Posts tagged tractor trailer accidents

• Winslow Truck Driver Killed in Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A 57-year-old truck driver was killed when his semi-truck overturned on Arkansas Highway 59 South. The trucking accident happened near Siloam Springs. The truck was a feed truck for Tyson. The one-vehicle accident occurred at 6: 30 p. m. Wednesday about three miles south of Siloam Springs. It happened on a sharp curve and a steep hill just north of the Illinois River bridge. Emergency...

• Tractor-Trailer Accident Spills Detergent on Arkansas Highway

  Chrissie Cole | September 13, 2007 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Two tractor-trailers crashed in a tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 30, Wednesday, while traffic was slowed down due to road construction, according to police.The collision occurred just after 2:55 pm when a 2007 Freightliner struck the rear of another 2007 Freightliner.One truck driver was treated on the scene by emergency personnel while the other was transported to Baptist Health medical...

• Hazmat Called for Windsor Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 19, 2007 9:54 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A trucking accident in Windsor, Connecticut closed down parts of Interstate 91 and required a Hazmat team to help clean up the scene. A dump truck hauling dirt overturned due to a flat tire. The truck then hit the center median and two light poles before tipping over. The dirt was contaminated with pesticides and other chemicals, and the scene was treated as a hazardous materials cleanup,...

• Jackson County Tanker Truck in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Jackson County truck driver caused an accident on Highway 14E that sent his truck into a ditch. The trucking accident happened east of Newport. The driver of the truck hit a PT Cruiser. The truck traveled down the embankment and turned onto it's side trapping Schulz in the cab of the truck. He was extricated from the vehicle by EMS and transported via Air Evac to UAMS in Little Rock.The...

• Truck Drivers need to Share the Road

  Staff Writer | December 22, 2005 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  ROGERS, ARKANSAS - Imagine driving from Bentonville to Little Rock. Now imagine doing that 12,600 times in an 80,000 pound vehicle and never causing an accident or getting into a fender bender. Wal-Mart truck driver Danny Ewell, who has logged 2.7 million miles without a preventable accident, was on hand Thursday at a safety event to help other drivers avert danger. "You actually won't be able...