Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for August, 2013

CLEVELAND, TX – A 19 year-old female driver was seriously injured when her vehicle rolled over after being hit by a semi truck in Cleveland, TX on August 23, 2013. Cleveland is located in Liberty County  in the eastern part of the state about 45.7 miles northeast of Houston.

A motorist was seriously injured when her vehicle rolled over after colliding with a semi truck in Cleveland, TX on August 23, 2013. Photo credit: Cleveland Advocate.

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HOUSTON, TX — An 18-wheeler and passenger car collided on August 22 in South Houston, killing one person in the passenger car.

Map shows location of fatal semi truck accident in Houston, TX on August 22, 2013 on Almeda Genoa Rd near Cullen Blvd where an 18-wheeler crashed into a passenger vehicle, killing one.

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FORNEY, TX – A semi truck blew out a tire and caught fire on a bridge on U.S. Highway 80 over the Trinity River near Farm-to-Market 460 on August 2 in Forney, TX. Forney is located in Kaufman County, Texas in the north-central part of the state about 21 miles east of Dallas.

A tractor trailer overturned and caught fire on the Trinity River bridge on U.S. Highway 80 in Forney, TX on August 2, 2013. Photo credit: KTVT/KTXA

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LORENA, TX – Two 18 wheelers were involved in a fiery semi truck crash on I-35 in Lorena, TX on August 13, 2013. One big rig went through a guard rail and caught fire after hitting another tractor trailer. Lorena is located in McLennan County, Texas in the central part of the state about 13 miles southwest of Waco.

A section of pavement on the southbound I-35 had to be replaced after being destroyed by burning diesel fuel from a fiery semi truck crash in Lorena, TX on August 13, 2013.

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DUMAS, TX – Five people were killed and two others seriously injured in fatal semi truck accident in Dumas, TX on August 12, 2013. Dumas is located in Moore County, Texas in the northern (panhandle) part of the state about 47 miles north of Amarillo.

Texas State Trooper parked while investigating the fatal semi truck accident that killed five people at the intersection just north of Dumas, TX on August 12, 2013.

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LAFAYETTE, IN – A semi truck driver from Joshua, Texas rolled his big rig while averting a collision on Interstate 65 in Lafayette, IN. The city of Lafayette is located in Tippecanoe County in the northwestern part of the state about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

A semi truck rolled over onto its side while trying to avoid a crash in slow traffic on the northbound I-65 near Indiana Highway 26 in Lafayette, IN on August 7, 2013.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — A semi truck driver from Houston, Texas, was cited for careless operation on Aug 5, after he caused a crash that shut down the I-110 in Baton Rouge for nearly 6 hours. The trucker was identified as Daymeon Bradford, 36, of Houston. Bradford, who worked for Fasttrac Transportation of Houston, was taken to a local hospital by EMS. Reports state that Branford sustained minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

A semi truck overturned and crashed on I-110 in Baton Rouge, LA on August 5, 2013 spilling a load of palettes all over the roadway. Photo credit: fox44.com

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TX – On August 3, 2013 in Grand Prairie, TX a loaded semi truck veered off I-30 and crashed through a guard rail onto State Highway 161 below bursting into flames, killing the truck driver. Grand Prairie is located in Tarrant, Ellis and Dallas counties in north-central Texas about 13 miles east of Dallas.

Photo shows charred remains of a semi truck consumed by fire and where a trucker was killed after going off a stacked freeway interchange and crashed onto the President George Bush Turnpike below in Grand Prairie, TX on August 3, 2013.

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CRESTVIEW, FL – An 81 year-old woman, driving a Lincoln passenger car, was killed in a fatal semi truck accident in Crestview, FL on July 31. The city of Crestview is located in Okaloosa County, Florida in the panhandle area of the state about 52.5 miles northeast of Pensacola.

Southbound view on Florida State Road 85 at Phil Tyner Road that was the site of a fatal semi truck accident on July 31, 2013 in Crestview, FL.

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