Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for 2011

ROCHESTER, MN – The driver of a semi truck was killed in a fiery crash in Rochester, MN when his big rig went out of control, ran off the road and then plowed into a local business, injuring two of its occupants in the process.

Scene of a fatal semi truck accident in Rochester, MN where a big rig went out of control, over an embankment and then plowed through a local business. Photo credit: Doug Schmidt

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MESQUITE, TX – A semi truck crashed into a bridge support in Mequite, TX on September 22, 2011 pinning the driver and passenger and spilling a load of frozen chicken onto the roadway.

A semi truck crashed into a bridge support on the transition ramp between the westbound Highway 80 to the northbound I-635 in Mesquite, TX on September 22, 2011 Photo credit: myFoxdfw.com

Mesquite is located mainly in Dallas County, Texas and partly in Kaufman County, Texas in the northeast part of the state. Mequite is about 12 miles southeast of Dallas and about 163 miles northeast of Killeen, TX. ... Read More

GLENWOOD, IL – A woman was killed when her vehicle was struck head-on by an 18 wheeler truck on Route 394 in Glenwood, IL on September 2, 2011.

A semi truck crashes head-on into a Ford SUV on Highway 394 in Glenwood, IL on September 2, 2011 shutting down traffic for hours. The vehicle burst into flames, trapping and killing the driver.

Glenwood is located in in Cook County, Illinois in the northeastern part of the state about 28 miles south of Chicago. ... Read More

HOUSTON, TX – An 18-wheeler overturned on a transition ramp between two Interstate freeways in northwest Houston, TX on Thursday, September 15, 2011.

A tractor trailer overturned on the transition ramp between the southbound I-610 and the eastbound I-10 in northwest Houston, TX spilling a huge load of metal product all over the roadway and completely blocking traffic on September 15, 2011. Photo credit: MyFox Houston

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HUBBARD, OH – The driver of a tractor-trailer was lucky to be alive after a fiery crash on Interstate 80 in Hubbard, OH on September 7, 2011.

Charred wreckage of semi tractor is all that remains of a fiery accident on the Ohio I-80 near the Pennsylvania border on September 7, 2011.

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JACKSON, MS. — APAC-Tennessee Inc, a road-paving company, has filed an appeal with the Mississippi Supreme Court after a $17.2 million verdict was awarded to an injured teenager who spent eight months in a coma after a gravel truck plowed into the side of his pickup in 2006 at an intersection in Southhaven, Mississippi.

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CHICAGO, IL – A semi truck driver was killed on Wednesday night, Aug 24, in a six vehicle collision in Highland Park, Illinois. Highland Park is a suburb located about 27 miles northwest of Chicago and about 17 miles northeast of Arlington Heights.

Accident scene following a six-vehicle semi truck accident in Highland Park, IL where a big rig driver was killed on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Photo credit: FOX Chicago News

The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at U.S. Route 41 and Half Day Road  and involved four cars and two semi-trucks where one of the truck drivers died at the scene. ... Read More

SAN ANGELO, TX. – On Wednesday morning, Aug, 31, a truck driver from New Jersey traveling north on U.S. 87 about 16 miles southeast of San Angelo Texas was pulled from a burning wreck after his tractor trailer crashed into a metal guardrail and flipped over a concrete barricade and landed on an embankment on the north side of Lipan Creek.

Map showing location where a New Jersey truck driver was pulled from a burning truck about 16 miles southeast of San Angelo, TX on Highway 87 at Lipan Creek.

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JEFFERSON, La. – A semi truck carrying a cargo of  hazardous waste material overturned  east of the Huey P. Long Bridge on Monday Aug 19, but according to Louisiana State Police the accident did not pose a threat. Jefferson is located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in the southeastern part of the state about 7.3 miles west of New Orleans and about 76 miles southeast of Baton Rouge.

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TONAWANDA, NY – A semi truck accident occurred on Friday, Aug 26, when a the driver of a tractor trailer struck the CSX rail bridge on Young Street in the city of Tonawanda and continued through to the I-290.

Map showing location of semi truck accident in Tonawanda, NY on August 26, 2011 where the driver of a tractor trailer collided with the rail bridge on Young Street, then continued on to I-290 where he was stopped by the police.

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