Posts tagged trucking accidents

• Super Speeder Fines Increase In Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 13, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It may not pay to be a super speeder in Georgia. Those who drive fast on the state’s highway are facing an increased fine of $200 that would accomplish two goals. First, to get speeders to...

• Tractor Trailer crash kills driver

  Cal Warriner | September 27, 2006 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  In what appears to be an accident caused by the decedent automobile driver how quickly semi-tractor trailers can kill is graphically displayed. Yesterday in Miami, a man inexplicably pulled out in front of a semi-tractor trailer carrying cars. The truck collided with the automobile, the two became entangled and continued down the road until they hit a second tractor trailer waiting at a stop...

• Florida Power & Light Truck Hits Minivan

  Shannon Weidemann | January 30, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Florida Power & Light truck hit a minivan near the Golden Gates Estates Branch Library. It was by the intersection of 13th Street Northwest and Golden Gate Boulevard. The accident occurred near a Golden Gate fire station and was observed by a fire captain. The driver of the minivan was rescued from the vehicle and than airlifted to a local hospital. It is unknown if the driver of the FPL...

• Trucking Accidents causing more Wrongful Death

  Cal Warriner | September 18, 2006 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Nationwide, 5200 Americans died last year and thousands more were injured in trucking accidents. A detailed and informative, new investigative report by the Dallas Morning News shows trucking accidents are becoming more frequent and predictable. More innocent drivers are falling victim to an industry that is increasingly placing profits ahead of safety. Companies frequently hire felons, drunks...

• Woman Killed by Semi-Truck Wheel Near Ocala

  Shannon Weidemann | April 04, 2007 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A 30-year-old woman was killed when the car she was a passenger in was hit by a tire from a semi-truck. The accident happened early Monday morning on I-75 outside of Ocala. The car was headed north when the front wheels on a semi-truck heading south broke off the truck and came across the median. The semi-truck driver did not stop.Lt. Mike Thomas said the truck driver stopped at a Petro Truck...

• Two Men Injured in Car Crash

  Craig Cannon | February 13, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This was published in the Ocala Star Banner. Two area men suffered serious personal injury Tuesday morning after their pickup truck drove under the side of a large dump truck, crushing the cab and trapping the two front-seat occupants. Both men were airlifted to Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville. One man remained in critical condition for his personal injuries while the other...

• Truck Driver Never Braked

  John Hopkins | August 27, 2006 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Associated Press reported that a van trailing a group of police officers bicycling to raise money for fallen comrades was struck by a freight truck that did not even brake before crashing into the van. Tragically, two law enforcement officers were killed in the crash. Police are continuing their investigation into the wreck to determine why the truck driver did not brake or take any evasive...

• Teen Auto Safety Message By Teens For Teens

  Eddie Farah | October 08, 2008 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With more than 36,000 teen drivers involved in car crashes in Florida last year – and a teen killed every 6.5 minutes nationwide, the state’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor...

• Pro Bono Hours On The Decline In Florida

  Eddie Farah | May 03, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Are Florida’s lawyers spending less time helping those who cannot afford to pay? The Florida Bar, reports that the number of hours Florida lawyers donate to the poor every year is on the decline,...

• Two Killed in Crash with Semi

  Craig Cannon | April 28, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Two Ocala women who had just left a bar died in a fiery head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The women were driving on the wrong side of U.S. 301. The collision occurred just before 11 p.m. two miles south of Citra. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they saw flames shooting 20 to 25 feet in the air. The truck and the Jeep Wrangler the two women were in were engulfed in fire.The...