Archive for June, 2012

BRANDON, Miss. — Three people were killed in a fiery accident on Thursday, June 21, after an 18 wheeler collided with a pick-up truck on the I-20 in Brandon, MS. The city of Brandon is located about 15 miles east of Jackson, MS.

A pickup truck with 3 occupants were burned beyond recognition in a fiery head-on semi truck crash on Interstate 20 in Brandon, MS on June 21, 2012.


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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — An 18 wheeler accident occurred Thursday afternoon, June 21, on the westbound Interstate 10 about a mile and half from Sierra Blanca, Texas.

A Texas State Trooper investigates a semi truck that rolled over on the westbound Interstate 10 near Sierra Blanca, TX on June 21, 2012. Photo credit: KFOX14 News

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KILLEEN, Tx.– A trucker driving a truck with a mounted crane became trapped and was seriously injured after his brakes failed causing him to veer off the roadway and overturn.

Rescue crews work to free a critically injured truck driver in Killeen, TX that was pinned under an overturned crane truck that crashed after the brakes failed on June 13, 2012.

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DALLAS, Tx. — According to Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman, Jason Evans, the driver of a semi truck was killed after his 18 wheeler slammed into one of the pillars on the Dolphin Road bridge overpass I-30, apparently at full speed, just east of Fair Park in East Dallas. No other vehicles were involved.

An 18 wheeler sits totally demolished after a deadly crash on June 10, 2012 where a trucker was killed after smashing head-on into a bridge support pillar on the westbound I-30 in Dallas, TX.

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PARKER COUNTY, TX — A truck driver may have fallen asleep while driving eastbound on Interstate 20 in Parker County on Friday June 8 causing the 18-wheeler he was driving to drift off the Interstate, roll down an embankment and catch fire.

View of embankment and overpass on the eastbound side of I-20 at FM 113 where a truck driver fell asleep, ran off the Interstate and was killed on June 8, 2012.

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FORT WORTH, TX — An 18 wheeler truck accident took place Wednesday, June 6, when the 18-wheeler, carrying a steel beam, hit a railroad bridge with a portion of the beam while attempting to cross underneath Highway 114 in north Fort Worth.

Work crews use a crane to hoist a fallen steel beam after an 18 wheeler that was hauling it struck a railroad bridge and knocked it off onto the roadway below on June 6, 2012. A sign showing a clearance of 13' 10" was posted (foreground right).

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BRENHAM, TX — A 31-year-old Temple man was killed when the pickup he was driving collided head-on with an oncoming Exxon Mobil tanker truck.

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