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U.S.D.C. 112th JUDICIAL Court in CROCKETT COUNTY, TEXAS:

Houston truck accident lawyer, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a 56-year-old woman from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana who was injured when DEFENDANT, semi truck driver, Brandon Lee Morrison, employed by TOM THORP TRANSPORTS. INC. crossed over the center line of State Highway 163 into the northbound lane, striking Plaintiff’s vehicle.

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NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TX — A trucker driving a 2006 Mack log truck on FM 2782 pulled into the southbound lane of US 59 in front of a 2000 Toyota Echo killing the driver of the Toyota.

One man was killed when his car was struck by a logging truck on U.S. 59 about 8.4 miles southwest of the town of Nacogdoches, TX on August 28, 2012.

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AUSTIN, TX. — A semi truck accident involving a passenger vehicle occurred on Thursday, August 30, that temporarily shut down the westbound Texas 71 just east of U.S. 183 in East Austin, according to the police.

Map showing location of a semi truck accident on the westbound side of Texas 71 just east of U.S. Route 183 on August 30, 2012. The big rig jackknifed and rolled over blocking traffic.

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HOUSTON, TX — A semi truck driver carrying frozen poultry on Wednesday, Aug. 22, crossed over the railroad tracks while traveling east on Rankin Road and was struck by an oncoming train scattering the frozen chickens across the tracks.

A semi truck tries to cross the tracks and gets stuck in traffic, then gets hit by oncoming train in Houston, TX on August 22, 2012. Photo credit: KHOU

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DALLAS. TX — A tanker truck carrying more than 8,000 gallons of fuel exploded after it was hit by a Union Pacific freight train early Thursday morning , August 23, in Wills Point Texas. The city of Wills Point is located about 47 miles east of Dallas Texas.

Rail cars are ablaze in an inferno of fire after a tanker truck crashed with a Union Pacific freight train in Wills Point, TX on August 23, 2012. The big rig got stuck on the tracks when the trucker tried to get around a stopped train on a road that was not intended for heavy tractor trailers.

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JONESBORO, Texas — A woman from Comanche County was killed on Tuesday, August 8, when the vehicle she was driving slammed into a semi truck and threw her from her car where she was then struck by a second 18-wheeler. The victim was identified as Carla Payne Wendeborn, 43, of Dublin.

A woman was killed in a fatal semi truck accident just outside Jonesboro, TX on August 8, 2012. Texas cities nearby are Gatesville, Temple, Waco and Killeen. Photo credit: Paul J. Gately

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HOUSTON, TX — A semi truck traveling eastbound on the I-10 in Houston, Texas on Thursday, Aug 16, struck the center divider and spilled diesel fuel onto the westbound lanes..

Photo shows a semi truck that jackknifed on the eastbound I-10 in Houston, TX , Thursday afternoon, August 16, 2012, striking the center divider and spilling diesel fuel onto the westbound lanes. Traffic was jammed in both directions until a Hazmat team cleaned up the spill.

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AUSTIN, TX. –  An accident involving a semi truck hauling a tanker struck an overpass bridge near Texas 71 and U.S. 183 near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport temporarily shutting down several lanes of the highway.

A flatbed semi truck hauling a large tank hit a bridge overpass near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on U.S. 183 at interchange with Texas 71 in Austin, TX and knocked the tank onto the roadway. Photo credit: myfoxaustin.com

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POHATCONG TOWNSHIP, PA — Investigators are trying to figure how a Honda sedan carrying a woman and two children became wedged underneath a tractor-trailer in Pohatcong Township, Pennsylvania.

Three people were injured when a Honda became wedged underneath a semi trailer in Pohatcong Township, PA on August 10, 2012. Photo credit: Express-Times

The accident occurred at about 1:00 a.m on Friday morning, August 10, at Route 22 East and New Brunswick Avenue in Pohatcong Township.

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SAN ANTONIO, TX –  Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene of a triple fatality multi vehicle traffic accident that occured Monday morning, July 30, after a wrong way driver in a Toyota Camry slammed into a Dodge Durango carrying a family of five on IH-35 near FM 1103 in the city of Schertz, Texas.

Three people are dead following a semi truck accident in San Antonio, TX after a wrong-way driver crashed into another vehicle on I-35. Photo credit: John Davenport/San Antonio Express-News

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