Posts tagged trailer

• Double Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills 1 on Interstate 35

  Jeremy Thurman | January 06, 2012 4:55 PM | 2 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  According to NewsOk a tractor-trailer rig driver was killed this afternoon when he collided with another tractor-trailer on Interstate 35 at NE 122nd Street in Oklahoma City. According to the...

• Tractor-Trailer Overturns, Kills 1 in Oklahoma City

  Jeremy Thurman | June 16, 2011 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  An Oklahoma highway inspector died on Tuesday after a tractor-trailer overturned on him, NewsOK reports. The inspector was working in the median of the Interstate 40 Crosstown construction...

• Trucking Companies & the Government: Are They Keeping Roads Safe?

  David Bernstein | October 08, 2010 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsNorman, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  On June 26, 2009, there was a catastrophic collision on Will Rogers Turnpike in Oklahoma when an 18 wheeler driven by a 76 year old driver who was fatigued rear-ended at 70 mph several cars, killing...

• Commercial Trucking - Blind Spots

  Jeremy Thurman | September 02, 2010 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Big rigs are big business in America. For example, 82 percent of communities in this country depend solely on tractor trailers to deliver their goods, according to Consumer Guide Automotive....

• Commercial Trucking - Driving in Adverse Weather Conditions

  Jeremy Thurman | September 02, 2010 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, over 450,000 injury crashes occur annually in adverse weather conditions or on slick pavement. The average driver already adjusts his or her...

• Automobile Accidents - States that Have Banned Texting

  Jeremy Thurman | August 31, 2010 1:44 PM | 1 CommentOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It comes as no surprise that automobile accidents are often the result of driver error. Driver inattention is a leading factor in crashes with cell phones and texting providing some of the most...

• Teen Girl and 46-Year-Old Man Die in Oklahoma Car Crash

  Jeremy Thurman | April 19, 2010 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the Tulsa World, an Oklahoma teenager and 46-year-old man died in a car accident at 11 p.m. Saturday night. The article states that a 17-year-old from Geary Oklahoma was driving south...

• New Details Emerge About Fatality Semi Accident in Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | April 14, 2010 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Earlier today I blogged about a horrific semi accident on I-35 that claimed the life of an individual and injured two others, now new details are emerging about the semi and the company which owned...

• Semi Cross Over Accident in Oklahoma Kills One and Injuries Two

  Jeremy Thurman | April 14, 2010 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  There is sad news out of Oklahoma City today as a KOCO is reporting that a semi traveling northbound on Interstate 35 (I-35) and crossed over into the southbound lanes of the interstate killing one...

• How to Examine A Trucker's Logs

  Jeremy Thurman | April 06, 2010 11:51 AM | 3 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  In the context of a serious trucking accident, hours of service violations and log veracity is a variable that must be considered by the personal injury attorney representing the injured and/or...