Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Amtrak Train Hits Pickup Truck in Plant City

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA

  An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck today at 3:15 P.M. and derailed. None of the 133 passengers on the train to New York were injured in the accident.All the passengers were evacuated by a Plant City bowling alley. All 33 train cars derailed after the crash, but none of the cars tipped over.There was barely anything left of the pickup truck after the accident. Amtrak spokeswomen...

• Saltwater Truck Driver Killed in Accident

  Christina Cole | April 09, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  A 30-year-old, saltwater tank driver was killed Sunday in a trucking accident, in DeSoto Parish, when his truck ran off the highway and overturned.The main cause of the crash is believed to be speed. This is the third fatal accident in DeSoto Parish involving a saltwater truck in the past four months.The accident occurred at 12:30pm on Louisiana Highway 5. State Police say he was driving...

• Trucking Accident Claims Two Lives

  Christina Cole | January 03, 2007 1:59 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  On Wednesday, an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 20 eastbound was closed in northeastern Louisiana; more than 12 hours after a tractor-trailer accident occured when the truck crossed the median, slamming into an eastbound rig.There were two fatalities.Graves, 63, was identified as one of the fatalities. He was driving westbound with his rig loaded with household products.Watkins, 63, was the other...

• Tractor Trailer Accident Closes I-10

  Staff Writer | May 01, 2006 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA

  A semi trailer carrying hazardous gas overturned on I-10 early Sunday, closing a four mile stretch of the interstate for most of the day. The accident occurred when the truck swerved to avoid car that had stopped suddenly in the right hand lane.The Times-Picayune reports:Trucker William Reeves, 50, of Lake Charles swerved to avoid the car and ran off the road into a ditch on its left side. One...