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ARLINGTON, TX – A semi driver was killed Friday morning, January 21, in a rollover tractor trailer truck accident on a highway in Tarrant County, Texas. The fatal crash happened during the commuter rush time as the driver was moving from Texas Highway 360 onto Interstate 20 near the city of Arlington, TX. The accident occurred in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region in the north east part of the state.

On Friday morning an unidentified man was driving a semi trailer truck through north east Texas. At the time of the truck accident the driver was hauling a load of tires in the trailer section. It is not known where the truck driver was headed or the company that owned the tractor trailer. ... Read More

In the 243rd Judicial District Court, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas –
El Paso truck accident lawyers, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent an El Paso, Texas family due the the wrongful death of their father and husband. The surviving family consists of a woman who is the surviving spouse in the wrongful death of her 48-year old husband; and three minor children. Their father/husband was killed when his vehicle was rear-ended by an 18 wheeler truck driven by Defendant Kenneth Griffith.’s 18-wheeler truck.

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HOUSTON, TX – An early morning truck accident Wednesday, January 5, closed down part of a major highway in Harris County, Texas. The single vehicle crash also spilled diesel fuel on the Gulf Freeway on a section where it passes through the heart of Houston. The truck accident site is in the eastern side of Texas off the Gulf of Mexico, about 317 miles south of Texarkana, Arkansas and about 143 miles west of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Early Wednesday morning an unidentified truck driver was northbound on the Gulf Freeway driving through east Texas. The Gulf Freeway is also known as Interstate 45. The tractor trailer is owned by the Kroger Company. The Kroger Company, based out of Cincinnati, Ohio, has a diverse portfolio including a major grocery store chain, mall jewelry stores, multi department stores and convenience shops. It is not known where the driver was headed at the time of the truck accident or the type of cargo he was carrying. ... Read More

FORT WORTH, TX – A rollover truck accident Friday morning, December 24, shut down part of an interstate for hours in Tarrant County, Texas. The single vehicle crash occurred when one of the tractor trailer’s tires blew out as the semi was on the ramp leading from westbound Interstate 20 to northbound Loop 820 East in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. The truck accident area is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region in the east north section of the state, about 224 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana and about 106 miles south of Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Early Friday morning an unidentified truck driver was headed west on Interstate 20 through Tarrant County, Texas. The driver was hauling a cargo of approximately 80,000 pounds of frozen chickens in the refrigerated trailer section of the semi at the time of the truck accident. The name of his employer and his destination has not been released. ... Read More

DALLAS, TX – A section of a highway was closed for hours Friday, December 3, after a bizarre truck accident in Dallas County. Three people were injured in the chain reaction collision which was set off by a pickup truck illegally entering Interstate 30 off a frontage road in the city of Dallas. The truck accident occurred in the north central section of the state, about 190 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana and about 94 miles south of Durant, Oklahoma.

Late Friday morning 51 year old truck driver John Johnson was on westbound Interstate 30, driving a semi trailer through Dallas County, TX. The logo on the trailer section of the semi was for Landstar, Inc., a global transportation company based out of Jacksonville, Florida. The cargo and destination of the driver at the time of the truck accident is not known. ... Read More

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX  – Truck accident lawyer news blog reports that a semi truck carrying a load of a dangerous chemical rolled over on a highway in south Texas on Wednesday morning, December 1st. The truck accident happened in the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 77 where it passes over Interstate 37, just west of the city of Corpus Christi, TX. The accident area is in the far south section of the state on the eastern edge of the horn, about 138 miles east of Laredo, TX and about 340 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

On Wednesday morning, December 1, an 18 wheeler truck was traveling north on U.S. Highway 77 in south Texas. The trailer section of the truck was carrying containers filled with Paraformaldehyde in solid form, a hazardous material that can be used as a disinfectant or to prepare pure formaldehyde. The semi truck and chemical load is owned by Celanese Corporation, a chemical production company based in Dallas, TX. The trailer truck was taking the chemical from its plant in Bishop to Houston at the time of the truck accident. The driver is employed by a trucking company based in Houston. ... 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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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

DALLAS, TX – A semi trailer truck crashed and overturned Tuesday morning, September 28, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel on a highway in Dallas, Texas. The truck accident shut down the LBJ Freeway for several hours and sent the truck driver to the hospital.

The crash damaged at least one of the tractor trailer’s gas tanks spilling fuel onto the highway.

On Tuesday morning an unidentified truck driver was traveling through the city of Dallas, TX driving a semi trailer truck east on the LBJ Freeway, also known as Interstate 635. It is not known what the driver was carrying or his destination. ... Read More