Kentucky updates in category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

This time the Greyhound Bus Wreck was in Pennsylvania instead of Bowling Green Kentucky. A Greyhound Bus flipped and injured more than Forty Passenger. The bus was on Interstate 380, about 100 miles from Philadelphia. Read Story Here. http://www.wpsdtv.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=85f69a22-5f87-4bcb-8c5b-ec6857861c85The Greyhound Bus Crash in Bowling Green was last June and Killed...

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Two adults and three children were killed earlier Thursday when a logging truck and car collided in North Carolina near Winton in Hertford County. The driver of the logging truck was not injured. Read News Story Here. Police are still investigating the cause of the North Carolina Truck and Car Crash.

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A story that we reported about earlier this week has come to a tragic end. Kurt Janes, 28, of Mayfield Kentucky was killed as a result of a Semi-Truck and Van Collision on U.S. Highway 51 near Clinton. According to a story in Friday's Paducah Sun, Janes was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashvillle Tennessee after the Kentucky Semi-Truck Wreck. Janes died around midnight...

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There has been a Western Kentucky Semi-Truck Wreck in Hickman County Kentucky on US Higway 51 near Clinton Kentucky. The Semi-Truck collided with a van. The driver of the van has been arilifted to a hospital. Read News Story. Names of the drivers of both the van and the Semi-Truck have not been released. At last report the Police were reconstructing the Accident to determine the cause.

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An Interstate Trucking Accident involving a Semi-Truck and a Western Kentucky Couple turned deadly last week in Kentucky. James Moses Jr. and his wife Klela Moses were killed when they collided with a Semi-Truck. Read News Stoy here. The Semi-Truck Driver was not injured. Read More about Interstate Trucking Accidents.

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Do you know what tractor-trailers are hauling on our roadways? Truckers haul tons of munitions on our nation's highways everyday. How is a driver to know that a truck could be carrying dangerous materials? Most of the time your only clue is an orange placard on the trailer stating "explosives." That is why it is so important that all of us give truckers the room they need on the road. For...

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Cecil Burnett is dead after being hit by a semi truck on Interstate 24. The semi struck a vehicle that was stopped in the eastbound lane near the Ohio River Bridge. The impact of the collision ejected Cecil Burnett from the vehicle, and he was later pronounced dead on the scene. Two additional cars were unable to avoid the wrecked vehicles, injuring two other passengers. Western Kentucky...

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A gavel truck was the cause of a trucking accident on a Kentucky Interstate 197, Wednesday, when it struck that back of a school bus sending more than two dozen children to the hospital for medical treatment.The truck driver was cited for a drug related DUI.The bus driver was attempting to stop when the truck crashed into the bus, according to Kentucky State Police. Four students and the bus...

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Two portable toilets fell from a truck on Monday morning in Louisville, Kentucky. The portable toilets struck several vehicles traveling behind the truck causing multiple crashes. Objects falling from trucks can occur due to truckers failure to properly secure the items. Whenever you are traveling behind a semi tractor trailer be cognizant of the exposed cargo. Falling objects can cause...

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A three-car pile up last week killed a man on Interstate 64 in Louisville, Kentucky. Police reported that a Honda had stopped on the Interstate near the Grinstead Drive exit. A vehicle rear-ended the Honda. Unfortunately, a pick-up truck then rear-ended the middle vehicle knocking it into the median and killing the driver. Sometimes it is difficult to avoid a vehicle stopped on the...

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A pickup truck crossed the median on the Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265) in Louisville and crashed into a ditch resulting in the driver's death. This was the third fatality due to a motor vehicle accident in Louisville on last Monday, September 10. Fatalities in Louisville continue to climb this year due to automobile and truck wrecks. WLKY in Louisville reported on the story and highlighted that...

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Too many overweight trucks are being allowed on our highways and roads. The government restricts weight to 40 tons on most interstate highways. However, thousands of overweight trucks travel the road causing damage to the road infrastructure. A study showed that one 40 ton truck does as much damage to the road as 9600 cars. Some suspect that overweight trucks caused the damage to the bridge...

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A cement truck driver lost control of his truck on I-65 in Louisville, Kentucky last week and crashed into a Kentucky Air National Guard building. It appears that the brakes on his truck may have gone out. The truck crossed four lanes of interstate traffic, drove through a fence into the building. Negligent maintenance of trucks is a leading cause of truck accidents on our roadways. ...

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A chartered church bus collided with a tractor trailer and a car on I-65 near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The wreck shut down I-65 for a period of time in order to clear the debris and scene. It appears the bus rear-ended a semi-truck that pulled out in front of it. Thankfully, no injuries were initally reported. This is the second wreck in less than a month on I-65 involving a bus. The...

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We all know driving can be dangerous and that automobile accidents and truck accidents will happen. With the Fourth of July holiday upon us, most of us will be on the roads and interstates over the next several days. Hopefully, we will have a safe journey, but what should you do if you are injured by a semi tractor-trailer or another automobile? Here are a few tips to consider if you are...

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