Archive for 2011

GUILFORD, MO – A 19 year-old man was killed when his car was hit by a semi truck in Guilford, MO on Friday, November 4, 2011.

Fatal accident between a 2006 Freightliner flatbed semi truck and a 2003 Oldsmobile passenger sedan in Guilford, MO on Friday, November 4, 2011. Photo credit: Tony Brown

... Read More

LAS VEGAS, NV – A retired school teacher was killed on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 when she was struck by a UPS truck in Las Vegas, NV.

Accident scene where a pedestrian was killed by a UPS truck while walking across the street in front of her home in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.

... Read More

BALLINGER, TX – A bus driver carrying college students and faculty from Abilene Christian University lost control and struck a concrete culvert which caused the bus to overturn resulting in one death and critically injuring four others, officials said.

... Read More

LUBBOCK, TX – House Bill 1353, which took effect on September 1, eliminates the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and all truck speed limits on Texas roadways.

... Read More

ALTO, WI – Two people were seriously injured when a pickup truck became wedged under a semi truck after a crash in Alto, WI on Sunday, October 30, 2011.

Two people were seriously injured and trapped in a pickup truck that became wedged under a semi truck milk tanker after a crash in Alto, WI on Sunday, October 30, 2011. Photo credit: Doug Raflik

... Read More

HOUSTON, TX – A fiery 18 wheeler accident on Friday, October 14, 2011 has claimed the lives of two people at a toll plaza on the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston, TX.

Charred wreckage is all that remains of a fiery 18 wheeler accident at a toll plaza on the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston, TX on October 14, 2011 where two people were killed.

... Read More

ST. IGNACE, MI – A semi truck died of a heart attack behind the wheel of his big rig while crossing the Mackinack Bridge in St. Ignace, MI on Friday, October 14, 2011.

A semi truck driver suffered a fatal heart attack and crashed into a car on the Mackinac Bridge in St. Ignace, MI on October 14, 2011. Photo credit: UpNorthLive.com

... Read More

GROVE CITY, MN – A fiery crash occurred just north of Grove City, MN when a semi truck collided with a garbage truck on Thursday, October 13, 2011.

Intersection of 300th St. and State Highway 4 facing south in Grove City, MN where a fiery semi truck crash with a garbage truck happened on October 13, 2011.

... Read More

HARTFORD, IL – A 61-year old man was killed on October 11, 2011 when the pickup truck he was driving rear-ended a semi truck in Hartford, IL.

Scene at the entry gate of the ConocoPhillips refinery in Hartford, IL where a 61 year-old man driving a red pickup truck rear-ended an 18 wheeler and was killed on Tuesday, October 11, 2011.

... Read More

SAVANNAH, GA – The Georgia Department of Public Safety recently issued an order that semi truck safety inspections would no longer be done by local police departments and that state inspectors would be taking over the job.

Commercial vehicle safety inspection in Georgia to enforce violations for bald tires, bad brakes, bad lights and other violations. Photo credit: WTOC, Savannah, GA

... Read More