Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Two Tractor Trailers Collide in Cromwell

  Shannon Weidemann | October 15, 2007 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  An afternoon tractor trailer accident on Friday left Interstate 91 shut down in Cromwell. Three cars were also involved in the accident. The accident happened just after 3 p.m. prior to exit 21. For about two hours, all northbound lanes came to stop and police were directing traffic off the highway at exit 20. One lane of southbound traffic was also blocked off in that area. One of trucks...

• Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged with Reckless Driving in Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 11, 2007 12:57 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  A truck driver is being charged with reckless driving following a tractor-trailer accident that occurred Wednesday on the Capital Beltway, causing a traffic jam for hours.The traffic problems led to at least one other crash with minor injuries that morning, according to Police.The truck driver told state troopers he fell asleep while driving and next thing he knew, he had flipped over and landed...

• Winslow Truck Driver Killed in Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  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

  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

  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,...

• Truck Collides With Train in Beauregard

  Shannon Weidemann | July 12, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A semi-truck was hit by a train in Beauregard and injured four people on Tuesday. The trucking accident occured as the semi-truck was attempting to cross the railroad crossing at Ampacet Drive. The crossing does not have gates or warning lights.When the 94-car train struck the 18-wheeler's trailer, the trailer was ripped in half. The cab and half the trailer were dragged 287 feet down the...

• Jackson County Tanker Truck in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  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

  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...

• Truck Accident Claims Man Bound For Little Rock

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2005 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A tractor trailer accident killed a Kansas man today when the semi he was driving crashed into an overpass pillar on interstate 540 in Crawford County. Armin Brandhorst, a resident of Green, KS was hauling 90 hogs to Little Rock when authorities think he fell asleep at the wheel. Troopers believe Brandhorst overcorrected when he awoke to realize his vehicle was leaving the road.Law officers...