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DENHAM SPRINGS, LA – Two separate rollover truck accidents happened early Wednesday morning, December 15, on the same stretch of highway in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The two incidents occurred on eastbound Interstate 12 as it passes through Denham Springs, LA. One of the overturns spilled part of its chemical cargo, forcing police to reduce traffic to one lane. The truck accidents occurred on the eastern edge of the Baton Rouge metro region in the far southeast part of Louisiana, about 198 miles east of Beaumont, Texas and about 150 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi.

Just after midnight on Wednesday an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi tanker truck through Livingston Parish, LA, going east on Interstate 12. The tanker of the 18 wheeler was filled with several thousand gallons of gasoline. The company that owns the semi truck and the destination of the driver was not released. ... Read More

PORT BARRE, LA – Twenty one school children were injured Friday morning, December 3, when their bus was involved in a truck accident on a highway in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. A semi trailer collided with the school bus as it was pulling back onto U.S. Highway 190 after picking up children near the town of Port Barre. The truck accident area is in the south-central section of the state, about 54 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA and about 157 miles east of Beaumont, Texas.

On Friday morning 52 year old David Cox of Dallas, TX was driving a semi trailer truck on U.S. 190, traveling through St. Landry Parish. His truck is owned by J.B Hunt Transport Services, Inc, based out of Lowell, Arkansas. His destination and cargo at the time of the truck accident is not known. ... Read More

METAIRIE, La – A semi tractor trailer truck crashed into a highway overpass Friday afternoon, September 3, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The truck accident happened in the city of Metairie, LA when the driver was attempting a U-Turn on the south service road for Interstate 10. The accident area is just west of the New Orleans metro region in the far southeast corner of the state, about 74 miles southeast of Baton Rouge, LA and about 148 miles southwest of Mobile, Alabama.

Big rig crashes into I-10 overpass in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

At around noon Friday 54 year old Timothy Weckerlin of Hawk Point, Missouri was driving a semi trailer truck east on Interstate 10 in Jefferson County, LA. The trailer of the 18 wheeler had the logo for Aurora Trailer Leasing & Rental, a national trucking company based in St. Louis, MO. It is not known if the driver was working for the company or had leased the truck. The cargo he was carrying and his destination was also not released to the public.
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ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. – A truck driver has been charged in a Friday morning, July 9, truck accident that killed four people on a highway in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The deadly collision occurred on Interstate 59, north of Slidell near Pearl River, LA and a few miles from the Mississippi border. The truck accident area is in the far southeast section of the state, about 40 miles northeast of New Orleans, LA and about 65 miles west of Biloxi, MS.

Louisiana State Police troopers look over the tragedy Friday morning, July 9, after the 18-wheeler in the background smashed into a Dodge truck on the right, killing its four passengers on I-59 near the state line. (Photo by Erik Sanzenbach)

At about 9:00 a.m. Friday morning, 37 year old Juan Torres of Montgomery, Texas was driving a 2003 Freightliner semi trailer truck north on Interstate 59. The truck bore the logo and markings of Texas International Express LLC, based in Humble, TX. ... Read More

GROSSE TETE, LA – Four people were killed early Friday morning, April 9, when a tractor trailer traveling eastbound on Interstate 10 sideswiped another 18 wheeler that was parked on the shoulder, lost control, then crossed the median onto the westbound side into oncoming traffic and crashed head on into another big rig and an SUV. All three vehicles then burst into flames.

The burned wreckage of a sport utility vehicle and two 18-wheelers after a fiery crash that took the lives of four people Friday morning on I-10 just east of Grosse Tete, Louisiana.

The fatal semi truck accident happened just east of the Louisiana Highway 77 interchange about 5:00 a.m. on April 9, 2010 near the Grosse Tete exit on the westbound side at mile marker 140. ... Read More

U.S.D.C. – WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA – Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, nationwide truck accident lawyers, represent a Riverdale, Michigan man who sustained injuries to the neck, right shoulder and back due to the negligence of Eagle Distributing Of Shreveport, Inc.

The plaintiff is a 64 year-old construction worker who is disabled due to the subject incident. He is a resident of Riverdale, Michigan.

The incident occurred on September, 16, 2009, as the plaintiff was traveling West on I-20 in Bossier City, Louisiana.

The plaintiff was at a stop due to congested traffic when the International Tractor operated by truck driver, Robert Blakeley, struck the plaintiff in the rear causing his vehicle to run off the highway and into a ditch. ... Read More