Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Truck Accidents Caused By Driver Fatigue

  Michael Phelan | July 25, 2007 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  About 100 people die each week in truck accidents. Despite this alarming statistic, the Bush Administration once again succumbed to pressure from lobbyists (this time the American Trucking Association) and, in 2005, adopted new rules permitting tractor trailer truck drivers to drive 11 hours per day. Safety experts and insurance industry analysts challenged the new rules on grounds that the...

• Cruical Mistakes in Handling Truck Accident Cases

  Rob McKinney | July 24, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Recently, I attended the American Association for Justice annual convention in Chicago . One of the seminars I attended was put on by the Interstate Trucking Litigation Group . It was a great learning experience on these unique cases . So , I thought I would share some of the biggest mistakes made by attorneys in truck accident cases . The first mistake made is not starting...

• Passenger Killed; Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck

  Claude Wyle | July 20, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  This Sunday, the death of a young woman could have been avoided had the driver of the van she rode in paid attention to traffic ahead of him. Instead, at approximately 9:54 p.m. Pakom Lengrichaem sped along I-5 just south of the Herndon crossing at 75 mph. Lengrichaem failed to notice traffic slowing ahead and struck the rear of a tomato truck driving at approximately 15 mph. Lengrichaem...

• Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck; Kills Passenger

  Claude Wyle | July 20, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  The death of a 23-year-old woman this Sunday could have been avoided if only the driver in the van she rode in paid more attention to surrounding traffic conditions. Just south of the Herndon crossing on northbound I-5 at approximately 9:54 p.m., Pakom Lengsrichaem sped along at 75 mph. He did not notice traffic slowing ahead of him, and rear-ended a tomato truck moving at 15 mph. The tomato...

• Tanker Truck Overturns in Charlotte

  Shannon Weidemann | July 19, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A tanker truck carrying nitric acid overturned in Charlotte Tuesday morning. The trucking accident happened on University City Boulevard at Interstate 485. Charlotte firefighters said the truck overturned on University City Boulevard after getting off of Interstate 485.An off-duty Charlotte firefighter pulled the driver out to safety, and he was not badly hurt. The truck landed on its side...

• 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...

• Truck Hauling Rotten Meat Crashes and Overturns

  Chrissie Cole | July 15, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A trucking accident on a California highway turned into one big stinky mess on Monday night. A dump truck transporting several tons of expired meat overturned before bursting into flames, sparking a brush fire.When the truck and ten-ton load of rotten meat overturned, it caused the trailer to split open and the load was strewn all over the highway.200 firefighters were on the scene to contain...

• 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...

• Truck Collides With Train in Beauregard

  Shannon Weidemann | July 12, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A semi-truck was hit by a train in Beauregard and injured four people on Tuesday. The trucking accident occured as the semi-truck was attempting to cross the railroad crossing at Ampacet Drive. The crossing does not have gates or warning lights.When the 94-car train struck the 18-wheeler's trailer, the trailer was ripped in half. The cab and half the trailer were dragged 287 feet down the...

• Driver Killed When a Waste Disposal Truck Rolls Over Him

  Glenn Phillips | July 11, 2007 1:58 PM | 1 CommentEverett, WA

  In Edmonds this morning, a driver of a Waste Disposal Truck died when apparently the truck had rolled over him.Edmonds police are investigating the accident, which occurred at 8:17 a.m. in the 9100 block of 184th Street Southwest. The driver for Allied Waste -- a 29-year-old from Bothell -- died at the scene, said Edmonds police Sgt. Don Anderson.For more information on this subject, please...