Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for February, 2011

ORLANDO, FL – Five people were hurt Monday, February 14, in an early morning truck accident at a busy intersection in Orange County, Florida. The two vehicle crash involved a U.S. Post Office tractor trailer and a Disney tour bus and occurred on Boggy Creek Road in the Orlando metro region, just south of the Orlando International Airport. The accident area is in central Florida, about 100 miles from Tampa.

Early Monday morning 52 year old Wayne Earle of Palm Bay, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Boggy Creek Road. The driver was carrying a cargo for the U.S. Post Office at the time of the truck accident. ... Read More

DELRAY BEACH, FL – A single vehicle truck accident cut off the electricity Monday, January 24, for a neighborhood in Palm Beach County in Delray Beach. Delray Beach is about 8 milles from Boca Raton Florida. Multiple utility poles were snapped and lines pulled down in the crash which occurred at an intersection in the city of Delray Beach. The truck accident area is on the far southeast coast of Florida, about 52 miles north of Miami, FL and about 360 miles south of St. Mary’s, Georgia.

On Monday morning an unidentified semi driver was traveling through Palm Beach County, near the southeast coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The tractor trailer was fitted with a hopper and the semi was described as a commercial dump truck. It is not known where the 18 wheeler was headed when the truck accident occurred or if it was carrying any cargo.

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CLEBURNE, TX – One person was killed Friday in a fiery truck accident on a highway in Johnson County, Texas. The deadly head-on collision was near the city of Cleburne on U.S. Highway 67. The truck accident occurred in the southern edge of the Fort Worth metro region, in the northeast section of the state, about 136 miles south of Ardmore, Oklahoma and about 242 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

On Friday morning an unidentified man was driving a semi trailer truck through northeast Texas. At the time of the truck accident the driver was pulling a pneumatic trailer section. The contents of the trailer and the driver’s destination have not been released. ... Read More

CINCINNATI, OH – Three people were injured in a fiery truck accident Wednesday night, february 2, on a highway in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. A semi truck and a minivan collided on eastbound Interstate 275 near the juncture with Markley Road in the southeast part of the Cincinnati metro region. The truck accident area is in the southwest corner of Ohio, about 60 miles southeast of Richmond, Indiana and about 10 miles north of Covington, Kentucky.

On Wednesday evening 41 year old truck driver Leslie Gough of Sydney, Ohio was driving a 1996 Freightliner semi trailer truck through Hamilton County, OH. The 18 wheeler was carrying a load of plastic at the time of the truck accident. Information regarding Mr. Gough’s employer and destination was not released. ... Read More

OWINGSVILLE, KY – A truck accident Wednesday, February 2, in Bath County, Kentucky sent a semi tractor trailer plunging into a creek and set off a search for the missing driver. The early morning crash occurred off Interstate 64 near the city of Owingsville, KY in the eastern part of the state. The truck accident area is just outside the Lexington metro region, about 124 miles southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio and about 82 miles west of Huntington, West Virginia.

Early Wednesday morning a truck driver, who has not yet been identified, was driving through eastern Kentucky. The semi driver was hauling a load of auto parts at the time of the truck accident, but his destination is unknown. ... Read More

WINTER PARK, FL – A semi driver has been charged in a truck accident that occurred Monday afternoon, January 17, on a major highway in Orange County, Florida. The roads were rain slicked when the tractor trailer crashed and flipped over on Interstate 4 just east of the juncture with Fairbanks Avenue, near the city of Winter Park, FL. The truck accident area is in the north central part of Florida in the Orlando metro region.

Early Monday afternoon 56 year old Arthur Venson of Jacksonville, FL was driving a semi trailer truck southwest on Interstate 4. Some reports stated that the semi driver makes regular deliveries between Jacksonville and Orlando. At the time of the truck accident the driver was carrying a cargo of washing machines. He declined to name his employer or his destination. ... Read More

CALHOUN CITY, MS – Three people were killed when an 18 wheeler collided head on with a school bus loaded with high students from  Ackerman High School after a field trip to the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS.

Bus dangles perilously over Yalobusha River after fatal head-on collision with 18 wheeler.

Calhoun City is in Calhoun County, Mississippi in the northern part of the state about 146 miles northeast of Jackson. ... Read More

STUDIO CITY, CA – A truck accident Tuesday morning, February 1, forced the closure of a major highway in Los Angeles County, California. One person was seriously injured in the early morning multi vehicle crash on the California 101 Freeway near the juncture with Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Studio City, CA. The accident area is located in the San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles metro in the southwest section of the state.

Early Tuesday morning a truck driver, who has not been identified, was driving a semi trailer truck through southwest California. The semi was pulling two trailer sections filled with sand at the time of the truck accident. The mud flaps on the back trailer appear to have the logo for Sakaida & Sons Trucking, based in Reseda, CA. ... Read More

NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC – A semi driver was injured in a multi vehicle truck accident Tuesday morning, January 11, on a highway in Newberry County, South Carolina. The two tractor trailers lost control on the icy surface of Interstate 26 as it passes through the southern edge of the Sumter National Forest. The truck accident area is in the northwest part of South Carolina, about 106 miles northeast of Augusta, Georgia and about 99 miles southeast of Charlotte, North Carolina.

For several days the southeast section of the US was experiencing uncharacteristic winter weather. Several states that rarely see snow had received up to several inches in some places, coating the road surfaces and making driving hazardous. The truck accident happened after the area went through a storm that brought snow and left dangerous black ice on many of the region’s roads. ... Read More

BEAUMONT, TX – A single vehicle truck accident closed down part of a major highway Sunday, January 30, in Jefferson County, Texas. The tractor trailer crashed and burst into flames on Interstate 10 where the highway passes through downtown Beaumont, TX. The truck accident occurred on the southeast side of the state near the border with Louisiana.

On Sunday morning an unidentified truck driver in a 2002 semi trailer truck was driving through southeast Texas. The trailer section was carrying a load of carpeting at the time of the truck accident, but it is not known where the driver was headed. ... Read More