Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Long Beach Freeway Accident Kills Two People

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Four people from Long Beach were heading to Bakersfield to mourn a family member who was killed in a car accident, when they were also involved in a car and truck accident. Two of the passengers in the car were killed when they were crushed by a semi-truck. The accident happened on the Long Beach Freeway. The crash is believed to have occurred when a tractor-trailer swerved to miss a speeding...

• Big Rig Accident Kills Two

  IB Contributor | May 01, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Three more critically injured in Long Beach multi-vehicle truck accident.Three big rigs were involved in a double fatality accident on the 710 Freeway (Long Beach Freeway) Monday afternoon according to the Los Angeles Times. The accident included a two-axle box truck and a red Nissan compact carrying four passengers. The two fatalities were in the Nissan. Three others were critically...

• Semi-Truck Accident Closes Capitol City Freeway

  Shannon Weidemann | April 01, 2007 12:24 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A semi-truck driver going too fast around a curve flipped his trailer onto it's side and strewing the load of corn he was hauling all over the road. The accident happened just outside of Sacramento on the Capitol City Freeway at the Marconi curve. The accident happened around 3 a.m. A few minutes before the wreck, the truck driver had been reported by fellow motorists for reckless driving,...

• Fatigue factor in trucking accidents

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  5000 people are killed in truck-related accidents every year.When that chartered bus, carrying the baseball team from Ohio's Bluffton University, went over a Georgia highway overpass recently, 6 baseball players on that bus died, and 29 were injured, but Danny Lloyd escaped-even though the chartered bus hit his truck. At 57, Danny Lloyd, a retired, disabled, Vietnam veteran has experienced a lot...

• 101 Freeway truck accident

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  It was 4:30AM and a big rig was nearing the Coldwater Canyon Exit when a vehicle hit the big rig, causing it to crash into the center divider on Freeway 101, which resulted in lanes being closed in both directions. The truck driver was taken to the hospital, and the driver of the vehicle was cited for suspicion of driving under the influence said, Leland Tang, a spokesperson for the California...

• 101 Freeway Closed Due to Big Rig Accident

  IB Contributor | March 14, 2007 11:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  At fault driver arrested for DUI.A passenger vehicle vs. a big rig accident early this morning prompted a temporary closure of the 101 Freeway near the Coldwater Canyon Avenue exit near Studio City. The tractor trailer was left straddling traffic lanes in both directions and caused long delays throughout the morning commute until late morning according to a story in the Los Angeles Times.The...

• Truck Driver Dies After Hitting Overpass

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 7:10 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A 76-year-old truck driver was killed in Lodi, New Jersey on Route 17 on Monday. The driver was from Newburgh, N.Y. and may have lost control of his vehicle on a snowy patch of the road. His truck slammed into a column of the Route 80 overpass.Carney said there was no indication alcohol played a role in the accident, though toxicology results are pending."We have a witness and are going over...

• Long Beach Tanker Truck Accident

  IB Contributor | February 19, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Jackknifed truck closes 710 freeway.The Long Beach 710 freeway is notorious for truck accidents, but if you were in the northbound lanes of the 710 the morning hours of February 17th, you already know about this accident. A gas tanker truck jackknifed and collided with the center divider and was then hit by a Jeep. The accident closed the freeway for over six hours . While no official cause...

• Rollover Kills Marine; Eight Injured

  Christina Cole | February 11, 2007 7:09 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  Eleven Marines are hospitalized and expected to be okay after being involved in a fatal rollover crash of a military truck at Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar.One marine was killed and eight were treated and then released from the hospital when the seven-ton truck, part of a six vehicle convoy, practicing scheduled training, rolled over an embankment on the base Saturday.The Major said the...

• Truck Safety Films - Teaching Through Lens of the Motion Picture Camera

  Edward Smith | February 01, 2007 4:40 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Why truck safety films? Every year, thousands of accidents take place on the road with trucks. Hence, imparting safety training to the truck drivers is the need of the hour. And just a few lectures on road safety won't do. They require a heavy dose of road safety rules so that they are more cautious on the road. Films Have More ImpactTruck safety films are the best way to educate truck drivers...