Archive for the ‘Tennessee Truck Accidents’ Category

GREENE COUNTY, TN – The driver of a UPS tractor trailer was killed on the northbound I-81 on September 16, in a fiery crash with a pickup truck on I-81 in Greene County, TN. Greene County is located in the northeast part of the state on the western border of North Carolina.

The driver of a UPS tractor trailer was killed in a fiery crash with a pickup truck on I-81 in Greene County, TN on September 16, 2013.

The driver of a UPS tractor trailer was killed in a fiery crash with a pickup truck on I-81 in Greene County, TN on September 16, 2013.

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CARTHAGE, TN. – An 18 wheeler accident occured Thursday, Jan 26, at mile marker 258 in Carthage, Tennessee. The city of Carthage is located in Smith County about 56 miles north east of Nashville.

Photo shows 18 wheeler in a ditch alongside I-40. PHOTO Credit: WKRN-TV Nashville

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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

HENDERSONVILLE, TN – Two semi trucks were involved in a multi vehicle accident early Monday morning north of Nashville in Hendersonville, Tennessee, slowing the morning commute. The truck accident happened in Sumner County on Viet Nam Veterans Boulevard near the Center Point exit. The accident area is in the central section of the state, 150 miles northwest of Chattanooga, TN and 128 miles north of Huntsville, Alabama.

A Pepsi semi truck hauling a cargo of soda, driven by 57 year old Jimmy L. Hanserd, slammed into the disabled vehicles and the empty trash container and trailer. The Pepsi tractor trailer truck then drove into the retainer wall on the highway.

At around 5:20 a.m. Monday, 53 year old Darvin C. Mann of Charlotte was driving a BFI tractor trailer truck carrying trash containers west on Viet Nam Veterans Blvd. As he drove near mile marker 2 and the Center Point exit a trash container fell off the truck and the trailer on the truck became loose. The trailer truck is reportedly owned by Allied Waste. ... Read More