Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for December, 2010

PORT BARRE, LA – Twenty one school children were injured Friday morning, December 3, when their bus was involved in a truck accident on a highway in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. A semi trailer collided with the school bus as it was pulling back onto U.S. Highway 190 after picking up children near the town of Port Barre. The truck accident area is in the south-central section of the state, about 54 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA and about 157 miles east of Beaumont, Texas.

On Friday morning 52 year old David Cox of Dallas, TX was driving a semi trailer truck on U.S. 190, traveling through St. Landry Parish. His truck is owned by J.B Hunt Transport Services, Inc, based out of Lowell, Arkansas. His destination and cargo at the time of the truck accident is not known. ... Read More

FORT WORTH, TX – A rollover truck accident Friday morning, December 24, shut down part of an interstate for hours in Tarrant County, Texas. The single vehicle crash occurred when one of the tractor trailer’s tires blew out as the semi was on the ramp leading from westbound Interstate 20 to northbound Loop 820 East in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. The truck accident area is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region in the east north section of the state, about 224 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana and about 106 miles south of Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Early Friday morning an unidentified truck driver was headed west on Interstate 20 through Tarrant County, Texas. The driver was hauling a cargo of approximately 80,000 pounds of frozen chickens in the refrigerated trailer section of the semi at the time of the truck accident. The name of his employer and his destination has not been released. ... Read More

WASHINGTON DC – On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA called for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would ban the use of hand-held mobile devices by commercial drivers of motor vehicles (CMVs).

Proposed ban on hand-held devices by commercial vehicle drivers

This recent NPRM goes against the advice of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) earlier this year. ... Read More

DALLAS, TX – A section of a highway was closed for hours Friday, December 3, after a bizarre truck accident in Dallas County. Three people were injured in the chain reaction collision which was set off by a pickup truck illegally entering Interstate 30 off a frontage road in the city of Dallas. The truck accident occurred in the north central section of the state, about 190 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana and about 94 miles south of Durant, Oklahoma.

Late Friday morning 51 year old truck driver John Johnson was on westbound Interstate 30, driving a semi trailer through Dallas County, TX. The logo on the trailer section of the semi was for Landstar, Inc., a global transportation company based out of Jacksonville, Florida. The cargo and destination of the driver at the time of the truck accident is not known. ... Read More

CHRISTIANA, DE – A truck accident on a highway in New Castle County, Delaware caused major traffic delays Thursday afternoon, December 2nd. A semi trailer flipped over as it was taking the ramp from Interstate 95 onto Delaware State Route 1 near the city of Christiana, DE. The truck accident area is in the far north part of the state about 10 miles southwest of the city of Wilmington, about 67 miles northeast of Baltimore, Maryland and about 41 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Late Thursday morning 32 year old truck driver Leon J. Buckley II of Temple Hills, MD was driving a 2006 Volvo semi tractor trailer north on Interstate 95 in New Castle County, DE. The semi was carrying a trailer but the cargo and destination of the driver is not known. ... Read More

TOPEKA, KS – Two people were injured Monday afternoon, December 6, in a truck accident on a highway in Shawnee County, Kansas. The crash, which involved a semi trailer truck and a passenger car, occurred on Interstate 470 as it passes through the city of Topeka. The accident area is in the northeast corner of the state, about 231 miles north of Tulsa, Oklahoma and about 63 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri.

On Monday afternoon 45 year old David Ray Vandenburg of Chester, Montana was driving a 1996 Kenworth tractor trailer west on Interstate 470, traveling through Shawnee County, Kansas. The truck driver’s company and cargo are not known. The semi driver’s destination at the time of the truck accident has not been released. ... Read More

CLE ELUM, WA – Icy roads on Tuesday morning, November 30, caused a semi trailer to go out of control and crash on a highway in Kittitas County, Washington State. The truck accident occurred on an overpass on Interstate 90 near the city of Cle Elum and would leave the cab section of the 18 wheeler dangling over the side of the highway. The accident area is about 60 miles north of Yakima in the south-central part of the state, about 162 miles north of The Dalles, Oregon and about 229 miles west of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.

On Tuesday morning 42 year old truck driver Sameth Dam of Renton, WA was driving a 2001 Freightliner TK semi trailer west on Interstate 90 in Kittitas County, WA. His cargo and destination is not known. A winter storm had hit the area overnight and road conditions were snowy and slick at the time of the truck accident. ... Read More

BETTENDORF, IA – A pedestrian was killed when he was hit by a semi trailer truck late Sunday afternoon on a highway in Scott County, Iowa. The fatal truck accident occurred on Interstate 80 near the quad city of Bettendorf, IA and would shut down the highway for about two hours. The accident area is in the far southeastern region of Iowa near the border with Illinois, about 59 miles east of Iowa City, IA and about 25 miles west of Geneseo, Illinois.

On Sunday afternoon, November 28, 43 year old truck driver Julio C. Villalpando of Davenport, IA was driving a semi tractor trailer east on Interstate 80, traveling through Scott County, IA. It is not known if the driver was carrying a cargo at the time of the truck accident or where he was headed. ... Read More

PALMER, MA – A fiery truck accident Friday night, November 26, forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The single vehicle collision involved a tanker truck and occurred near Route 20 on Blanchard Street in the city of Palmer, MA. The truck accident area is just east of Springfield in the far southwest section of the state, about 74 miles west of Boston, MA and about 45 miles north of Hartford, Connecticut.

On Friday evening an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi tanker truck through Hampden County, MA. The tanker section of the truck was filled with approximately 100 gallons of liquefied propane, a very toxic and flammable material. The tanker had the logo for E. Osterman, Inc. a propane company based out of Whitinsville, MA. ... Read More

COHASSET, MA – A truck driver was injured when the tractor trailer he was driving overturned Saturday morning, November 20, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The truck accident occurred on Sohier Street in a residential area in the city of Cohasset, MA. The accident area is in the southeastern edge of the Boston metro region on the shores of Massachusetts Bay, about 55 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island and about 74 miles southeast of Nashua, New Hampshire.

On Saturday morning, November 20, 60 year old truck driver Thomas Lenane of Brockton, MA was driving a semi tractor trailer in Norfolk County, MA. The semi truck is owned by D. Sheerin Construction, Inc. based out of North Quincy, MA and was on its way to a new home construction. The trailer section of the truck was carrying a cargo of fill at the time of the truck accident. ... Read More