Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for June, 2010

HOUSTON, TX – A fiery tanker truck accident injured two people Friday night, June 4, 2010, in Harris County, Texas. The collision involving two smaller vehicles and the 18 wheeler occurred on the North Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8 in Houston near Antoine Drive. The accident area is in the east central section of the state, about 143 miles west of Lake Charles, Louisiana and about 197 miles east of San Antonio, TX.

When Houston firefighters arrived at the scene of the truck accident they found a massive fire with red-hot flames and toxic black smoke filling the air

Shortly after 9:00 p.m. Friday night, a semi tanker truck carrying almost 9000 gallons of fuel was headed west on a service road of the North Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8. As the tanker truck drove through the area near Antoine Drive, a car ran a red light and forced the truck to swerve. ... Read More

CHARLTON, MA – A semi trailer truck hauling a cargo of baking flour overturned Friday morning, May 28, 2010, on a highway in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The truck accident happened on the Massachusetts Turnpike near the town of Charlton and created major traffic delays at the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend travel rush. The accident area is in the south central section of the state, southwest of the Worchester metro region, about 50 miles northeast of Hartford, Connecticut and about 53 miles west of Boston.

Traffic on the eastbound MA Turnpike came to a standstill immediately after the truck accident. A short time later local police opened up one lane while crews worked to clear the flour and truck.

At about 6:00 a.m. 59 year old Fred Schmigel of Buskirk, New York was driving a semi trailer truck east on the Massachusetts Turnpike, hauling a cargo of baking flour. The truck was carrying about 48,000 pounds of flour packed in bags. ... Read More

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL – A man was killed and his passenger injured when the SUV they were traveling in was rear-ended by a semi trailer truck in Volusia County, Florida early Wednesday morning, May 26, 2010. The truck accident happened near the city of New Smyrna Beach, FL on Interstate 95 and State Route 9, just south of State Route 44. The accident area is in the north central section of the state, about 56 miles northeast of Orlando and about 15 miles south of Daytona Beach.

Several departments responded to the truck-car collision, including Florida Highway Patrol, Volusia County Sheriffs, and Edgewater Police.

At around 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning 50 year old Terry L. Eveleth of McFarland, Kansas was driving a semi tractor trailer north on Interstate 95. At one point the truck driver was following a 1999 Chevrolet SUV on the interstate driven by an unidentified 60 year old male from Edgewater, FL and a female passenger.

As the truck driver neared the juncture with State Route 9 he slammed into the back of the SUV. It is not known at this time if the SUV had slowed down or if it malfunctioned in some way. ... Read More

LAKEVILLE, MN – A multi vehicle truck accident occurred on Monday morning, May 24, 2010, releasing thousands of honey bees on a highway in Dakota County, Minnesota, about 25 miles south of the Minneapolis-St Paul metro region. A semi trailer truck was transporting the bees, traveling on Interstate 35 when it was involved in an accident near the city of Lakeville, MN. The accident area is in the southeast section of the state, 39 miles west of Red Wing, MN and about 112 miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa.

The multi vehicle crash left the two cars demolished between the two 18 wheelers and the impact of the truck accident knocked several beehives off the flatbed of the Bauer truck, where they fell onto the highway and broke open.

Darren Straus, 37 years old of Fertile, MN, was driving a semi flatbed truck Monday morning north on I-35, carrying a cargo of honey bees from Mississippi, where they spent the winter, up to North Dakota for the summer. The bees are owned by Bauer Honey, Inc., based in Fertile, MN, and the truck was carrying hives on the flatbed trailer. The hives were holding about 17 million honey bees at the time. ... Read More