Archive for May, 2011
May 31st, 2011 | 
Author: EL PASO, TX - A truck and motorcycle collided in Northeast El Paso on Thursday night, May 12, near the intersection of Railroad and Transmountain.
Ryan Arbogast, 21, lost control of his 2008 Honda motorcycle in the 10000 block of Railroad Drive about 7 p.m. Thursday, police said. ... Read More
GERVAIS, OR. — A man from Texas was struck by an 18 wheeler truck while he was walking along Highway 99E in a rural farming area south of Portland, Ore. The victim was identified as Thomas Jay Franklin, 21, of Austin, Texas authorities said.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 2, at about 5:20 p.m. between the towns of Gervais and Brooks. ... Read More
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BAKERSFIELD, CA. – On Friday, May 20, a school bus carrying students from an elementary school as well as a junior high school collided with a work truck. Police reported that two children suffered minor injuries.
Map shows location of school bus and truck collision in Bakersfield, CA on May 20, 2011.
The accident occurred at about 8:00 a.m at the corner of Wegis Avenue and Johnson Road. The California Highway Patrol said that officers were sent to the scene. ... Read More
HOUSTON, TX – An 18 wheeler crashed into a wrecker on Highway 90 in East Harris County sending three people to the hospital.
Map of 18 wheeler accident with 2 wreckers on Highway 90 in East Harris County
The truck accident occurred on Saturday, May 21, around 2:30 a.m where two wreckers were stopped behind a Chevy with a flat tire on Highway 90 near Miller Road. ... Read More
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WEST ALMOND, NY – A semi driver was hurt in a rollover truck accident Saturday morning, March 5, on a highway in Alleghany County, New York. Authorities believe the driver may have suffered a medical emergency just before he drove off Interstate 86 and flipped the tractor trailer in a ditch near the town of West Almond. The truck accident area is in the western part of New York, about 85 miles south of Rochester, NY and about 136 miles east of Erie, Pennsylvania.
On Saturday morning 41 year old Earl Hilderbrand of Michigan was driving a semi trailer truck through western New York State. The trailer section of the semi was filled with a cargo of paper products. Information regarding the driver’s employer and destination at the time of the truck accident has not been released. ... Read More
PENSACOLA, FL – A truck driver form Pensacola, Florida was driving a Boyett’s truck carrying 3,500 gallons of waste oil from food processing operations when it overturned around 3:30 p.m on the westbound ramp off North Davis Highway onto Interstate 10.
PHOTO CREDIT: Gary McCracken gmcracken@pnj.com
The truck accident occurred Tuesday afternoon, May 17, at around 3:30 p.m., when the truck’s tank was breached and started to leak, causing the roadway to be closed for several hours. ... Read More
HOUSTON, TX – Officers from the Houston Police Department arrested a local tanker truck driver in early May 2011 who has been accused of illegally dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic waste into ditches, storm drains, and retention ponds in northwest Houston and adjacent parts of Harris and Waller Counties.
The truck driver, identified as Lonnie Earl Perkins, was followed by police to a deserted lane just off N. Houston-Rosslyn Road where he allegedly emptied the truck’s contents into a drainage ditch. ... Read More
VICTORIA, TX – A Valley Transit Greyhound bus traveling from Houston to McAllen late Wednesday, May 11, was sideswiped by a pick-up truck, causing the bus to swerve into a utility pole. The accident happened just south of Victoria, Texas.
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper, Gerald Bryant, said that a Vinton man driving a truck was pulling onto U.S. 77 from a side street when it ran into the Greyhound bus, causing it to veer into the utility pole. ... Read More
HOUSTON, TX – A female officer with the Houston Police Department (HPD) was working speed enforcement using a radar gun when a rental box truck slammed into her stooped cruiser on Eastex Freeway.
Rental truck accident slams HPD cruiser on Eastex Freeway in Houston | KRIV
The accident was reported at 11:36 a.m. Monday, May 9, in the southbound lanes of Highway 59 near Rankin Road, according to Houston TranStar. ... Read More
RITZVILLE, WA – A state trooper was hurt Sunday, March 6, in a truck accident on a highway in Adams County, Washington. The law enforcement officer was in his patrol car when it was hit by a semi trailer on U.S. Highway 395 just south of the town of Ritzville. The truck accident occurred in the eastern part of Washington, southwest of the city of Spokane, about 84 miles southwest of Post Falls, Idaho and about 145 miles north of Pendleton, Oregon.
Late Sunday afternoon semi driver James Helms was driving a tractor trailer through eastern Washington State. The driver was pulling a short flatbed trailer which appeared to be empty at the time of the truck accident. The tractor trailer was northbound on U.S. Highway 395 but it is not known where Mr. Helms was headed or the company that owns the semi truck. ... Read More