Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Fatal trucking accident in South Georgia

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2007 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  South Georgia's WALB News 10 reported a deadly truck accident early yesterday morning involving a tanker rig that rolled over and caught fire in Leary, Georgia. The accident occurred close to Highway 55 and Bray Street, and the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle he was driving for Hatcher Petroleum Transport of Albany. The report says that there were no other vehicles involved in the...

• Family of dead wife/mother sues truck driver

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  CBS 11 TV out of Dallas/Fort Worth reported this week that the family of a North Texas school teacher who was killed in a trucking accident is now suing the truck driver for her death. The motor vehicle accident, which occurred at the intersection fo Custer Road and State Highway 121 in Plano in October 2006, involved an 18-wheeler truck that ran a red light. The driver of the truck has already...

• Truck collision causes chain reaction on I-65

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An early morning 5-vehicle accident today started when a Honda Accord collided with an 18-wheeler truck, causing debris to enter the roadway.Soon after, two other vehicles were hit with debris, and the drivers pulled over and exited their vehicles to see what he had hit. A Ford Explorer, apparently trying to avoid the debris, hit one of the pedestrians who was walking on the side of the...

• Man dies in pickup truck accident

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2007 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A tragic pickup truck accident early Wednesday morning on Alabama Highway 91 took the life of a 22-year-old man, according to a report in the Cullman Times.Apparently the man was driving a 1998 GMC pickup truck without his seatbelt on when the truck ran off the road, down a steep hill and hit a tree. The passenger in the car was able to free himself after several hours, and walk up to the road...

• Amazing recovery after truck accident

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Thomasville Times reported yesterday that a man pinned under his overturned truck as the result of a trucking accident is recovering at USA Medical Center in Mobile.Witnesses say the man was thrown from the truck during the accident and it overturned on top of him, pinning him to the ground. The accident reportedly occurred at about 5:45 a.m. and the victim's family was on the scene...

• December truck accident closed I-85

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2007 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A truck accident in Macon County between Christmas and New Year's caused a major traffic jam on I-85, as it remained closed for the better part of the day to repair a damaged bridge. The Alabama Department of Transportation reported that a tanker truck crashed into a northbound bridge near mile marker 38 at about 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 29. Fortunately, the truck driver only incurred...

• Cement mixer truck overturns

  Staff Writer | January 08, 2007 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Dateline Alabama.com reported a Thursday truck accident involving an overturned cement mixter truck on Tuscaloosa's New Watermelon Road. The accident clogged traffic to North River for more than one hour. The driver was injured, but later released from the hospital. According to the story:The accident highlighted a longstanding concern about access to and from North River on New Watermelon Road...

• Tractor-trailer overturns and kills driver

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2007 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported today that a Mississippi truck driver died Thursday when his tractor-trailer overturned on Franklin Creek Road near the Alabama-Mississippi state line. According to the report, the truck accident occurred when the driver was attempting to get on I-10 east ramp at 5:30 a.m. The gasoline tank the truck was trailing leaked. The road remained closed until 12:30 p.m.

• Truck hits and kills woman walking in road

  Staff Writer | January 03, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Early Sunday morning, a woman walking down Alabama 20 during a heavy rainstorm was struck and killed by a pick-up truck. The Decatur Daily News covers the story of this tragic motor vehicle accident.The driver, who was not charged in the accident, said that his visibility was limited and the pedestrian was walking in the middle of the left lane, wearing dark clothing. Trinity police believe she...

• Truck accident closes I-85

  Staff Writer | December 29, 2006 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Early yesterday morning in Macon County, a fiery crash involving an 18-wheeler truck closed down the northbound lane of I-85. The truck crashed into a bridge, damaging it but fortunately not hurting the driver or anyone else.The Alabama Department of Transportation said that emergency repairs are necessary to partially reopen the damaged bridge. Crews are working around the clock to have this...