Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Bus and Truck Collide on I-65

  Jennifer Moore | July 11, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A chartered church bus collided with a tractor trailer and a car on I-65 near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The wreck shut down I-65 for a period of time in order to clear the debris and scene. It appears the bus rear-ended a semi-truck that pulled out in front of it. Thankfully, no injuries were initally reported. This is the second wreck in less than a month on I-65 involving a bus. The...

• Marin Truck Accident Kills Innocent Goats!

  Claude Wyle | July 10, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Truck accidents can be just as deadly to animals as people. On July 8, 2007, a truck carrying approximately 400 goats overturned in San Rafael, California, when the truck driver attempted to make a sharp turn. Fearing a secondary auto accident, the CHP refused to free the goats from the trailer. Unable to escape, 243 of the goats suffocated to death after this big rig accident. Does this...

• CSX train collides with tractor-trailer

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Clanton Advertiser reported a truck and train accident that occurred in Thorsby in mid-June. The truck was sitting on railroad tracks when a CSX train crashed into it at around 10:30 a.m.As it turned out, the tractor-trailer was attempting to turn, but did not see the train coming until too late. The crash has raised concern about train crossing safety in the area. The article reports that...

• Police Reviewing Driver's Cell Phone Records

  Chrissie Cole | July 07, 2007 10:33 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Police are reviewing cell phone records to see if being on the phone caused an Insight Communications driver to swerve and crash head-on into a Mack truck, in a trucking accident Thursday. The driver, 45, died at Wishard Memorial Hospital following the accident which occurred at 10:30 a.m. An accident eyewitness told The Noblesville Ledger that she approached the truck and found Cooper pinned...

• Truck Accident? What should you do?

  Jennifer Moore | July 04, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  We all know driving can be dangerous and that automobile accidents and truck accidents will happen. With the Fourth of July holiday upon us, most of us will be on the roads and interstates over the next several days. Hopefully, we will have a safe journey, but what should you do if you are injured by a semi tractor-trailer or another automobile? Here are a few tips to consider if you are...

• No Criminal Charges in Fatal Truck Accident

  IB Contributor | July 04, 2007 6:31 AM | 1 CommentLong Beach, CA

  Truck accident takes eight lives. We underestimate the power of distraction. The gadgets that we feel compelled to carry around with us - the mobile phones, iPhones, BlackBerries and Palm Pilots -- can cost lives if we are not conscience of when we use them. Take for instance this truck driver who tried to recharge his cell phone as he was driving on an Indiana toll road. He rammed right into...

• Tractor Trailer Driver Killed in Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 02, 2007 1:28 AM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  A truck driver was killed in a tractor trailer accident on Bent Mountain Road, causing Route 221 to be shut down most of Sunday.The accident occurred around 8:00 a.m, Sunday. Emergency and transportation officers expected the area to remain closed through most of Sunday evening.The driver was a 35-year-old man of North Carolina. Police say he was transporting fireworks to Radford. Due to the...

• Fatal Parked Truck Accident In Irvine On 405 Freeway

  IB Contributor | July 01, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Driver of a parked truck and his employer may be liable for traffic death.A truck accident on the San Diego Freeway last Wednesday took one life and injured another. The driver of a 1990 Ford Econoline died when his van veered off the southbound 405 Freeway in Irvine, the morning of June 29 and collided with a truck, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that the...

• Two Pedestrians were Injured on Alaskan Way Crosswalk After Being Hit by a Pickup Driver

  Glenn Phillips | June 29, 2007 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  On Friday afternoon on June 22nd, two men were injured when a driver of a pickup truck hit them while they were crossing the Alaskan Way marked crosswalk, according to Seattle Police and Fire Officials.The pair were hit as they attempted to cross the street in the 2000 block of Alaskan Way around 12:20 p.m., said Seattle fire Lt. Sue Stangl. One man was critically hurt and the other suffered...

• Negligence by truckers a major cause of large truck crashes, according to new study

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 28, 2007 2:14 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a report to Congress in 2006 about the reasons for tractor trailer wrecks. In those cases where the action or inaction of the driver commercial truck is the cause of the collision, driving too fast for conditions and fatigue were often important factors. Big rigs accidents commonly happen when the truck...