Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Truck Accident Causes Highway Spill

  Chrissie Cole | September 10, 2007 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A truck accident early this morning on the I-20 east bridge over Gallatin Street, in Jackson, Mississippi, caused a highway spill and injured the truck driver.The driver, of Yazoo City, was driving a Party Time ice truck when he struck a Waste Management Truck, causing anti-freeze to spill out and over the highway, according to authorities.The Waste Management truck driver, of Jackson, was...

• Mississippi Trucker Cited in Trucking Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 12, 2007 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A Mississippi truck driver whose rig veered off Interstate 40 causing over $70,000 in damages to an overhead sign, 200 feet of guardrail and a traffic camera was cited by authorities for the trucking accident.The driver was transporting vinyl siding on a flatbed trailer when the accident happened. While traveling in the right lane along eastbound I-40, the rig veered off the side of the road...

• Five Killed in Tractor Trailer Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 14, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A horrific trucking accident near Pine Bluff claimed the life of five. The accident occurred at 12:30 p.m., Saturday. The accident is especially tragic because four of the five people killed were small children.A semi-truck trailer was traveling northbound on Highway 425 when the truck crossed the center line and struck a southbound car, killing all the occupants. The driver of the vehicle was a...

• School Bus Collides with Truck

  Christina Cole | April 18, 2007 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  When a school bus crashed with a pickup truck on Mississippi Highway 1, Monday, no serious injuries occurred.Fog was the leading contributing factor for the truck accident, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol.Superintendent of the West Bolivar School District said, the driver had just started his route and only one student was on the bus when the accident occurred."He was on Perthshire Road...

• Man Dies in Truck Accident

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 6:35 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  On Wednesday morning, an Aberdeen man lost his life in a two-vehicle accident.The Aberdeen man, 83, was killed when the truck he was driving was hit by an 18 wheeler. The accident happened on Old Highway 8 and Highway 45. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.The driver of the 18 wheeler was taken to North Mississippi Medical Condition whereis condition is unknown.

• Charter Bus Crashes into 18-Wheeler

  Christina Cole | February 07, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Tuesday, a family of gospel singers was on their way to their next gig when their charter bus crashed with an 18-wheeler, injuring both drivers.The accident involved the charter bus and a 18-wheeler hauling steel. The accident slowed down traffic for over two hours. The accident happened when the bus driver, one of the gospel singers, tried to pass the 18-wheeler but underestimated the...

• No Injuries in Semi Accident

  Christina Cole | January 24, 2007 1:52 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A semi-truck, trucking accident occured Monday when the driver lost control while hauling 44,000 pounds of potassium carbonate, leaving the truck sideways on the highway.The driver, James Harrington, was not injured and was not taken to the hospital from the scene, said Etheridge of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.Etheridge said none of the potassium carbonate was spilled in the...

• Driver Keeps Wreck from being Worse

  Christina Cole | December 18, 2006 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  Like a father to most, the 77-year-old is called "Pappy" by most. After Monday's truck accident they might want to call him hero.Charles Collier Sr. steered his 18-wheeler clear of other vehicles as it bounced and jackknifed off the right of way on U.S. 45 during rush hour. Authorities at the scene say a red Chevy Cavalier pulled out in front of Collier. His quick action saved others from being...