Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• CDL licence reqirements

  Tom Hastings | February 01, 2011 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Tractor-trailer trucks are huge machines – and pose a huge danger in the event of an accident. These big rigs weigh on average from around 12,000 pounds up to 80,000 pounds or more. A fully...

• Driving Safely Around Tractor Trailers

  Serena Hu | June 16, 2010 1:12 PM | 1 CommentValparaiso, South Bend & Gary, IN

  Driving on the highway can be a harrowing experience. You encounter the same hazards as you do in the city, such as distracted and reckless drivers, but at much higher speeds with smaller...

• Beer Truck And Pickup Collide - One Injured

  Chrissie Cole | May 18, 2010 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  One person was injured in a truck accident on Monday when a pickup truck and beer truck collided. The accident happened near the intersection of South Meridian and West Elbert Street. Meridian...

• Indiana Trucker Injured After Shock From Power Line

  Chrissie Cole | November 11, 2009 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A truck driver was shocked and critically injured when a grain silo he was hauling on a flatbed truck, hit an overhead power line in Hancock County. Donald Beck, 39, of Shelbyville, was traveling...

• Driver Cited In Tanker Explosion

  Chrissie Cole | October 26, 2009 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  The driver of a propane tanker that overturned and exploded last week, has been ticketed. Ronald Tobias, 73, was cited on Monday for unsafe lane movement and for driving too fast to avoid a...

• Report Finds Thousands of Unsafe Trucks on America's Highways

  Fred Schultz | August 28, 2009 4:18 PM | 2 CommentsBloomington, IN

  The American Association for Justice, or AAJ, recently released a report on trucking safety violations entitled “Warning! Safety Violation Ahead: Motor Carrier Companies Keep Unsafe Trucks on...

• Nestle Driver Killed In Semi Accident

  Chrissie Cole | May 12, 2009 11:09 AM | 5 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A driver was killed in a truck accident on Tuesday when two semitrailers collided at U.S. 31 and Indiana 28, according to Tipton County Sheriff deputies. A truck, driven by Bill Maseman, 38, of...

• Semi Truck Driver Cited For Speeding

  Chrissie Cole | April 17, 2009 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A semi flipped on its side early this morning. Several hours passed as crews worked to clean up the roadway following the truck accident. The ramp from I-465 southbound to I-70 was closed for...

• Tanker Truck Overturns On I-65 In Indianapolis

  Chrissie Cole | February 11, 2009 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Portions of Interstate 65 in Indianapolis were shut down on Wednesday, following a truck accident, when a tanker truck transporting 8,500 gallons of fuel overturned. Southbound I-65 on the south...

• "The roads are bad out there"

  Fred Schultz | February 05, 2009 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  My wife is from the South, and always makes a big deal about snow on the roads. I must confess that I always quietly laugh at her idea of what makes for, bad roads. As many of us do in the Midwest,...