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In the 151st District Court Of  HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Houston truck accident lawyer, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a 56 year old man from Pontotoc, MS who was injured by a semi truck driver employed by CANNONBALL TRUCKING, INC. at the time of the incident.

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SAN ANGELO, TX. – On Wednesday morning, Aug, 31, a truck driver from New Jersey traveling north on U.S. 87 about 16 miles southeast of San Angelo Texas was pulled from a burning wreck after his tractor trailer crashed into a metal guardrail and flipped over a concrete barricade and landed on an embankment on the north side of Lipan Creek.

Map showing location where a New Jersey truck driver was pulled from a burning truck about 16 miles southeast of San Angelo, TX on Highway 87 at Lipan Creek.

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HUNTSVILLE, TX — A Houston truck driver was charged with third-degree felony DWI after  his 2002 Chevrolet Silverado rolled over crashing into a power pole on I-45.

The driver, identified as 63-year-old Miguel Alvarez from Houston, was traveling south in the 600 block of Interstate 45 around 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 11, when his 2002 Chevrolet Silverado went airborne, crashing into a power pole owned by Entergy. ... Read More

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Police report that a fiery crash involving a woman and an 18 wheeler resulted in the death of the woman when the car she was driving swerved into the big rig pinning her beneath the truck.

Map showing location of fiery 18 wheeler crash where one person was killed on Friday, July 15, 2011 in San Antonio, TX on the northbound I-35 near AT&T Center Parkway.

The accident which occurred Friday night, July 15, caused the vehicle and truck to burst into flames which halted traffic on the Interstate for 35 hours. ... Read More

ATLANTA, GA – Last Tuesday Bolton Rd. in Atlanta GA, was shut down after a truck driver who was driving a Community Waste Services of Georgia garbage truck hit a railroad overpass in Northwest Atlanta shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

Atlanta fire officials say two people were injured when a truck crashed into a railway bridge in northwest Atlanta. It happened at Bolton Road and Marietta Road just after 9 a.m., Tuesday, June 28. (Photo: Atlanta Fire Rescue Department)

Hours later a 20-foot stretch of concrete and metal came crashing down from the railroad overpass falling onto the road below it. Late Tuesday, officials said Bolton Road just west of Marietta Road would be closed at least 48 hours to make sure the area under the bridge is safe for traffic. ... Read More

PENBROKE PINES, FL – Two people were killed in a fatal head on collision on the I-75 in Pembroke Pines, Florida on Thursday morning.

A red or maroon colored Chevy pick up truck traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the highway slammed head on into a white Cadillac just north of the Sheridan Street exit. CBS-4

The crash happened in the northbound lanes near the Sheridan Street exit around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning and temporarily blocked all northbound lanes at a section of Interstate 75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ... Read More

FALLON, NV.- Two Texas school teachers traveling on vacation were tragically killed on Monday, June 13, in a two vehicle collision 18 miles west of Fallon, Nevada. The city of Fallon is located about 70 miles east of Reno. Both of the victims were high school teachers from San Diego, TX which is located 55 miles northwest of Corpus Christi.

Renee J. Upchurch, 53 and Esther Garza, 59 killed in tragic truck accident

The two victims were Renee J. Upchurch, 53, who was pronounced dead at the scene and her friend, Esther Garza, 59, who died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno after being taken from the scene by helicopter. ... Read More

MOBILE, AL – A charter bus carrying 48 band students and two chaperones from Del Rio, Texas, was traveling to Orlando Florida when it collided with an overturned 18 wheeler near the Mississippi line early Monday, injuring about two dozen people.

Map showing location of charter bus accident with overturned 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 at the 7 mile marker in southern Alabama

The accident occurred at 12:34 a.m. at the 7-mile marker in the Grand Bay area just a few miles inside Alabama on I-10, Trooper Greg Eubanks, trooper spokesman said.

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EL PASO, TX – At approximately 7 a. m. on Thursday, April 21, a cement truck driver traveling westbound on the Interstate 10 near the Spaghetti Bowl lost control causing the truck to overturn and roll on its side. El paso is located about 5 hours from Midland and Odessa Texas.

Fire crews worked the scene of a truck accident involving an overturned cement truck along I-10 West at Chelsea Thursday.(Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso Times)

The truck accident occurred between Paisano before the Raynolds exit ramp when it crashed into a median, overturning and spilling debris and oil onto the highway. backing up traffic east and west for miles. ... Read More

ORLANDO, FL – Five people were hurt Monday, February 14, in an early morning truck accident at a busy intersection in Orange County, Florida. The two vehicle crash involved a U.S. Post Office tractor trailer and a Disney tour bus and occurred on Boggy Creek Road in the Orlando metro region, just south of the Orlando International Airport. The accident area is in central Florida, about 100 miles from Tampa.

Early Monday morning 52 year old Wayne Earle of Palm Bay, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Boggy Creek Road. The driver was carrying a cargo for the U.S. Post Office at the time of the truck accident. ... Read More