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SWEETWATER, TN – Four people, including two young children, were killed Friday afternoon, Oct 22, when they were involved in a truck accident on a rural highway in McMinn County, Tennessee.

The tragic collision between the passenger car and a Wal-Mart semi trailer truck occurred just west of the city of Sweetwater on Tennessee State Highway 68 near the juncture with McMinn County Road 292. The accident area is in the southeast corner of the state, between the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville, about 75 miles north of Dalton, Georgia and about 165 miles west of Asheville, North Carolina. ... Read More

AUSTIN, TX – A driver died from injuries he received in a fiery tanker truck accident early Saturday morning, Oct 30, on U.S. Highway 183 in Travis County, Texas. The rollover semi crash occurred on the highway overpass above MoPac Boulevard in the state capital city of Austin, TX. The truck accident area is in the central part of Texas, about 196 miles south of Dallas, TX.

Early Saturday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi tanker truck on north U.S Highway 183, traveling through Austin in Travis County, TX. The tanker section of the truck was filled with a little over 6,000 gallons of gasoline. At this time the Austin Police Department has not released the identity of the driver, his destination, and the tanker truck company that owns the semi and the fuel. ... Read More

U.S.D.C. DALLAS COUNTY, TX -  Texas truck accident lawyers,  Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a Killeen, Texas woman and a Killeen, Texas man who sustained serious injuries due to the negligence of Eagle Aggregate Transportation, LLC. The Plaintiffs are a 49 year old female truck driver and a 48 year old male truck driver who cannot work due to the injuries sustained in this crash.

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MACON, GA – About a hundred residential customers lost power last Sunday night, October 24, when a semi trailer truck got tangled in and pulled down electrical power lines in Bibb County, Georgia. The single vehicle truck accident occurred near the intersection of Britt Drive and Napier Avenue in the city of Macon, GA. The accident area is in the center part of Georgia, about 101 miles northeast of Phenix City, Alabama and about 136 miles southwest of North Augusta, South Carolina.

On Sunday evening, Oct. 24, an unidentified person was driving a semi tractor trailer truck through the city of Macon in Bibb County, GA. The trailer section of the semi had the logo for Hart Transportation, Inc. a trucking company based out of Jacksonville, Florida. At this time it is not known where the driver was headed or the cargo in the trailer. ... Read More

BETHESDA, MD – The driver of a semi trailer was killed Monday morning, October 18, when his 18 wheeler tractor trailer rolled over on a highway in Montgomery County, Maryland. The deadly truck accident occurred on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway between Interstate 270 and Old Georgetown Road near the city of Bethesda, MD. The accident area is just north of the nation’s capital Washington, DC, about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore, MD and about 10 miles north of Arlington, Virginia.

Early Monday morning a semi driver was eastbound on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway, also know as Interstate 495, traveling through Montgomery County, Maryland. The semi trailer was carrying hundreds of cases and kegs of Samuel Adams beer. The driver’s identity has not been released. ... Read More

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL – A speeding semi trailer truck crashed Thursday afternoon, October 14, on a highway ramp in Cook County, Illinois. The driver was critically injured in the truck accident which occurred on the Bishop Ford Freeway in South Holland, IL. The accident area is just southwest of Chicago in the far northeast corner of the state, about 17 miles west of Gary, Indiana.

Early Thursday afternoon an unidentified truck driver was traveling northbound on the Bishop Ford Freeway in Cook County, IL. The freeway is also known as Interstate 94. The semi was pulling a flatbed trailer and hauling a cargo of 4 foot by 8 foot steel sheet panels. It is not known where the driver was taking the load of steel. One female passenger was also riding in the cab of the semi flatbed truck. ... Read More

MONTGOMERY, AL – Four people were injured Tuesday afternoon, October 12, in a multi vehicle truck accident that occurred at an intersection in Montgomery County, Alabama. The collision between two semi trailer trucks occurred at the juncture of Troy Highway and Taylor Road in the state capitol city of Montgomery, AL. The truck accident area is in the central part of Alabama, about 157 miles east of Meridian, Mississippi and about 88 miles west of Columbus, Georgia.

On Tuesday afternoon an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi trailer north on the Troy Highway through Montgomery County, AL. The semi was hauling a white trailer section but the cargo and destination of the driver is not known. ... Read More

LYTLE, TX – A fiery semi trailer truck accident killed two people Friday afternoon, October 15, on a highway in Atascosa County, Texas. The deadly rear-end collision occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near the town of Lytle, TX. The accident area is just southwest of the city of San Antonio in the south-central section of the state, about 103 miles south of Austin, TX.

On Friday afternoon a semi tractor trailer was traveling through south-central Texas, northbound on Interstate 35. The driver of the semi has not been identified but an Illinois license plate was found at the scene of the truck accident, leading officials to believe that the driver may be based in that state. Their initial investigation also points to the truck driver coming from Mexico but they do not know the intended destination or the cargo he was carrying. ... Read More

LINCOLN COUNTY, ARKANSAS – Arkansas truck accident lawyers, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, are representing a client who was involved in an automobile collision that occurred about one-half mile north of Gould, Arkansas on October 22, 2008. The Plaintiff sustained serious and disabling injuries when the vehicle driven by Defendant EADS and owned by Defendant CONWAY, struck the vehicle in which the Plaintiff was riding as a passenger.

Plaintiff is a 57 year old farm laborer who cannot work due to the injuries he sustained in this crash. He lives in Dumas, Arkansas. ... Read More

CHICKALOON, AK – A semi tanker truck overturned Thursday afternoon, October 7, spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel on a highway in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of Alaska. There were no serious injuries in the collision that occurred on the Glenn Highway near the town of Chickaloon and workers were able to keep the fuel from entering two nearby rivers. The truck accident area is about 78 miles northeast of Anchorage in the south central section of the state.

On Thursday afternoon 53 year old Tracie Lyons of Valdez, AK was driving a 2003 Vanderbilt semi tanker truck east on the Glenn Highway, also known as Alaska State Highway 1. He had just picked up approximately 8,800 gallons of diesel fuel and was headed back to Valdez. Mr. Lyon’s was driving the tanker truck for Big State Logistics Inc, a trucking company based out of Valdez and Fairbanks, AK. ... Read More