Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for 2010

SUFFOLK, VA – A semi tractor trailer truck transporting a load of frozen chickens crashed early Thursday morning, October 28, on a busy road in Virginia. The driver was injured in the roll-over truck accident which occurred on U.S. Highway 58 in the city of Suffolk, VA. The accident area is in the far southeast corner of the state, just southwest of the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Virginia Beach metro region, about 86 miles southeast of Richmond, VA and about 51 miles north of Edenton, North Carolina.

Early Thursday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi tractor trailer east on U.S. Highway 58 through southeast Virginia. U.S. Highway 58 is also known locally as Holland Road. The trailer section of the semi was loaded with a cargo of about 60,000 pounds of frozen chickens. ... Read More

TULSA, OK – A young woman was killed Sunday afternoon, November 7, when the pick-up she was riding in collided with a semi trailer truck on a highway in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Two others, including a young girl, were injured in the deadly truck accident which occurred on Interstate 44 near the exit for 129th E Avenue in the city of Tulsa. The accident area is in the northeast corner of the state, about 108 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, OK and about 113 miles southwest of Joplin, Missouri.

On Sunday afternoon 37 year old Victoria Peters was traveling east on Interstate 44, driving a black Ford F-150 pickup truck. There were two passengers in the pickup, 37 year old Reta Moore and Moore’s 2 year old daughter, both from Tulsa. Ms. Moore was in the front passenger seat and the toddler was in the back seat of the pickup truck. All three were members of the First Baptist Church of Tulsa and other church members reported that the three were on their way to a church function in Inola at the time of the truck accident.
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FLETCHER, NC – A truck driver faces multiple charges after he set off a deadly chain reaction truck accident late Sunday night, October 26, in Henderson County, North Carolina. The incident occurred on Interstate 26 in the city of Fletcher when a semi trailer truck slammed into a line of traffic. The truck accident area is in the Asheville metro region in the western section of the state, about 124 miles southeast of Knoxville, Tennessee and about 55 miles north of Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Late Sunday night Roumen Velkov of Beloit, Wisconsin was driving a semi trailer truck east on Interstate 26, traveling through Henderson County, NC. He was driving the tractor trailer for Global Carrier Company, based in Justice, Illinois. ... Read More

SWEETWATER, TN – Four people, including two young children, were killed Friday afternoon, Oct 22, when they were involved in a truck accident on a rural highway in McMinn County, Tennessee.

The tragic collision between the passenger car and a Wal-Mart semi trailer truck occurred just west of the city of Sweetwater on Tennessee State Highway 68 near the juncture with McMinn County Road 292. The accident area is in the southeast corner of the state, between the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville, about 75 miles north of Dalton, Georgia and about 165 miles west of Asheville, North Carolina. ... Read More

AUSTIN, TX – A driver died from injuries he received in a fiery tanker truck accident early Saturday morning, Oct 30, on U.S. Highway 183 in Travis County, Texas. The rollover semi crash occurred on the highway overpass above MoPac Boulevard in the state capital city of Austin, TX. The truck accident area is in the central part of Texas, about 196 miles south of Dallas, TX.

Early Saturday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi tanker truck on north U.S Highway 183, traveling through Austin in Travis County, TX. The tanker section of the truck was filled with a little over 6,000 gallons of gasoline. At this time the Austin Police Department has not released the identity of the driver, his destination, and the tanker truck company that owns the semi and the fuel. ... Read More

U.S.D.C. DALLAS COUNTY, TX -  Texas truck accident lawyers,  Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a Killeen, Texas woman and a Killeen, Texas man who sustained serious injuries due to the negligence of Eagle Aggregate Transportation, LLC. The Plaintiffs are a 49 year old female truck driver and a 48 year old male truck driver who cannot work due to the injuries sustained in this crash.

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MACON, GA – About a hundred residential customers lost power last Sunday night, October 24, when a semi trailer truck got tangled in and pulled down electrical power lines in Bibb County, Georgia. The single vehicle truck accident occurred near the intersection of Britt Drive and Napier Avenue in the city of Macon, GA. The accident area is in the center part of Georgia, about 101 miles northeast of Phenix City, Alabama and about 136 miles southwest of North Augusta, South Carolina.

On Sunday evening, Oct. 24, an unidentified person was driving a semi tractor trailer truck through the city of Macon in Bibb County, GA. The trailer section of the semi had the logo for Hart Transportation, Inc. a trucking company based out of Jacksonville, Florida. At this time it is not known where the driver was headed or the cargo in the trailer. ... Read More

BETHESDA, MD – The driver of a semi trailer was killed Monday morning, October 18, when his 18 wheeler tractor trailer rolled over on a highway in Montgomery County, Maryland. The deadly truck accident occurred on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway between Interstate 270 and Old Georgetown Road near the city of Bethesda, MD. The accident area is just north of the nation’s capital Washington, DC, about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore, MD and about 10 miles north of Arlington, Virginia.

Early Monday morning a semi driver was eastbound on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway, also know as Interstate 495, traveling through Montgomery County, Maryland. The semi trailer was carrying hundreds of cases and kegs of Samuel Adams beer. The driver’s identity has not been released. ... Read More

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL – A speeding semi trailer truck crashed Thursday afternoon, October 14, on a highway ramp in Cook County, Illinois. The driver was critically injured in the truck accident which occurred on the Bishop Ford Freeway in South Holland, IL. The accident area is just southwest of Chicago in the far northeast corner of the state, about 17 miles west of Gary, Indiana.

Early Thursday afternoon an unidentified truck driver was traveling northbound on the Bishop Ford Freeway in Cook County, IL. The freeway is also known as Interstate 94. The semi was pulling a flatbed trailer and hauling a cargo of 4 foot by 8 foot steel sheet panels. It is not known where the driver was taking the load of steel. One female passenger was also riding in the cab of the semi flatbed truck. ... Read More

MONTGOMERY, AL – Four people were injured Tuesday afternoon, October 12, in a multi vehicle truck accident that occurred at an intersection in Montgomery County, Alabama. The collision between two semi trailer trucks occurred at the juncture of Troy Highway and Taylor Road in the state capitol city of Montgomery, AL. The truck accident area is in the central part of Alabama, about 157 miles east of Meridian, Mississippi and about 88 miles west of Columbus, Georgia.

On Tuesday afternoon an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi trailer north on the Troy Highway through Montgomery County, AL. The semi was hauling a white trailer section but the cargo and destination of the driver is not known. ... Read More