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HERMISTON, Ore. — A semi truck transporting 10,000 gallons of jet fuel traveled off Highway 730 south of the Oregon/Washington border and overturned onto Union Pacific tracks. The portion of the highway that was closed for eight hours  has been reopened.

On February 25, 2013 in Hermiston, OR a tanker semi truck hauling jet fuel was struck by a train after becoming stuck on the tracks. Photo credit: Oregon State Police, KOIN

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HUNTINGTON, OR: – A fatal truck accident Friday, February 18, on an interstate in Baker County, Oregon killed one person and injured four others. The deadly crash started when a passenger car went out of control and set off a multi vehicle collision in the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 just west of the city of Huntington, OR. The truck accident area is in far eastern part of the state, about 84 miles northwest of Boise, Idaho and about 170 miles southeast of Walla Walla, Washington.

Early Friday morning 41 year old Rebecca Clark of La Fayette, Georgia was driving a 2006 Freightliner semi truck through eastern Oregon. The trailer section of the semi tractor was filled with a variety of household products. There was also a passenger riding in the tractor trailer at the time of the truck accident, an unidentified 40 year old male. The tractor trailer is reportedly registered to Cedar Creek Trucking based in Georgia. ... Read More

MEDFORD, OR – A man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon, December 21, when his vehicle was partially crushed in a rollover truck accident at a busy intersection in Jackson County, Oregon. The injured man was trapped in his vehicle for more than an hour after a trailer section of the semi flipped onto his pick-up truck at the intersection of Biddle and Table Rock Roads in the city of Medford, OR. The truck accident area is the far southwest corner of Oregon, about 282 miles south of Vancouver, Washington and about 148 miles north of Redding, California.

On Tuesday afternoon 41 year old Phillip B. McCulloch of Central Point, OR was driving a semi trailer truck through Jackson County, OR. The driver was hauling two trailer sections but his cargo and destination is not known. The tractor trailer is owned by Express Transport, a trucking and freight company based out of Seattle, Washington. At the time of the truck accident the semi driver was headed south, traveling on Table Rock Rd.
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FLORENCE, OR – A semi trailer truck accident Wednesday morning, August 18, shut down a highway near a scenic area in Lane County, Oregon. The collision involved two other vehicles and occurred on Oregon State Highway 101 near the city of Florence, OR. The accident area is in the far west central section of the state on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, about 60 miles west of Eugene, OR and about 180 miles north of Crescent City, California.

After hitting the Ford the semi trailer truck continued to slide along the highway colliding with a 2010 Nissan Sentra occupied by a 19 year old female tourist from Switzerland.

Shortly after 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning 29 year old Daniel Vader was driving a semi truck north on Highway 101 in Lane County, Oregon. The open trailer of the truck was filled with a cargo of wood chips. ... Read More

CORVALLIS, OR – On April, 2, 2010 a trailer truck crashed into an auto body shop Friday morning in Benton County, Oregon. The truck accident happened on Highway 34 in Corvallis, OR. The accident area is in the northwest section of the state southwest of Salem, 84 miles south of Portland, OR and 48 miles north of Eugene, OR.

The interior of the Freebird shop was a mess with crumpled metal and broken glass mixed in with destroyed insulation. Crews removed the trailer truck from the building Friday, and the front window boarded up, allowing Freebird Body & Paint to remain open for business.

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, 44 year old Casmiro Perez of Corvallis was driving a semi trailer truck eastbound on Highway 34, traveling at about 35 MPH. Mr. Perez had just picked up a load of wood concrete forms in Monmouth and was headed back to Double Eagle Construction, located off Highway 34 in the Eastgate Industrial Park. ... Read More

OAKRIDGE, OR – A truck driver died last Thursday from injuries sustained in an early morning hit and run truck accident in Lane County, Oregon. The truck accident happened on Highway 58 about seven miles west of Oakridge, and southeast of Eugene, OR. The area is in the central west section of the state, 140 miles south of Portland, OR and 140 miles northwest of Klamath Falls, OR.

After the impact Mr. Miller apparently lost control of his Sherwin-Williams trailer truck and crashed into a ditch at the side of the highway losing about eight bales of hay from the front trailer.

Shortly before 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning, 37 year old Gregory R. Muller of Sparks, Nevada was driving a Sherwin-Williams trailer truck east on Highway 58. Mr. Muller was hauling clothes and furniture for the paint company. The corporate headquarters for Sherwin-Williams Paint Company is based in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Read More