Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for August, 2010

LAFAYETTE, IN – A semi trailer truck transporting new passenger cars overturned Friday morning, July 23, on a highway in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The tractor trailer was reportedly swerving for several miles before it apparently went out of control and flipped over in the northbound lanes of Interstate 65 near Lafayette, IN. The truck accident area is in the northwest section of the state about 63 miles northwest of Indianapolis, IN and about 125 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois.

All of the cars were damaged in the tractor trailer semi truck rollover accident.

Shortly before 8:00 a.m. Friday morning truck driver C. Ray Smith of West Brooklyn, Illinois was traveling north on Interstate 65 in Tippecanoe County, IN. Mr. Smith was hauling a trailer loaded with ten new Toyota Camry passenger cars. ... Read More

WEST EARL TOWNSHIP, PA – A rear end truck accident Wednesday afternoon, July 21, shut down a section of a highway in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for several hours. A semi trailer truck collided with two different vehicles in the northbound lanes of State Route 222 in West Earl Township. The accident area is near the town of Ephrata, PA in the south east section of the state, about 68 miles west of Philadelphia, PA and about 93 miles north of Baltimore, Maryland.

After rear-ending the two passenger vehicles the semi tractor trailer slammed into a guardrail along the side of the highway and finally came to a stop.

Shortly before 1:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon 54 year old Gary Tomkins of Oneida, Tennessee was driving a semi trailer truck north on State Route 222 just west of the town of Ephrata in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, PA. ... Read More

VILLA RIDGE, MO – A semi truck was involved in a fatal accident with two school buses and a pickup truck on eastbound I-44 in Villa Ridge, MO. The accident occurred between 10:15 a.m. and  10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 5, 2010.

School bus up-ended over semi truck cab and crushed GMC pickup in fatal accident near St. Louis, MO. Photo credit: Boles Fire Protection District

Villa Ridge is in Franklin County, Missouri in the eastern part of the state about 6 miles southwest of Gray Summit, about 42 miles southwest of St. Louis, about 224 miles southeast of Kansas City, about 101 miles southeast of Columbia, about 217 miles southeast of Independence, about 85 miles southeast of Jefferson City, about 137 miles northwest of Cape Girardeau and about 174 miles northeast of Springfield.
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DALLAS, TX – A semi trailer truck crashed and burst into flames early Tuesday morning, Aug 3, on a highway in Dallas County, Texas. The driver sustained moderate injuries in the truck accident that was set off when one of the tires on his trailer truck blew out and the 18 wheeler went out of control and slammed through a guardrail on Interstate 635 just above Josey Lane in Dallas, TX. The accident area is in the northeast section of the state about 206 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and about 190 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

A big rig 18 wheeler lost control crashing into freeway guardrail. Photo: FOX4News

At around 4:20 a.m. Tuesday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi trailer in the city of Dallas, TX. He was traveling west on Interstate 635 also known as the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway. The trailer of the truck was loaded with a cargo of plastic cups and other paper products. ... Read More

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – A truck driver was injured Wednesday night, July 28, when his semi trailer truck jack knifed and crashed on a highway in St. John’s County, Florida. The truck accident occurred after the trailer broke apart and the driver lost control of the 18 wheeler near a Wal-Mart on U.S. Highway 1, just west of the city of St. Augustine, FL. The accident area is in the northeast corner of the state about 104 miles north of Orlando, FL and about 181 miles south of Savannah, Georgia.

The semi trailer jack knifed and crashed on the west shoulder of the old highway.

At around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night 54 year old truck driver Steve Anderson of Jacksonville, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Old Moultrie Road, also known as County Highway 5A, in St. John’s County, west of the city of St. Augustine. The trailer of the truck was loaded with cases of Coca Cola and other beverages. ... Read More

ALBANY, GA – A semi trailer truck rolled over Sunday evening, Aug 1, on a road near the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Dougherty County, GA. The truck driver was not seriously injured in the single vehicle truck accident that occurred when a passenger car crossed into the path of the 18 wheeler on Leary Road in the city of Albany. The accident area is in the southwest corner of the state about 174 miles southeast of Montgomery, Alabama and about 100 miles north of Tallahassee, Florida.

The semi truck jack knifed and then rolled over onto the passenger side of the tractor trailer.

At around 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening truck driver Donta Turnbull was driving a semi tractor trailer west on Leary Road in Dougherty County in an area just south of the SW Georgia Regional Airport in Albany, GA. Mr. Turnbull was carrying a cargo of Procter & Gamble paper products. Proctor & Gamble is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The destination of the semi trailer truck is not known. ... Read More

SHEPHERD, TEXAS — A fatal accident involving two bigs rigs and passenger car occurred just after 12:00 p.m. Saturday, July 31, on Highway 59 near Hastings Lane just south of the town of Shepherd in San Jacinto County. The accident closed part of U.S. 59.

Horrendous pileup of fatal accident involving two 18 wheelers, a logging truck and a passenger vehicle in Shepherd, TX.

Overpass near Hastings Lane on Highway 59 where the 18 wheeler accident occurred.

Shepherd is located in San Jacinto County, Texas in the southeastern part of the state about 61 miles northeast of Houston, about 253 miles northeast of San Antonio, about 208 miles northeast of Austin, about 411 miles northeast of Brownsville, about 272 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, about 220 miles southeast of Dallas, about 248 miles southeast of Fort Worth and about 587 miles southeast of Amarillo. ... Read More

BRINSON, GA – Two people were hurt in a rear-end truck accident that happened Tuesday afternoon, July 10, on a highway in Decatur County, Georgia. The collision, which involved a semi truck, a front loader, and a pick-up truck, occurred on U.S. Highway 84 near the city of Brinson. The accident area is in the far southwest section of the state, about 54 miles northwest of Tallahassee, Florida and about 150 miles southeast of Montgomery, Alabama.

After rear-ending the pick-up, the driver of the semi trailer truck apparently lost control of his rig.

At about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon Jesse Huckeba, an employee of Glenn Heard Farms based in Brinson, was driving a front loader in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 84 in Decatur County, GA. Behind the slow-moving vehicle was a pick-up truck driven by Chris Bale of Miller County, GA. The pick-up was following the front loader as a safety precaution and had its emergency flasher lights activated. ... Read More