Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Two Killed in Crash with Semi

  Craig Cannon | April 28, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Two Ocala women who had just left a bar died in a fiery head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The women were driving on the wrong side of U.S. 301. The collision occurred just before 11 p.m. two miles south of Citra. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they saw flames shooting 20 to 25 feet in the air. The truck and the Jeep Wrangler the two women were in were engulfed in fire.The...

• Woman Killed by Semi-Truck Wheel Near Ocala

  Shannon Weidemann | April 04, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A 30-year-old woman was killed when the car she was a passenger in was hit by a tire from a semi-truck. The accident happened early Monday morning on I-75 outside of Ocala. The car was headed north when the front wheels on a semi-truck heading south broke off the truck and came across the median. The semi-truck driver did not stop.Lt. Mike Thomas said the truck driver stopped at a Petro Truck...

• Dump Truck and Pickup Truck Involved in Collision

  Shannon Weidemann | February 20, 2007 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A pickup truck carrying 4 men was driving eastbound on U.S. 27 this morning when it collided with a dump truck. The front of the pickup went underneath the dump truck.Ocala Fire-Rescue officials reported it took about 40 minutes to extricate the two men from the blue-and-white pickup's front seat using the Jaws of Life and other cutting tools.Fire-Rescue spokesman Battalion Chief Wendell Rora...

• Florida Power & Light Truck Hits Minivan

  Shannon Weidemann | January 30, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A Florida Power & Light truck hit a minivan near the Golden Gates Estates Branch Library. It was by the intersection of 13th Street Northwest and Golden Gate Boulevard. The accident occurred near a Golden Gate fire station and was observed by a fire captain. The driver of the minivan was rescued from the vehicle and than airlifted to a local hospital. It is unknown if the driver of the FPL...

• Tractor Trailer crash kills driver

  Cal Warriner | September 27, 2006 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  In what appears to be an accident caused by the decedent automobile driver how quickly semi-tractor trailers can kill is graphically displayed. Yesterday in Miami, a man inexplicably pulled out in front of a semi-tractor trailer carrying cars. The truck collided with the automobile, the two became entangled and continued down the road until they hit a second tractor trailer waiting at a stop...

• Trucking Accidents causing more Wrongful Death

  Cal Warriner | September 18, 2006 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Nationwide, 5200 Americans died last year and thousands more were injured in trucking accidents. A detailed and informative, new investigative report by the Dallas Morning News shows trucking accidents are becoming more frequent and predictable. More innocent drivers are falling victim to an industry that is increasingly placing profits ahead of safety. Companies frequently hire felons, drunks...

• Truck Driver Never Braked

  John Hopkins | August 27, 2006 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The Associated Press reported that a van trailing a group of police officers bicycling to raise money for fallen comrades was struck by a freight truck that did not even brake before crashing into the van. Tragically, two law enforcement officers were killed in the crash. Police are continuing their investigation into the wreck to determine why the truck driver did not brake or take any evasive...

• Oddest truck accident results in death of four penguins

  Cal Warriner | August 26, 2006 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  In what Texas highway patrol calls the oddest trucking accident they have ever worked a semi tractor trailer transporting zoo animals crashed on a Texas highway. The crash resulted in the death of four penguins and several exotic fish. An octopus survived. Troopers were relieved that another truck transporting the alligators and snakes was not involved.

• Car Sinking After an Accident?

  Cal Warriner | August 23, 2006 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  One of the reasons that South Florida is so heavily populated is our gorgeous weather and proximity to bodies of water such as the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. However, due to the myriad waterways that feed the Ocean, Gulf and numerous bays, local drivers need to know what to do if they find themselves in a sinking vehicle after a car accident.The South Florida Sun-Sentinel offers a...