Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Truck accidents on the rise

  Don Jacobs | September 02, 2009 12:53 PM | 1 CommentVancouver, WA

  A news release from US Newswire recently disclosed that thousands of trucking companies regularly violate federal safety regulations. Data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

• Unsafe truckers becoming more of a problem on the highways

  Don Jacobs | October 16, 2008 3:25 PM | 1 CommentVancouver, WA

  Maybe it’s because of the ever increasing price of diesel or just the economy in general, but whenever times get tough trucking companies cut corners. Unfortunately, this means safety is...

• Womens Legs Almost Cut Off In Accident

  Glenn Phillips | November 01, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  A pedestrian's legs were nearly severed when a man crashed into the two parked cars surrounding her Saturday night, police said. A woman who was pinned between both vehicles involved in the crash had her legs nearly severed from the impact. The woman was standing between two parked cars on North Chautauqua Boulevard just before 5:30 p.m. when a pickup truck struck the car behind her. The impact...

• 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...

• 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...

• One Dies, as a Truck Plows into Pedestrians

  Glenn Phillips | June 21, 2007 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  During rush-hour a frightening collision happened that left seven pedestrians injured and one killed, as a truck drove straight into them that left victims scattered all around on Northeast Bothell Way on Tuesday."I was trying to count" the victims for the 911 operator, said Pete Mahler, who said he was stopped at the light at the Kenmore intersection when the collision occurred just after 3...

• Driver Killed as an Apple Truck Crashes into the Skykomish River

  Glenn Phillips | June 20, 2007 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  In the Skykomish River three miles east of Index, an Apple Truck drove into the river and divers found the body in the cab. The truck spilled its load of apples and cherries into the water.The truck was westbound on Highway 2 around 11 p.m. when the driver crashed through a concrete barrier and plummeted 150 feet down a steep embankment, said Trooper Kirk Rudeen. Both the truck and its trailer...

• Truck Accident Closes Road

  Glenn Phillips | March 08, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  Novelty Hill Road between Redmond and Duvall was closed last Tuesday after a siding truck crashed off the road and onto a steep hill the truck slid before coming to a stop 20 feet down."The accident took place about 9:15 a.m. as the eastbound flatbed truck was descending a steep, winding section of the road near West Snoqualmie Valley Road Northeast, went out of control and rolled off the right...

• Family Files Truck Accident Lawsuit

  Glenn Phillips | January 18, 2007 12:53 PM | 0 CommentsEverett, WA

  The family of a Tyson Foods employee who was killed in a trucking accident when he collided head-on with a tractor trailer has filed a lawsuit against Koliha Trucking.Jeffrey Gronenthal died at the scene of an accident that occurred in the midst of a blinding snowstorm about 9 a.m. three-quarters of a mile west of the junction of highways 81 and 91, according to information released at the time...