Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Truckers and Fatigue Have Fatal Consequences

  Craig Brown | January 21, 2012 10:49 AM | 9 CommentsWindy City, IL

  Mistakes made by truck drivers are the cause of a certain percentage of trucking accidents. These accidents, more the exception than the rule, are most often caused by truck drivers who are in...

• Ice on Semi-trailers a Hazard to Public

  Barry Doyle | January 13, 2010 8:19 AM | 5 CommentsCook County, IL

  Imagine you are traveling down the interstate, perhaps making your daily drive to work or taking a longer journey to visit family. Ahead of you is a semi-truck. As the truck approaches the...

• Park Ridge Boy Hit and Killed by Semi-Truck

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 21, 2007 12:00 PM | 1 CommentChicago, IL

  Thirteen year old Samuel Coberly Jr. of Park Ridge, Illinois was killed Thursday morning when he was on his way to school. He was riding his bicycle on Touhy Avenue when he was hit and killed by a semi-truck. His father tried to revive him but was unsuccessful.It is unclear at this time how the truck collided with the boy, but it appears that the truck was not speeding at the time. The family...

• 8 vehicle truck accident in Monee leaves one dead

  Barry Doyle | November 27, 2009 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A recent accident on I-57 has demonstrated, yet again, how dangerous semi-trucks can be. According to ABC 7 News: One person is dead and at least two others injured in an accident involving...

• Study Reveals Bus Companies Evade Safety Compliance Via Reincarnation

  Kristina Labanauskas | July 31, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A recent study revealed that many tractor-trailer and bus companies that had been ordered out of service due to federal safety violations have stayed on the road by “reincarnating”, or...

• Driver Killed in Trucking Accident with Semi-Trailer

  Chrissie Cole | February 27, 2008 11:57 PM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL

  A trucking accident, involving two semi-trailer trucks, in Plainfield, killed a truck driver, according to authorities.The accident occurred at 11:40 a.m. when a semi-trailer truck, traveling southbound on Interstate Highway 55, near U.S. Highway 30, struck another semi-trailer truck from behind, according to Illinois State Police.One of the truck drivers died at the scene of the accident....

• Dump Truck Overturns, Driver Uninjured

  Chrissie Cole | October 05, 2007 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  A truck accident in Wayne County, on Thursday afternoon left a man uninjured but shaken up.The man, of Mt. Erie, was driving a Kenworth tandem dump truck when the truck brakes failed on Pounds Hollow Road next to the intersection of Illinois 1, in Gallatin County.He told police he was able to gear down enough to avoid going through the T-intersection, but still needed to avoid traffic. His dump...

• Truck Driver Cited In Park Ridge Boy's Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 23, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Samuel Colberly, Jr. was killed last week while he was on his way to school when he was struck by a truck. The 13 year old was riding his bike to Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge, Illinois when the tractor-trailer killed him. The truck driver, John Solberg, has since been cited for failure to exercise due caution and for failure to yield at a stop sign. The truck was heading south on...

• Van With Flat Tire Causes Chicago Accident

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two semis, three pick-ups and three cars were involved in a crash on 130th Street Monday afternoon. The pile up was caused by a woman driving a van that had a flat tire. The van was not traveling at the posted speed due to the flat tire and was causing problems with the flow of track. A semi truck attempted to maneuver around the van but was unsuccessful and wound up jumping the median and...

• Truck Accident Kills Woman on Chicago Expressway

  Jamie G. Goldstein | January 19, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A woman was killed when her car was coming off the entrance ramp on the Edens expressway and was struck by a semi-truck. The accident happend near the Foster Avenue exit in the morning of January 17, 2007. The woman was in her 30s and was taken to Stein Institute. She was pronounced dead approximately four hours after the accident occurred.There has been no information as to who was at fault...