Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for June, 2011

ATLANTA, GA – Last Tuesday Bolton Rd. in Atlanta GA, was shut down after a truck driver who was driving a Community Waste Services of Georgia garbage truck hit a railroad overpass in Northwest Atlanta shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

Atlanta fire officials say two people were injured when a truck crashed into a railway bridge in northwest Atlanta. It happened at Bolton Road and Marietta Road just after 9 a.m., Tuesday, June 28. (Photo: Atlanta Fire Rescue Department)

Hours later a 20-foot stretch of concrete and metal came crashing down from the railroad overpass falling onto the road below it. Late Tuesday, officials said Bolton Road just west of Marietta Road would be closed at least 48 hours to make sure the area under the bridge is safe for traffic. ... Read More

PENBROKE PINES, FL – Two people were killed in a fatal head on collision on the I-75 in Pembroke Pines, Florida on Thursday morning.

A red or maroon colored Chevy pick up truck traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the highway slammed head on into a white Cadillac just north of the Sheridan Street exit. CBS-4

The crash happened in the northbound lanes near the Sheridan Street exit around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning and temporarily blocked all northbound lanes at a section of Interstate 75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ... Read More

DENISON, TX – James Hedgcoke, 81, of Durant Oklahoma was killed Tuesday afternoon just after 2:30 p.m. when his pickup swerved into an 18 wheeler truck in the northbound lanes of Highway 75 near the Texas Travel Information Center in Denison. Hedgcoke was pronounced dead on the scene.

PHOTO CREDIT: KTEN.com

According to the Denison Police, Hedgcoke was traveling southbound on U.S. 75 when for an unknown reason he cut across the median into the northbound lanes and hit a moving  company semi truck, causing the tractor trailer to flip over on its side. The semi completely crushed Hedgcoke’s car. The driver of the semi was not injured. ... Read More

AMARILLO, TX – A Toyota Camry with two women inside, hit a Penske tractor trailer truck after running a red light in downtown Amarillo, according to witnesses, the local police said. The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, June 18, at about 1:30 p.m. at 10th and Taylor Streets.

Rescue workers at the scene of the accident at 10th Ave and Taylor Street in Amarillo, TX on Saturday, June 18, 2011. Photo credit: Amarillo Globe-News

Witnesses told the Amarillo police that the gray Toyota Camry was traveling westbound on 10th when it ran a red light, hitting the Penske moving truck. ... Read More

FALLON, NV.- Two Texas school teachers traveling on vacation were tragically killed on Monday, June 13, in a two vehicle collision 18 miles west of Fallon, Nevada. The city of Fallon is located about 70 miles east of Reno. Both of the victims were high school teachers from San Diego, TX which is located 55 miles northwest of Corpus Christi.

Renee J. Upchurch, 53 and Esther Garza, 59 killed in tragic truck accident

The two victims were Renee J. Upchurch, 53, who was pronounced dead at the scene and her friend, Esther Garza, 59, who died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno after being taken from the scene by helicopter. ... Read More

MOBILE, AL – A charter bus carrying 48 band students and two chaperones from Del Rio, Texas, was traveling to Orlando Florida when it collided with an overturned 18 wheeler near the Mississippi line early Monday, injuring about two dozen people.

Map showing location of charter bus accident with overturned 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 at the 7 mile marker in southern Alabama

The accident occurred at 12:34 a.m. at the 7-mile marker in the Grand Bay area just a few miles inside Alabama on I-10, Trooper Greg Eubanks, trooper spokesman said.

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SUGAR LAND, TX – A fuel truck driver was killed when his 18 wheeler truck overturned on the southbound US 59 (Southwest Freeway) near SH 99 Grand Parkway in Sugar Land, Texas on June 7, 2011.

Overturned diesel tanker where big rig driver was killed and thousands of gallons of diesel fuel was spilled in Sugar Land, TX on June 7, 2011. Photo credit: Patric Schneider.

Sugar Land is in Fort Bend County, Texas in the southern part of the state about 23 miles southwest of Houston. ... Read More

LAKELAND, FL – A truck accident occurred at about 9:15 this morning just west of Drane Field Road, when a dump truck flipped and spilled dirt on the road.

PHOTO CREDIT: KIM FATICA| BAY NEWS 9

The truck driver was heading west on Polk Parkway in Lakeland when he lost control and flipped over causing the load he was hauling to spill onto the parkway, according to Florida Highway Patrol. ... Read More

MESQUITE, TX – An 18 wheeler truck accident took place early friday morning at about 10:45 a.m when the Texas Star Express truck hauling scrap metal crashed onto its side and caught fire.

Photo Credit: FoxNews4

From Sky 4, the cab of the Texas Star Express truck could be seen straddling the HOV lane barrier blocking all of the westbound lanes of I-30 near the 635 interchange. The cab was reduced to charred and twisted metal. ... Read More