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VICTORIA, TX. – Two semi trucks and a van collided on U.S. Highway 59, Wednesday morning at about 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 15 killing one of the van’s passengers, a 30 year old man from Alice, Texas and injuring 4 others.

Photo shows semi truck that crashed in Victoria, TX on highway 59, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Photo credit: Victoria Advocate

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WARNER TOWNSHIP, MI – Jeffrey Zaslow, a famous Michigan author, was killed on Friday, Feb. 10, when his car slid into the path of an oncoming semi truck while traveling on the M-32. Warner Township is located in Antrim County, MI. in the northern part of the state about 5 miles northwest of Elmira, 246 miles northwest of Detroit and 187 miles north of Lansing .

Jeffrey Zaslow October 6, 1958 – February 10, 2012

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ANDERSON COUNTY, SC – On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 a semi tanker truck crashed into a power pole and then exploded and burst into flames in Anderson County, SC.

Massive blaze of a tanker truck that crashed and burned in Anderson County, SC on February 7, 2012. The truck driver was injured in the accident.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives blocked a proposal put forth by shipping company interests that would allow the weight limit of semi trucks on U.S. roads to be increased from 40 tons to 48.5 tons without a permit.

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In the 151st District Court Of  HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Houston truck accident lawyer, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a 56 year old man from Pontotoc, MS who was injured by a semi truck driver employed by CANNONBALL TRUCKING, INC. at the time of the incident.

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GAINESVILLE, FL – Ten motorists were killed and 18 injured in a massive pileup involving about 20 vehicles, several being semi trucks, on a section of I-75 in Gainesville, FL early Sunday morning, January 29, 2012.

Massive pileup of several semi trucks, passenger cars and other vehicles on I-75 in Gainesville, FL where 10 people were killed on Sunday, January 29, 2012.

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CARTHAGE, TN. – An 18 wheeler accident occured Thursday, Jan 26, at mile marker 258 in Carthage, Tennessee. The city of Carthage is located in Smith County about 56 miles north east of Nashville.

Photo shows 18 wheeler in a ditch alongside I-40. PHOTO Credit: WKRN-TV Nashville

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ROCKWOOD, MI – On Friday, January 20, 2012 a semi truck overturned under the I-75 overpass in Rockwood, MI, blocking traffic for hours.

A semi truck overturned on the northbound I-75 in Rockwood, MI on Friday, January 20, 2012, blocking traffic for hours. Photo credit: Mike Campbell / CBS WWJ Detroit

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MARINE, IL – A motorist was killed in a fatal head-on semi truck accident in Marine, IL on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

View facing north on Illinois Route 4 just south of Weber Road (on the right) where a motorist was killed in a fatal head-on collision with a semi truck on January 12, 2012.

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TULSA, OK – A semi truck driver is lucky to be alive after plunging from an overpass onto the railroad tracks below when his big rig crashed on a Tulsa, OK bridge on Thursday, January 5, 2012.

Tractor-trailer slumped over onto BNSF railroad tracks after semi truck plunges from Tulsa, OK bridge on January 5, 2012.

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