Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Hit-and-Run Driver Surrenders Five Days After Serious Car v. Truck Accident

  Claude Wyle | November 11, 2006 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  The driver of a car who rear ended a truck on the Altamont Pass on Highway 580 last Saturday, and fled the accident scene has surrendered to the CHP. A 22 year old woman who was driving a Toyota Echo rammed a pick-up truck full of people, causing the pick-up truck to go off the road and to roll over several times. The family of five who were in the car v. truck accident all suffered serious...

• Man dies in Highway 12 Crash in Fairfield

  Ed Smith | November 08, 2006 10:45 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A 74 year old man, Kenneth Graybeal, was killed Wednesday afternoon when a trailer truck travelling EB on Highway 12 approached the intersection of Beck avenue and struck a Dodge minivan stopping for a red light. Graybeal was a passenger in the minivan and died of blunt force trauma to the head.Many truck accidents result from fatigue. Police are investigiating further the cause of this accident.

• Black Box Data critical in Disputed Liability Accidents

  Ed Smith | October 29, 2006 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  An unappreciated piece of evidence in a trucking accident is often the black box data which can be obtained. The primary purpose of a "black box" is to determine by various inputs if air bag deployment is needed. These black boxes or electronic data recorders do not chart data over long periods of time, but they DO normally record data from various sensors for up to 5 seconds before an...

• Family Files Truck Accident Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 7:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The family of a woman killed in a truck accident last year has filed a lawsuit against the truck driver, the owner of the truck's cab, the owner of the trailer and the trucking company for whom the driver worked. Corrine Bartels was killed when the semi she was driving collided with another tractor-trailer driven by Steven Helinski who was going the wrong way and was trying to make a U-Turn to...

• Big Rig-Bus crash closes Power Inn Road

  Ed Smith | October 21, 2006 6:15 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A big rig crashed into the back of an R.T. bus Friday morning, October 20th, sending 3 people in the bus to the hospital.The big rig allegedly slammed into the bus when going thru a yellow light, overturning the bus. The trucker apparently escaped injury. The attached article is an excllent summary of the causes of trucking accidents.

• No excuse not to trim trees around intersection

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Government immunity may protect a government entity in its decisions and judgments about putting up signs at an intersection. However, there is no protection if the government entity allows trees or buhes to obstruct those signs so they cannot be readily seen by motorists.In a recent Texas case, Plaintiff was allowed to pursue its claim against the state of Texas where there was a trucking...

• Truck races train---loses badly (Video)

  Ed Smith | October 16, 2006 2:56 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Here's another video on how not to enter a train crossing. A trucker decides her can beat this oncoming train, but doesn't realize a line of cars is blocking his path on the other side of the tracks.Many accidents at train crossings are due to the motorists error, however many train crossing accidents are due to negligence on the part of the railroad.