Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for July, 2011

JACKSON COUNTY, MS – A 18 wheeler truck driver traveling eastbound on the Interstate 10 on Thursday, July 14 crashed into a wooded area and overturned, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol Master Sgt. Johnny Poulos.

Workers remove 18 wheeler that crashed into the woods alongside Interstate 10 near Ocean Springs, MS on July 14, 2011. Photo credit: James Edward Bates/Sun Herald

The accident happened at about 11:30 a.m near mile marker 55 about a mile west of the Mississippi 57 exit. ... Read More

WACO, TX — Two separate accidents involving two tractor trailers, big rigs and a pickup truck occurred along the I-35 on Thursday, July 21, and Friday, July 22, in Central Texas.

The scene of one of the two tractor-trailer accidents that occurred in Waco in central Texas on Thursday, July 21 and Friday, July 22, 2011 along Interstate 35.

The first incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday evening, July 21, near exit 337 when the driver of a pickup truck that was traveling south slowed down to avoid hitting something on the highway. ... Read More

HUNTSVILLE, TX — A Houston truck driver was charged with third-degree felony DWI after  his 2002 Chevrolet Silverado rolled over crashing into a power pole on I-45.

The driver, identified as 63-year-old Miguel Alvarez from Houston, was traveling south in the 600 block of Interstate 45 around 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 11, when his 2002 Chevrolet Silverado went airborne, crashing into a power pole owned by Entergy. ... Read More

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Police report that a fiery crash involving a woman and an 18 wheeler resulted in the death of the woman when the car she was driving swerved into the big rig pinning her beneath the truck.

Map showing location of fiery 18 wheeler crash where one person was killed on Friday, July 15, 2011 in San Antonio, TX on the northbound I-35 near AT&T Center Parkway.

The accident which occurred Friday night, July 15, caused the vehicle and truck to burst into flames which halted traffic on the Interstate for 35 hours. ... Read More

NORTH PORT, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said that two tractor trailers collided and one caught fire, forcing the closure of all northbound lanes of Interstate 75 south of the Toledo Blade Boulevard exit in North Port this morning.

The accident which occurred at about 11:15 a.m. near Mile Marker 174, completely closed the northbound traffic lanes of I-75 for three hours while emergency fire crews worked to extinguish the  blaze. ... Read More

LAKELAND FL -  A Lakeland Florida man was killed early this morning when his SUV collided with the rear end of a tractor-trailer at the intersection of North Florida Avenue and the North U.S. 98 Bypass.

Map showing location of semi truck crash with SUV where a man was killed early Wednesday morning, July 13, 2011 at the intersection of Florida Avenue and US 98 Bypass in Lakeland, FL.

The accident occurred at about 2:30 a.m. According to the Lakeland Police Department, the victim was driving north on North Florida Avenue at a high rate of speed when his 2002 Toyota 4 Runner crashed into the semi truck. ... Read More

SNOQUALMIE, WA – An 18 wheeler accident occurred on late Wednesday, July 7, when a semi truck slammed into a passenger car on State Route 18 south of here which claimed the lives of two people. Snoqualmie is located about 50 miles south of Everett, Washington.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Julie Startup said  the driver of the car was making a U-turn on the highway near Raging River and the semi was unable to stop in time. Below is a map of the location. ... Read More

RADNOR, OH – A driver died Thursday, June 30, after a two-vehicle crash involving a cement-mixing truck.

A SUV was traveling northbound on state Route 203 when the driver went left of center and hit a southbound cement-mixing truck, troopers said. ... Read More

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA – Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, renowned truck accident lawyers, are representing a husband and wife who were struck by an 18 wheeler Peterbuilt truck by a big rig driver employed by GRAND ISLE EXPRESS at the time of the subject incident.

This incident occurred on or about January 20, 2010, in the Petro truck parking lot located at the York interchange of Interstate Highway 80, York County, Nebraska. ... Read More