Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Death From Tractor Trailer Truck Accidents

  John Cooper | May 11, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  As an injury attorney, I pay attention to the numbers of accidents reported by the government. United States Department of Transportation issued a report that in 2002 there were over 4,500 tractor trailers involved in fatal collisions. Over 5,000 people died in these truck wrecks. The study put out by the USDOT and the federal motor carrier safety administration indicated that most tractor...

• Well, At Least We Don't Live in Wyoming or Arkansas

  Ben Glass | March 17, 2007 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Not that they are not nice place to live but a new study rates these two states the deadliest state for truck crashes.Seven years since its creation by Congress to improve the safety of trucks, the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration "is still putting cargo over people,'' said Joan Claybrook, chair of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways. "This federal agency has failed miserably.''In...

• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin.: Six Years Later, the Roads are No Safer from Truck Crashes

  Michael Phelan | March 13, 2007 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A study released by two truck and highway safety advocacy groups showed that U.S. fatalities from truck accidents have remained consistent at 100 per week from 1999 (when the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created) through 2005. This week, families of truck crash victims are lobbying Congress and the Bush Administration to create stricter safety rules. The advocacy groups seek...

• $1M Settlement in Trucking Accident Lawsuit

  Bryan Slaughter | March 09, 2007 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Michie Hamlett attorneys Greg Webb and Bryan Slaughter obtained a $1,000,000 confidential settlement on behalf of their client, who was hit head by a large truck on his way to work one morning. The truck crossed the center line and hit the plaintiff's vehicle, pushing plaintiff off of the road with the truck resting partially on the plaintiff's vehicle when the vehicles came to rest. Plaintiff...

• Log Truck Accident Closes Route 220

  Shannon Weidemann | February 28, 2007 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A log truck overturned on Route 220 near Fincastle, Virginia on Monday morning. The accident happened near Country Club Road. No one was injured in the accident.The driver tells State Police he heard something pop, then lost control. Logs spilled across the median and both northbound lanes, making for a long cleanup. Traffic was slowed in both directions for hours as crews removed all the...

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin. Has History of Ignoring Safety Warnings

  Michael Phelan | February 23, 2007 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  After completing its investigation of the tragic bus fire that killed 23 elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees, the National Transportation Safety Board on February 21st called on the Federal Motor Carrier Motor Safety Administration to promulagate stronger safety regulations for buses and large trucks. The FMCMSA is charged with reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and...

• Truck Accident Leaves One Dead

  Shannon Weidemann | February 21, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A Swift Transportation Company truck and a Philip Sims Trucking truck collided in an accident that caused a multi car pile up on Interstate 80 west of North Platte, Nebraska. The accident occured on Monday February 12th. Slick roads and poor visibility led to hazardous road conditions and at least three tractor trailers and two passenger cars were involved in the accidents in the eastbound...

• Man Dies in Fiery Crash

  Christina Cole | February 02, 2007 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  According to Virginia State Police, one of three victims killed Sunday in a three vehicle accident involving a gas tanker has been identified as a Haymarket man.Weeks was killed during an early morning chain reaction crash on I-66 west of Fairfax County.At 3:50 am the gas-tanker truck crashed into the rear of Week's 2000 Jeep, which than crashed the rear of a 1996 Volvo station wagon. The gas...

• Three People Killed in Fiery Tractor Trailer Truck Crash on Interstate 66

  Michael Phelan | February 01, 2007 9:51 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  At 3:50 a.m. Tuesday morning, a tractor trailer traveling west on I-66 in Fairfax crashed into the rear of a Jeep Wrangler, knocking the Wrangler into a Volvo. The Wrangler and Volvo burst into flames. The driver of both the Wrangler and Volvo plus a passenger in the Volvo were killed. This brings to 61 the total number of people killed on Virginia highways in 2007. While the State Police...

• 15 Passenger Vans="Death Traps"

  Michael Phelan | January 19, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A 15 passenger bus (commonly referred to as a 15 passenger van) is designed to seat 14 passengers and a driver. The design of these buses is a standard cargo chassis with an extended full-size body that has been equipped with passenger seating. These buses have been sold by GM, Ford, and Chrysler under various names:1. Chevrolet Express 35002. GMC Savana G35003. Dodge Ram Van/Wagon B35004. ...