Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for 2011

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

LINVILLE FALLS, NC – A semi driver faces multiple charges after being involved in a fatal truck accident Sunday, Ferbruary 27, in McDowell County, North Carolina. The passenger in the tractor trailer died after the semi crashed on U.S. Highway 221 near the city of Linville Falls. The truck accident occurred in the far west part of the state near the Tennessee border, about 82 miles north of Spartanburg, South Carolina and about 153 miles east of Knoxville, TN.

On Sunday 53 year old David B. Small of New Jersey was driving a semi trailer truck through western North Carolina, amidst the Blue Ridge Mountains. There was one passenger in the tractor trailer at the time of the truck accident, identified as 51 year old Ricky D. McDuffie of Bishopville, South Carolina. The 18 wheeler truck was carrying a cargo of batteries used to power small vehicles including motorcycles and lawn mowers. ... Read More

SPRINGFIELD, MO – A semi truck accident spilled a load of mayonnaise Saturday evening, February 26, on a highway in Greene County, Missouri. The single vehicle crash occurred in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 near the juncture with U.S. Highway 65 in the city of Springfield, MO. The truck accident area is in the southwest part of Missouri, about 128 miles east of Parsons, Kansas and about 78 miles north of Harrison, Arkansas.

On Saturday an unidentified man was driving a semi trailer truck through Greene County in southwest Missouri. The semi driver was hauling approximately 40,000 pounds of mayonnaise at the time of the truck accident. The driver’s destination is not known however the boxes were labeled for delivery to Subway, a restaurant chain based in Milford, Connecticut. It is believed the cargo was on its way to several of the company’s restaurants.
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BRUNSWICK, ME – An early morning truck accident closed down part of a highway in Cumberland County, Maine for several hours Sunday, February 20. The semi driver was on Interstate 295 when he suddenly lost control and went off the highway near the city of Brunswick, ME. The truck accident area is in the far southeast tip of the state, about 106 miles southwest of Bangor, ME and about 78 miles north of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

On Sunday morning Frederick Durkee of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada was driving a semi trailer truck through Maine. The tractor trailer is owned by Chebogue Fisheries, Ltd of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and was carrying approximately 20,000 pounds of fish at the time of the truck accident. The semi driver was headed to Boston, Massachusetts when the crash occurred. ... Read More

MORGAN COUNTY, UT: Two semi trailers were involved in a truck accident Sunday morning, February 20, on a highway in Morgan County, Utah. Both of the truck drivers were charged after the collision which occurred on Interstate 84 in an area northeast of the Salt Lake City metro region. The truck accident area is in the far north part of Utah, about 101 miles south of Preston, Idaho and about 90 miles west of Mountain View, Wyoming.

On Sunday morning an unidentified semi driver from Kentucky was driving a flatbed tractor trailer through northern Utah. The flatbed was carrying a load of steel beams at the time of the truck accident. Utah was experiencing heavy winter storms over the weekend and many of the roads were icy and snow covered. ... Read More