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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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SANTA CLARITA, CA – A multi semi truck accident occured Monday night, Dec 12, involving about a dozen 18 wheeler rigs on the southbound 5 Freeway near the 14 Freeway in the Newhall, California area injuring 4 people Newhall is located about 1 mile south of Santa Clarita and about 10 miles north of Sylmar CA.

Map showing location of a multiple big rig crash at the Interstate 5 truck tunnel on the the southbound truck bypass roadway in Newhall, CA on Monday, December 12, 2011.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Tuesday, Dec 12, called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and text messaging devices while driving except for emergencies.

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The Federal Government plans to increase truck driver’s pay in an effort to reduce the death toll due to speeding, driver fatigue, overloaded trucks or taking drugs to stay awake.

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LAKE STATION, IN – A semi truck loaded with 20 tons of french fries tipped and rolled over while exiting Interstate 80 in Lake Station, IN on Thursday, November 17, 2011.

A semi truck on its side after rolling over in Lake Station, IN on the exit ramp from the eastbound I-80 to the northbound Ripley Exit on November 17, 2011. Photo credit: Indiana State Police

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BALLINGER, TX – A bus driver carrying college students and faculty from Abilene Christian University lost control and struck a concrete culvert which caused the bus to overturn resulting in one death and critically injuring four others, officials said.

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JACKSON, MS. — APAC-Tennessee Inc, a road-paving company, has filed an appeal with the Mississippi Supreme Court after a $17.2 million verdict was awarded to an injured teenager who spent eight months in a coma after a gravel truck plowed into the side of his pickup in 2006 at an intersection in Southhaven, Mississippi.

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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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TONAWANDA, NY – A semi truck accident occurred on Friday, Aug 26, when a the driver of a tractor trailer struck the CSX rail bridge on Young Street in the city of Tonawanda and continued through to the I-290.

Map showing location of semi truck accident in Tonawanda, NY on August 26, 2011 where the driver of a tractor trailer collided with the rail bridge on Young Street, then continued on to I-290 where he was stopped by the police.

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EL PASO, TX – A semi truck transporting oil was involved in a rollover accident on Wednesday, Aug 17, that resulted in an oil spill in Northeast El Paso.

Scene of a semi truck accident on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 where a big rig overturned spilling a load of heavy oil all over the roadway in northeast El Paso.

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