Too many overweight trucks are being allowed on our highways and roads. The government restricts weight to 40 tons on most interstate highways. However, thousands of overweight trucks travel the road causing damage to the road infrastructure. A study showed that one 40 ton truck does as much damage to the road as 9600 cars. Some suspect that overweight trucks caused the damage to the bridge...
Two tractor-trailers crashed in a tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 30, Wednesday, while traffic was slowed down due to road construction, according to police.The collision occurred just after 2:55 pm when a 2007 Freightliner struck the rear of another 2007 Freightliner.One truck driver was treated on the scene by emergency personnel while the other was transported to Baptist Health medical...
A truck accident claimed the life of a man on Tuesday, despite the heroic efforts of fellow motorists who lifted the pickup truck off of him.One motorist approached the vehicle and held the man's head as he called 911 for help.Several other motorists stopped and together they were able to lift the pickup truck off of him. At which point the man was breathing approximately every 6 to 7...
A dump truck accident near the Lee-Charlotte County line on US 41 has left a man from North Port dead. The 81-year-old victim was driving his pickup truck southbound on US 41. The dump truck pulled out onto US 41 in front of him. The pickup truck slammed into the back of the dump truck at 55 mph. Troopers shut down the highway while they investigated the accident. It happened just before...
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...
A truck accident that happened last week is still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).A 79-year-old truck driver was traveling westbound, on Highway 96, carrying logs, when for reasons still unknown, the truck ran off the south edge of the road.CHP is trying to determine how fast the driver was driving at the time of the crash. The truck went over the shoulder and down the...
A tragic motor vehicle accident out of Cana, Virginia, made headlines yesterday, when three teens were killed after the pickup truck they were riding in crashed.My FOX 8 in Virginia reports that two of the teens who died were riding in the back of the truck, and one was in the cab. Three other teens in the vehicle sustained injuries and were treated at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical...
A trucking accident in Gilroy closed down Highway 152 this week. The semi-truck was loaded with frozen food when it went off the road and drove into a telephone pole. California Highway Patrol dispatchers received the first reports of the crash around 5 a.m. As they worked to remove the big rig, officers closed the highway in both eastbound and westbound directions this morning. As of 10:20,...
A truck accident closed down Highway 152 for hours this morning, when a big rig transporting frozen foods struck a telephone pole.California Highway Patrol was first notified about the accident at 5 a.m. As officials worked to remove the truck, officers closed down the highway making children have to find an alternate route to school.Officials had the highway blocked until noon, according to CHP...
Yesterday , a tanker truck overturned on Briley Parkway here in Nashville , Tennessee (TN) . The tanker truck overturned for some unknown reason killing the driver. I do not know what the tanker was hauling , but I could see the black smoke as I was heading home from work . Briley Parkway was closed for four hours while the truck accident was cleared . Tanker trucks are more prone...
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