Posts tagged truck

• Prison Transportation Officer Killed in Truck Accident

  Council Wooten | December 29, 2011 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A prison transport officer died in a truck accident in Palm Bay on the early morning of December 20, according to WTSP.com. Reports indicate the 47-year-old male, Officer Jeffrey Farless, died...

• US Dept Of Transportation Bans Drivers From Using Phones

  Council Wooten | December 08, 2011 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The US Department of Transportation ruled that commercial truck drivers may no longer use cell phones or handheld devices of any kind, according to sources. Violators can face up to $2,750 fines...

• Semi Crash on I-4 Caused by Sleepy Trucker

  Mike Damaso | September 21, 2011 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Another Central Florida crash on Interstate 4 was reported this morning in the Orlando Sentinel, this time as a result of a tired trucker. The sentinel reports that a “sleepy driver” was...

• Trucker Fatigue Prompts For a New Federal Safety Law

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 08, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Federal regulators say that trucker fatigue is causing fatal accidents, even as the number of fatal truck crashes has dropped in recent years after a major overhaul of rules that took effect in...

• Defendant Denies Auto Crash Ever Took Place

  Brian Denney | November 05, 2010 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This story is both a sad one and a happy one; about a client of Jack Hill’s and this law firm. Niven Anderson was 59 years old and had experienced what can only be called really bad luck. In...

• US Department of Transportation Bans Texting and Driving for Commercial Vehicles

  Ed Normand | April 15, 2010 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that it is banning texting behind the wheel of commercial vehicles and vehicles that weigh more than 10,000 pounds. This is a significant...

• Teen Facing Vehicular Homicide In Another Teen's Death

  Eddie Farah | September 11, 2009 10:20 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The friends and family of Miranda Zant will be celebrating her 17th birthday this Saturday, but Miranda won't be there. She was killed last July when the pickup truck in which she was riding...

• Be Safe this Labor Day

  John Hopkins | August 31, 2009 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With the long Labor Day weekend approaching, it is sobering to recall that there are approximately sixty thousand vehicle accidents that result in fatalities, and of those tragedies, almost one...

• Rollover Kills Teen In Back Of Pickup

  Eddie Farah | July 28, 2009 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 16-year-old high school girl was killed early Monday morning when a pickup truck in which she was riding along with six others over corrected, then struck a curb and overturned. Miranda Zant, a...

• Texting While Driving-A New Study Shows How Dangerous it is

  Joe Saunders | July 28, 2009 10:27 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new study demonstrating the extreme danger of texting while driving appeared on the front page of the NY Times today. The study involved installing video equipment in the cabs of long haul...