Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Trucking Accident Claims Woman's Life

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  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...

• Should Illegal Trucking Practices be Monitored

  Rob McKinney | June 13, 2007 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  One function of government is to insure and protect the safety of it's citizens . Trucking companies that ignore the safety rules should be watched , fined , or shut down .The public needs these trucks to transport the goods we need and the majority of the truck drivers are lawabiding folks . What should the government do ? Recently , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminstration...

• Two Tractor Trailers Collide in Maryland

  Shannon Weidemann | June 09, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Two tractor-trailers were driving on Interstate 70 Friday morning when they collided, causing one truck to spill corrosive chemicals. The trucking accident happened in Frederick County. The accident happened when an Arnold Trucking tractor-trailer ran out of fuel as it traveled up South Mountain, troopers said. A second tractor-trailer, owned by Baylor Trucking, then hit the...

• Safety Checks for Commerical Trucks

  Rob McKinney | June 07, 2007 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Today , the Tennessee Department of Safety wraps up intense safety inspections that have lasted the past 72 hours . The purpose was to reduce the number of unsafe trucks and drivers on the roadways . Since Tuesday , the Tennessee Highway Patrol has been conducting safety checks around the clock . The inspections also act to reduce the number of accidents involving commerical trucks...

• Paramedics Hurt in Truck Crash

  Christina Cole | June 07, 2007 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Two paramedics were injured when their MEDIC truck overturned at least twice in a trucking accident this morning. "There was certainly potential for serious injuries, we are thankful these guys weren't seriously injured," said a MEDIC spokesman.The two-person crew was in transit to a call near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport at approximately 11:15 a.m. when the trucked rolled over....

• Frivolous Lawsuits Hurts My Clients

  Rob McKinney | June 05, 2007 7:27 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  The buzz word today is that many people apply the word frivolous lawsuit to most personal injury lawsuits . Frivolous is defined as having little value or importance . Recently , Injuryboard made me aware of a lawsuit filed in Wahington D.C. for 65 million dollars over a pair of pants that a dry cleaner damaged . The person that filed it was reported to be a magistrate . This...

• Trucker's logs are key evidence in tractor trailer wrecks.

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 01, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Your attorney needs to get all of the trucker's logs, if you are hurt in a crash where the big rig drivers was at fault. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sets forth strict rules about keeping log books that apply to trucks and trucking companies.As a law firm based out of Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) we see many accidents with serious...

• Semi-Truck Nearly Breaks Apart in Collision

  Chrissie Cole | June 01, 2007 2:01 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  In a trucking accident, Thursday, a semi-truck crashed with such extreme force that it nearly broke apart and sent wreckage flying over a half mile radius of the accident location."This is one of the worst accidents involving vehicular damage I have witnessed in over 27 years of response to Interstate accidents," Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief said.The accident happened at approximately...

• Jackson County Tanker Truck in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  A Jackson County truck driver caused an accident on Highway 14E that sent his truck into a ditch. The trucking accident happened east of Newport. The driver of the truck hit a PT Cruiser. The truck traveled down the embankment and turned onto it's side trapping Schulz in the cab of the truck. He was extricated from the vehicle by EMS and transported via Air Evac to UAMS in Little Rock.The...

• Two trucks collide with SUV in accident

  Staff Writer | May 29, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  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...