Alabama updates in category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

A trucking accident in Oregon killed a 23-year-old man from Alabama on Tuesday morning. He was driving an SUV on Highway 58 when he was hit by a semi-truck after crossing the center line. The semi-truck burst into flames after the collision. A good samaritan rescued the driver of the semi-truck. He is at the hospital.Investigation determined that the deceased drove a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder...

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A man is amazed that he escaped serious injury in Alabama after his pickup truck was driven over by an 18-wheeler. The trucking accident happened on Route 65 on Monday. The man suffered some slight injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. Foro, 59, recalled seeing the windshield crack and the roof begin to crumple. Before he could...

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A 24-year-old man from Thomasville was killed in a trucking accident on Highway 19 in Mississippi. He was driving a pickup truck and he was hit by an 18-wheeler. He died on the scene from his injuries. The 18-wheeler was based out of Montgomery. Shreds of rubber from at least three blown tires on the flat bed trailer were strewn along about 100 feet of the roadway. There also were shredded...

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A Winslow man, 57, lost his life in a truck accident on Wednesday, when his Tyson feed truck overturned on Arkansas Highway 59, landing in an embankment on the highway.The truck driver was attempting a sharp right-hand curve, but lost control of the 2004 Mack Truck he was driving. The truck overturned onto the driver's side and went off the side of the roadway, according to Arkansas State...

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A tragic motor vehicle accident out of Cana, Virginia, made headlines yesterday, when three teens were killed after the pickup truck they were riding in crashed.My FOX 8 in Virginia reports that two of the teens who died were riding in the back of the truck, and one was in the cab. Three other teens in the vehicle sustained injuries and were treated at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical...

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The Clanton Advertiser reported a truck and train accident that occurred in Thorsby in mid-June. The truck was sitting on railroad tracks when a CSX train crashed into it at around 10:30 a.m.As it turned out, the tractor-trailer was attempting to turn, but did not see the train coming until too late. The crash has raised concern about train crossing safety in the area. The article reports that...

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A Virgina woman was killed this week in a tractor-trailer accident when her car collided head on with an 18-wheeler freshly loaded with beer from a Coors plant. The woman died instantly when she swerved across the center line.Police will likely not press any charges against the truck driver, Michael Jerome Givens, 59, of Gastonia, N.C., said David Fisher, a trooper with the Virginia State Police...

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WVUA-TV reported on a traffic accident involving two trucks and an SUV near a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Tuscaloosa on Friday afternoon to kick off the dangers of heavy traffic Memorial Day Weekend.The accident on Skyland Boulevard resulted in four injuries, as three people were reportedly thrown from the back of one truck. The mother and her two sons in the SUV did not receive any injuries.Heroic...

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A high school senior involved in a three-car wreck in Hillsboro Wednesday suffered injuries that may have included head trauma, according to a report by The Decatur Daily News. The accident occured on Alabama 20 when two cars collilded on the road and an 18-wheeler truck traveling behind of the the cars struck one car and rolled over into a ditch. Fortunately, the other people involved in the...

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The Associated Press published a story today about a truck driver who has recently logged one million miles free of accidents. The 59-year-old trucker Willie Barnes is interviewed in the story, and proper safety measures he takes each day on the job should be held up as the ideal example for truck drivers. Unfortunately too many truckers do not follow this man's example, leading to countless...

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A man driving a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix crashed into a parked semi tractor-trailer on Thursday just after 3 a.m. at a rest park ramp off I-65 in Jasper County.Investigators say that the man driving the car drove off the ramp and crashed directly into the parked truck from behind, causing the blunt force trauma that killed him.The truck was reportedly parked illegally and its driver, who was...

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In a truck accident on Wednesday, a man was cut from his totaled pickup truck after crashing with a church bus. Police say he is still in critical condition. In the meantime 12 passengers of the bus and the bus driver were all taken to Mobile Infirmary for minor injuries in the crash.The man was transported by LifeFlight-Mobile helicopter to the University of South Alabama Medical Center for...

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The Press-Register reported Saturday on a late-night possible drunk driving accident that killed the driver and amazingly did not injure the passenger last Thursday. The Chevrolet Silverado truck was heading west on Lott Road and ran off the road near Whigham Road when the driver lost control going around a curve. The truck reportedly rolled, and both men were ejected from the cab. The driver...

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The State Journal of West Virginia reported on a Tuesday fatal trucking accident that involved a tractor-trailer, a logging truck and a car. The story says the car hit the logging truck, which in turn slowed down and was hit by a tractor-trailer. The motor vehicle accident occurred on the West Virginia Turnpike and closed southbound traffic at Mt. Hope for two hours as the accident was...

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Tuscalossa News reported a fatal one-vehicle accident Saturday in which a 21-year-old Duncanville man ran off the road and struck a tree. The tragedy occurred on Alabama Highway 117 in Northport when the man lost control of his Ford F150 pickup truck at 4 a.m. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt, and no other vehicles were invovled in the crash. Alamaba State Troopers are still investigating...

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