Texas updates in category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

A Mexican tour bus collided with a truck on Wednesday, January 2, killing one and injuring several others. The charter bus, carrying almost 50 passengers, veered off the highway and then over-corrected, which caused the bus to tip over onto its side. Then, once the bus had crashed on U.S. 59 near Victoria, a pickup truck collided with the overturned bus. The driver of the pickup was not...

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The General Accounting Office has recently used undercover investigators to reveal how easy it is for truckers to cheat on drug tests. The report found that seventy-five percent of the drug testing locations didn't maintain secure testing areas, allowing truckers to compromise the results of drug tests. In addition, the study found numerous online masking agents that they were able to use in...

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It would seem to be unusual way for a trucking accident to occur, but a new story in the Indianapolis Star reports that six people have been killed on the nation's highways this year by wheels that broke loose from semi trucks. The latest victim was a police officer that was helping another officer at a traffic stop. Particularly disconcerting is the fact that the truck driver didn't even...

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Each year thousands of people are seriously injured or killed in 18 wheeler related accidents. Often times over worked drivers and drivers who are in a hurry to get their load from one place to another are to blame.Hilliard and Munoz LLP have the resources and legal skills you need on your side in the event you or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed as a result of a negligent truck...

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An 18-Wheeler accident in Katy on Interstate 10 has left the driver dead. The westbound side of the freeway was shut down for hours while the roadway could be cleared and the accident investigated. The Harris County Sheriff's Office says the man lost control and hit a large street sign around 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 10 at Magnolia. The driver was ejected from the truck and pronounced dead at...

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Three men in a Chevorolet Cavalier were killed after they were hit by a semi-truck. The 18-Wheeler Accident happened at the intersection of U.S. 98 and 198 in Lucedale. Gazzo said it appears the three men, in a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier, pulled out in front of the truck.The impact threw the car under the 18-wheeler, which came to a stop west of Rocky Creek Road, according to the Highway...

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An 18-Wheeler driving on Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi overturned and spilled 5,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil onto Harbor Bridge. The 18-Wheeler accident happened at the end of August. Crews had to work to keep the fuel oil from going into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The police department believes that the driver was speeding on the turn and that is why the truck overturned. Cmdr....

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A truck accident claimed the life of a man on Tuesday, despite the heroic efforts of fellow motorists who lifted the pickup truck off of him.One motorist approached the vehicle and held the man's head as he called 911 for help.Several other motorists stopped and together they were able to lift the pickup truck off of him. At which point the man was breathing approximately every 6 to 7...

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A driver is in serious condition following a trucking accident when he allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed with a gravel truck.A 2006 Dodge Infinity driven by a 39-year-old man, of Plano, was heading eastbound on Highway 64 when his car veered into oncoming traffic and struck a dump truck heading westbound, according to a report by Texas Department of Transportation. The truck...

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A Union Pacific train collided with an 18-wheel tractor trailer on Friday in a trucking accident on U.S. 90A and Harlem Road. Amazingly, the truck driver escaped injury, said police.The train hit the 19-wheeler and split it in two, said a spokewoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, whom is currently investigating the accident. There was no derailment and no injuries. In fact the train...

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A trucking accident involving a semi-tractor trailer and a pickup truck has claimed the life of an 80-year old man on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at 2:38pm at University Hospital in San Antonio, police said.The man had suffered lacerations to his head and left arm as a result of the crash, which happened at the intersection of Highway 46 and Farm to Market 725 around 11:33am this...

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A husband wants answers regarding the fatal car accident that took his wife's life and he hopes to use a lawsuit to get those answers.His wife died in October after the driver of an 18-wheeler ran a red light and crashed into her Ford Focus. The car was dragged 150 yards before catching on fire.The negligence lawsuit, filed in state District Court in Collin County, names as defendants the truck...

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After a truck accident early this morning involving a garbage truck and a car - two people are dead and Texas 146, in Liberty County, was closed.Investigation reports indicate the car may have had a tire malfunction that caused the car to swerve and hit a Waste Management garbage truck head-on.The driver of the garbage truck was hospitalized the two people in the car were killed, according to...

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Shortly before 8:00 am this morning, my cell phone rang and a friend alerted me to what I already suspected based on the brake lights I was seeing in all five lanes of I-45 North near Spring-Stuebner Road. Yet another major automobile accident on this well-traveled interstate highway was delaying commuters from Montgomery County and adding at least an hour to the daily trip to downtown Houston....

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Luckily no firefighters were seriously injured last week when a fire truck crashed on its way to a house fire, which turned out to be a false alarm. The truck accident stalled traffic in downtown Houston, and one firefighter suffered a shoulder injury in the wreck. Three others who were on the truck escaped injury but were taken to the hospital as a precaution.The driver of the fire truck was on...

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