Posts tagged trucking accidents

• Who’s driving that semi-truck on the Interstate heading towards my family?

  Beth Janicek | January 15, 2010 11:58 AM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I-35 and Cross-border trucking On I-35, there are many 18-wheeler trucks traveling in both directions. In traffic or out of traffic, fast or slow; big rigs can be intimidating, and if an accident...

• Are US Roads Filled With Unsafe Trucks?

  Angel Reyes | August 27, 2009 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  You’ve been driving for ten hours. You’re tired, you’re hungry, and busloads of school children won’t stop trying to get you to honk your horn. Cars are passing you every...

• More On Work Zone Safety

  Brooks Schuelke | August 05, 2009 9:40 AM | 1 CommentAustin, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I missed the boat. Yesterday, I wrote about the horrific tractor trailer crash near Gainesville, Texas. The wreck, which killed a Bedford, Texas couple and a Louisiana man, occurred near a work zone...

• Texas Safety Lawyer discusses Hiring a Lawyer for Trucking Accidents

  Jesse Guerra | May 30, 2008 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Individuals who have been seriously injured in accidents involving commercial trucks such as 18 wheelers should seek legal advice as soon as possible.  Often times, individuals choose to wait a few...

• Singer Emilio Navaira Critically Injured in Bus Crash

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 5:46 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured on Sunday after his band's bus crashed on a highway in Houston.Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. At about 5 a.m. Sunday, the band's bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, a well-to-do enclave within the city west of downtown Houston, Bellaire...

• $82 Million Awarded in Ford Rollover Lawsuit

  Scott Kappes | March 13, 2008 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Yesterday a California appeals court reinstated an $82.6 million award to a woman who was left a paraplegic after a rollover accident in her Ford Explorer. Benetta Buell-Wilson's spine was crushed when the vehicle rolled over and the roof collapsed due to a defect that Ford was allegedly aware of and failed to remedy or warn consumers about. At the original trial a jury awarded Buell-Wilson and...

• Texas Jury Awards $6.5 Million in Rollover Lawsuit

  Scott Kappes | February 07, 2008 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  In August of 2004 Ruben Zamora, 41, was severely injured when he was involved in a rollover accident in his 1993 Ford Explorer. Zamora lost control of the vehicle when the tread of one of the back tires separated causing the tail end of the SUV to swing sideways and resulted in the rollover. Zamora was ejected from the vehicle during the rollover. The previously disabled oilfield worker suffered...

• Family of Man Killed in Bus Accident Sues Company, Driver

  Jenny Albano | January 16, 2008 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The family of a man who was killed in a recent bus crash near Victoria is suing the bus owner, the operator and the driver of the vehicle. Pedro Mendez was killed during the accident that occurred on January 2 that seriously injured many other passengers. The bus was headed to Houston from Monterrey, Mexico.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Harris County District Court, alleges three companies...

• Truck and Tour Bus Collide, Killing One and Injuring Many Others

  Jenny Albano | January 02, 2008 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX 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...

• Trucking Accident Report: Truckers Can Easily Cheat on Drug Tests(2)

  Brooks Schuelke | November 04, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  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...