the Neon was not...

• Montgomery County Motorcycle Accident Kills Three

  Shannon Weidemann | December 04, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle accident in Montgomery County, Tennessee killed three people and injured one on Monday. The accident involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck. The accident happened Monday afternoon on College Street. A truck collided with a motorcycle.The person on the motorcycle died, so did two people in the pick-up truck.A fourth victim was airlifted to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and...

• Lakeland Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 14, 2007 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A 21-year-old man from Lakeland was killed in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday. The man collided with a semi-truck on a road in Polk County. At 11:20 p.m., a 2005 black Yamaha 600 sport motorcycle was traveling northbound on County Line Road just south of Interstate 4 in Lakeland when it struck the trailer of a 2000 white Kenworth tractor-trailer, the Sheriff's Office said. The truck was...

• Thomasville Man Killed in Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 05, 2007 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A 24-year-old man from Thomasville was killed in a trucking accident on Highway 19 in Mississippi. He was driving a pickup truck and he was hit by an 18-wheeler. He died on the scene from his injuries. The 18-wheeler was based out of Montgomery. Shreds of rubber from at least three blown tires on the flat bed trailer were strewn along about 100 feet of the roadway. There also were shredded...

• Fatal motorcycle collision near Mobile

  Staff Writer | July 30, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The Press-Register reported a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred Friday night just south of Mobile. Two men were riding Suzuki GSXR sport bikes when they accidentally collided on Degusa Road at about 11:10 p.m. One man died and the other was seriously injured in the crash.This tragic motorcycle accident raises awareness about the dangers of motorcycles on our nation's roadways. Motorcycle...

• Train accidents could be avoided

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 1:27 PM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Two more fatal train-vehicle accidents occurred near Tampa, Florida, this week, bringing to light the dangers of railroad crossings on our nation's roadways.The Federal Railroad Administration says that an average of two people died each day in train accidents in the United States. Many of these accidents could be avoided if people crossing train tracks would follow certain rules and exercise...