Archive for April, 2013
CORNELIUS, NC — A semi truck accident took place on Wednesday, April 17, on Interstate 77 in Cornelius, N. C. shuttng down the roadway after a semi truck rear-ended a tractor trailer spilling yellow paint onto the road. Cornelius, NC is about 20 miles north of Charlotte.
MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. — The Harlem-Roscoe Fire Dept was dispatched on Wednesday, April 17, after injuries were reported from two semi trucks that crashed on the I-90 near Machesney Park about 7 miles north of Rockford Illinois.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TX — A Comal ISD school bus, which was transporting less than 10 students at the time, was rear-ended by a small pick-up truck on Wednesday afternoon, April 17, however, no one appeared to be injured.
ODESSA, Texas — A fatal accident that happened on April 4 was caused by a wrong way driver in an SUV going westbound on the eastbound side of I-20 that crashed head-on into an oncoming tractor trailer with a second eastbound tractor trailer in the lane next to it.
IRVING, Texas — One of the worst bus accidents in the history of the United States just occurred in Irving Texas this morning where officials report that 41 people were injured and two were killed when a private charter bus, owned by Cardinal Coach Lines of Mansfield, overturned. Witnesses reported that bodies were stacked upon each other, people were moaning and crying in pain. There were people in shock, many with broken bones and serious injuries and several dead who were crushed under the bus. Passenger Dan Risik told NBC 5 that the charter bus was headed to Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla.
... Read MoreNEW DEAL, Texas — A tractor trailer carrying diesel fuel and batteries fell off an overpass and crashed on March 26 in New Deal, Texas, spilling the fuel and batteries on the road below. The town of New Deal, TX is located 12 miles north of Lubbock.
COCHO COUNTY, Texas — Three San Angelo men were killed on March 21 when their Ford pickup truck crashed into a semi truck on U.S. 83 in Cocho County, Texas.
ALICE, Texas — A man riding his bicycle was hit by a tractor trailer Tuesday, March 12, leaving him seriously injured.