Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for February, 2010

WASHINGTON COUNTY, UT – A student truck driver slammed head-on into a car, injuring four people Saturday afternoon in Utah. The truck accident occurred on Interstate 15, near New Harmony, 30 miles north of St. George in Washington County. The accident area is in the far southwest corner of the state near the Arizona border, 273 miles south of Salt Lake City and 284 miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona.

The student truck driver and his instructor were reportedly not injured in the head on truck accident.

The unidentified student truck driver was traveling south on Interstate 15 Saturday afternoon at around 3:00 p.m. As the student truck driver was in the area near highway mile marker 37 he lost control of the semi truck as he attempted to round a curve at a high rate of speed, and slid on the wet pavement. .. ... Read More

WOODSTOCK, GA: A tractor trailer truck hit and killed a woman in Cherokee County, Georgia. The accident happened Friday evening on Interstate 575 near the town of Woodstock, in the Atlanta metropolitan region. The area is in the northwest section of the state, 114 miles northwest of Macon, GA and 100 miles southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Ms Lopez suffered fatal injuries in the truck accident and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sometime shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday evening, a car reportedly spun out of control and caused a multiple car crash on I-575 near the intersection of Towne Lake Parkway/Eagle Drive. 38 year old Linda L. Lopez of Acworth, GA had been in one of the cars that had been in the accident… ... Read More

GRANVILLE, OH – An Ohio woman died Friday morning after being involved in a truck accident on Route 37/Worthington Road in Licking County, OH. The truck collision happened west of Granville, and about 36 miles east of Columbus, OH near the Raccoon International Golf Course. The accident area is in the central section of the state, 129 miles southwest of Cleveland, and 134 miles northeast of Cincinnati, OH.

The impact of the truck accident apparently damaged one of the rig's fuel tanks, and about seventy-five gallons of diesel fuel spilled out onto the highway

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at approximately 6:00 a.m. 21 year old Jessica Buchanon of Newark, OH was traveling east on Route 37/Worthington Road near Granville in a white four door sedan. As she neared the area of Route 37/Worthington Road and Raccoon Valley Road she suddenly crossed over the center dividing line of the highway, and directly into the path of a westbound tractor trailer truck… ... Read More

KILLEN, AL: A teacher’s aide was injured in a truck accident Wednesday night in Lauderdale County, Alabama. The truck collision happened on US Highway 43, in the town of Killen near the Tennessee border. The truck accident is the third in the last week in the area which is 113 miles south of Nashville, TN and 128 miles northwest of Birmingham, AL.

The trailer truck crossed over the highway, left the road and plunged down a 150 foot embankment.

At around 6:20 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 year old Kevin Black, a special education teacher’s aide from Florence, AL was driving south on US 43, in a Suzuki XL7… ... Read More

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – A tractor trailer truck flipped over and burst into flames Monday morning on an Illinois highway. The roll over accident happened on Interstate 64 in East St Louis, IL. The area is in the south-central section of the state on the Missouri border in the St. Louis, MO metro region, 135 miles east of Jefferson City, MO and 295 miles southwest of Chicago, IL.

When the tractor truck rolled the impact caused one of the diesel fuel tanks to explode into flames.

At around 9:15 a.m. 35 year old Ladon Trigg of St. Louis, MO was driving a 2001 Freightliner tractor trailer truck loaded with garbage east on Interstate 64. As he neared the vicinity of Ninth Street, just east of the split with I-55 and 70, he apparently went into a curve at a high rate of speed and lost control of his truck… ... Read More

Commercial truckers say that theft of their cargo is becoming a big problem. Experts saw a huge spike in semi truck cargo thefts in 2009. Most of the thefts that have been reported occur when the truck driver stops for a bite to eat.

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KHQ.com in Spokane WA reports:

“Last year, close to 500 million dollars of goods were stolen from truckers in the U.S. That’s a 67 percent increase over the 290 million from 2008. Thieves stole 859 truckloads last year alone.

The items that appear to be at high risk are electronic or pharmaceutucal goods because they can be easily sold to consumers.

“Truckers have been warned by their companies to stay away from certain states because the risk of a heist is too high. High risk states include Georgia, Texas and Florida.

Trucker drivers also say they’re coming up with more ways to protect themselves and their cargo.

Tractor-trailer driver Angela Middleton gives an example of ways truckers are trying to prevent thefts. “A friend of mine actually has a chain that he will strap through his door handles and locks it where there’s just little room left on his side to close it, so if they try to open the door they can’t even get it all the way open.”

The thefts may be related to a down economy, but others could be because of plain carelessness, as drivers leave their rigs unlocked.”

DAVIDSON, NC – A tractor trailer transporting U.S. Mail slid off a slippery North Carolina highway Saturday afternoon and almost fell into Lake Norman. The truck accident happened on Interstate 77 near the town of Davidson, NC. The area is in the Charlotte metropolitan region in the far southwest section of the state, 164 miles west of Raleigh, NC and 260 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.

The cab of the tractor trailer dangled off the bridge edge, a few feet from the cold water.

At approximately 1:00 p.m. Saturday, the unidentified tractor truck driver was traveling south on I-77. The region was under a severe winter storm advisory and the roads were extremely icy… ... Read More

GREEN HILL, AL: Two people died and two others were critically injured in a head-on truck accident in Alabama Friday morning. The accident happened on US 43 in Green Hill, AL in Lauderdale County. The area is in the far northwest section of the state just a few miles from the Tennessee border, 105 miles south of Nashville, TN and 139 miles northwest of Birmingham, AL.

The Chevy HHR crashed into the front of a 2002 Freightliner tractor trailer truck that was traveling south on US 43. The semi tractor trailer went off the road and came to a stop in a ditch.

According to State troopers, 37 year old Leila Duncan of Lexington, AL was the driver of the smaller vehicle and had 3 passengers, her 9 year old daughter Maggie, 41 year old Diana Vandiver of Killen, AL, and Vandiver’s 13 month old niece Jaden… ... Read More