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MONROE, N.C. — A semi truck driver, who stopped his 18-wheeler on the tracks trying to make a light, has been charged with failure to stop at a railroad crossing in the Monroe, North Carolina train crash that happened on Tuesday, April 30.

A CSX train plowed into a semi truck that was stopped on the tracks at a rail crossing in Monroe, NC on April 30, 2013 and spilled a load of PVC pipe all over the surrounding area.

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CORNELIUS, NC — A semi truck accident took place on Wednesday, April 17, on Interstate 77 in Cornelius, N. C. shuttng down the roadway after a semi truck rear-ended a tractor trailer spilling yellow paint onto the road. Cornelius, NC is about 20 miles north of Charlotte.

Yellow paint was spilled all over the roadway after a tractor trailer crashed into the back of another big rig on the northbound I-77 in Cornelius, NC on April 17, 2013. Photo credit: wbtv.com

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CHARLOTTE, NC — An elderly woman was tragically killed by a tractor trailer after wandering into oncoming traffic along Interstate 85 late Tuesday night, Sept. 18.

A missing woman in the early stages of dementia was killed by semi trucks while walking into oncoming traffic on I-85 in Charlotte, NC on September 18, 2012.

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CHARLOTTE, NC — An accident involving a vehicle and tractor trailer shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 85 on Wednesday morning, July 18, after a driver of a truck attempted to take the exit off of the interstate, but swerved back into traffic and cut off the tractor trailer.

A passenger vehicle was completely demolished in a semi truck accident on I-85 near the I-77 interchange in Charlotte on July 18, 2012.

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LOWELL, NC – An 18 wheeler truck driver traveling on I-85 North sideswiped a vehicle near exit 23, Wednesday morning, March 21, shutting down northbound lanes of I-85 for 3½ hours.

A semi truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road crashing into a concrete median barrier on the northbound I-85 in Lowell, NC on Mar 21, 2012. Photo: John Clark/The Gaston Gazette

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LINVILLE FALLS, NC – A semi driver faces multiple charges after being involved in a fatal truck accident Sunday, Ferbruary 27, in McDowell County, North Carolina. The passenger in the tractor trailer died after the semi crashed on U.S. Highway 221 near the city of Linville Falls. The truck accident occurred in the far west part of the state near the Tennessee border, about 82 miles north of Spartanburg, South Carolina and about 153 miles east of Knoxville, TN.

On Sunday 53 year old David B. Small of New Jersey was driving a semi trailer truck through western North Carolina, amidst the Blue Ridge Mountains. There was one passenger in the tractor trailer at the time of the truck accident, identified as 51 year old Ricky D. McDuffie of Bishopville, South Carolina. The 18 wheeler truck was carrying a cargo of batteries used to power small vehicles including motorcycles and lawn mowers. ... Read More

FLETCHER, NC – A truck driver faces multiple charges after he set off a deadly chain reaction truck accident late Sunday night, October 26, in Henderson County, North Carolina. The incident occurred on Interstate 26 in the city of Fletcher when a semi trailer truck slammed into a line of traffic. The truck accident area is in the Asheville metro region in the western section of the state, about 124 miles southeast of Knoxville, Tennessee and about 55 miles north of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Late Sunday night Roumen Velkov of Beloit, Wisconsin was driving a semi trailer truck east on Interstate 26, traveling through Henderson County, NC. He was driving the tractor trailer for Global Carrier Company, based in Justice, Illinois. ... Read More

CHARLOTTE, NC – A semi tanker truck crashed and overturned Thursday morning, September 22, on a highway in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The truck accident, which occurred on the Brookshire Freeway near the city of Charlotte, caused the trailer section to break open and spill part of the semi’s cargo of flour out onto the roadway. The accident area is near the border with South Carolina in the southwest section of the state, about 79 miles south of Winston-Salem, NC and about 76 miles northeast of Spartanburg, SC.

On Tuesday morning a Mack semi tanker truck was on North Graham Street, traveling through Mecklenburg County, NC. The tanker of the truck was filled with a cargo of loose baking flour. The identity of the driver and the company he was working for has not been released. ... Read More

DAVIDSON, NC – A tractor trailer transporting U.S. Mail slid off a slippery North Carolina highway Saturday afternoon and almost fell into Lake Norman. The truck accident happened on Interstate 77 near the town of Davidson, NC. The area is in the Charlotte metropolitan region in the far southwest section of the state, 164 miles west of Raleigh, NC and 260 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.

The cab of the tractor trailer dangled off the bridge edge, a few feet from the cold water.

At approximately 1:00 p.m. Saturday, the unidentified tractor truck driver was traveling south on I-77. The region was under a severe winter storm advisory and the roads were extremely icy… ... Read More