Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for January, 2011

MATTOON, KY – A tanker truck accident Friday morning, january 7, shut down a part of a highway in Crittenden County, Kentucky. The semi tanker was carrying a potentially hazardous material when it rolled over on U.S. Highway 60 near the city of Mattoon, KY. The accident occurred in the far west corner of Kentucky, about 123 miles southeast of Carbondale, Illinois and about 92 miles northwest of Clarksville, Tennessee.

On Friday morning an unidentified truck driver was traveling on U.S. Highway 60, driving through the western part of Kentucky. At the time of the truck accident the tanker section was filled with an unknown amount of anhydrous ammonia, reported to be a kind of farm fertilizer. The tanker section had the logo for Breeden. C.R. Breeden Enterprises, Inc is a transportation company based in Sikeston, Missouri. ... Read More

NEWCASTLE, CA – Two semi trailers collided Tuesday morning, January 25, in a truck accident on a highway in Placer County, California, near the Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of the tractor trailers overturned after going off Interstate 80 just outside the town of Newcastle, CA. The truck accident area is in the north-central part of the state just north of the Sacramento metro region. Newcastle is about 414 miles north of Los Angeles, about 114 miles west of Carson City, Nevada and about 295 miles south of Merrill, Oregon.

On Tuesday morning 55 year old Sergo Sandoze of New York was driving a semi trailer through north central California. The semi driver was pulling a 55 foot long trailer at the time of the truck accident, but it is not known if he was carrying any cargo. The logo on the side of the trailer was for Unlimited Carrier, a transportation company based in Lansing, Illinois.
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ARLINGTON, TX – A semi driver was killed Friday morning, January 21, in a rollover tractor trailer truck accident on a highway in Tarrant County, Texas. The fatal crash happened during the commuter rush time as the driver was moving from Texas Highway 360 onto Interstate 20 near the city of Arlington, TX. The accident occurred in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region in the north east part of the state.

On Friday morning an unidentified man was driving a semi trailer truck through north east Texas. At the time of the truck accident the driver was hauling a load of tires in the trailer section. It is not known where the truck driver was headed or the company that owned the tractor trailer. ... Read More

JEFFERSON, WI – A tanker truck accident Friday morning, December 31, forced several residents to evacuate their homes in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The semi tanker flipped over as it was leaving an ethanol plant in the city of Jefferson, spilling several thousand gallons of fuel as it overturned, and leading police to close part of Highway 26. The truck accident area is west of the Milwaukee metro region in the southeast corner of the state, about 134 miles east of McGregor, Iowa and about 120 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois.

Early Friday morning a truck driver was at the Valero Renewables ethanol plant on Junction Road in Jefferson, WI. The unidentified driver was getting the tanker filled with about 7,700 gallons of denatured alcohol ethanol. The driver’s destination at the time of the truck accident is not known. Valero Renewables is a unit of Valero Energy Corporation based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Read More

LOUISVILLE, KY – A semi driver may be charged after a truck accident early Thursday morning, December 30, in Oldham County, Kentucky left his 18 wheeler overturned and closed a highway for most of the day. The truck driver allegedly fell asleep while driving his tractor trailer on Interstate 71 near the city of Louisville. The truck accident occurred in the far north part of the state near the Indiana border, about 92 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio and about 137 miles east of Evansville, Indiana.

Early Thursday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi tractor trailer on Interstate 71. There was also one passenger in the cab at the time of the truck accident. The driver was carrying a cargo of several hundred boxes of medical supplies at the time of the crash, but his destination is not known. The trailer section had the logo of Xtra, a truck leasing company based in St. Louis, Missouri. ... Read More

SHREVEPORT, La – A woman was killed Monday morning, December 22, when she was hit by a semi tractor trailer on an interstate in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The tractor trailer overturned after the deadly truck accident which occurred at Red River Bridge on Interstate 220 where the highway wraps around the northern edge of the city of Shreveport, LA. The accident area is in the northwest corner of the state, about 188 miles east of Dallas, Texas, and about 73 miles south of Texarkana, Arkansas.

Early Monday morning an unidentified truck driver was driving a semi trailer west on Interstate 220, moving through northwest Louisiana between Bossier City and Shreveport. The 18 wheeler was carrying a load of plywood at the time of the truck accident. The trucker’s employer and destination is not known. ... Read More

In the 243rd Judicial District Court, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas –
El Paso truck accident lawyers, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent an El Paso, Texas family due the the wrongful death of their father and husband. The surviving family consists of a woman who is the surviving spouse in the wrongful death of her 48-year old husband; and three minor children. Their father/husband was killed when his vehicle was rear-ended by an 18 wheeler truck driven by Defendant Kenneth Griffith.’s 18-wheeler truck.

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RIDGEFIELD, NJ – A semi tractor trailer lost two of its wheels Friday morning, December 24, and set off a deadly chain reaction truck accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. The horrific crash occurred in the southbound lanes of the turnpike near mile marker 116.5, where it passes through Ridgefield, New Jersey. The truck accident area is in the far northeast part of the state near the Hudson River, about 75 miles east of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and about 14 miles northwest of New York, New York.

At about 6:50 a.m. Friday morning truck driver Hasan Toma was driving a 2000 Peterbilt tractor trailer. He was headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike, also known as Interstate 95. As the tractor trailer was moving through the city of Ridgefield two large tires with their hubcaps attached suddenly fell off the semi truck near mile marker 116.5 on the turnpike. The two heavy rear tandem wheels bounced into traffic, setting off the deadly truck accident.
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MEDFORD, OR – A man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon, December 21, when his vehicle was partially crushed in a rollover truck accident at a busy intersection in Jackson County, Oregon. The injured man was trapped in his vehicle for more than an hour after a trailer section of the semi flipped onto his pick-up truck at the intersection of Biddle and Table Rock Roads in the city of Medford, OR. The truck accident area is the far southwest corner of Oregon, about 282 miles south of Vancouver, Washington and about 148 miles north of Redding, California.

On Tuesday afternoon 41 year old Phillip B. McCulloch of Central Point, OR was driving a semi trailer truck through Jackson County, OR. The driver was hauling two trailer sections but his cargo and destination is not known. The tractor trailer is owned by Express Transport, a trucking and freight company based out of Seattle, Washington. At the time of the truck accident the semi driver was headed south, traveling on Table Rock Rd.
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HOUSTON, TX – An early morning truck accident Wednesday, January 5, closed down part of a major highway in Harris County, Texas. The single vehicle crash also spilled diesel fuel on the Gulf Freeway on a section where it passes through the heart of Houston. The truck accident site is in the eastern side of Texas off the Gulf of Mexico, about 317 miles south of Texarkana, Arkansas and about 143 miles west of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Early Wednesday morning an unidentified truck driver was northbound on the Gulf Freeway driving through east Texas. The Gulf Freeway is also known as Interstate 45. The tractor trailer is owned by the Kroger Company. The Kroger Company, based out of Cincinnati, Ohio, has a diverse portfolio including a major grocery store chain, mall jewelry stores, multi department stores and convenience shops. It is not known where the driver was headed at the time of the truck accident or the type of cargo he was carrying. ... Read More