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SPRINGFILD, IL — A driver of a Lay’s Potato Chip semi truck lost control on the northbound I-55 crashing through the center median and then into a flat-bed trailer being pulled by a pick-up truck.

Tow truck at the scene of a semi truck accident in Springfield, IL where a Lay's Potato Chip big rig went off the road and down an embankment on April 11, 2012.

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FORT WORTH, TX – Northlake Texas police arrived at the scene of a crash between two 18 wheelers that occurred around 11:15 p.m. late Tuesday night on April 10 near the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

A gravel truck was one of the two semi trucks involved in an accident in Fort Worth, TX on April 10, 2012 on the I-35W Frontage Rd and Highway 114.

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DES MOINES, IA. – A semi truck driver hit a Saydel school bus from behind that was stopped on the railroad tracks on Northeast Broadway Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa sending two people to the hospital.

Rail crossing on NE Broadway Ave. near Delaware Ave. where a semi truck crashed into a school bus on April 6, 2012 in Des Moines, IA sending two people to the hospital.

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THONOTOSASSA, FL. – The driver of a Ford Expedition was killed on Thursday morning, April 6, after his SUV collided with a dump truck on US 301 in Thonotosassa, Florida. The city of Thonotosassa is located approximately 5.4 miles north of Hillsborough and 14.5 miles northeast of Tampa.

A dump truck crashed with an SUV on U.S. 301 on April 5, 2012 in Thonotosassa, Florida killing one motorist. Photo credit: WTSP.com

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HEARNE, TX – Poor driving conditions due to heavy rains is being blamed for a fatal accident involving an 18-wheeler and a pickup on Texas 6 south of Hearne on Thursday afternoon, March 29, that left three people dead and two others injured. Hearne is located in Robertson County, Texas in the eastern central part of the state about 119 miles northwest of Houston and 95 miles northeast of Austin.

A semi truck collided with a pickup truck in Hearne, TX killing 3 people on Thursday, March 29, 2012. Photo credit: S. Villanueva / TheEagle.com

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MORRIS, IL – A semi truck driver was killed and another person injured Friday morning, March 23, in a crash involving three tractor trailers near Morris, Illinois.

Fatal tractor trailer crash involving multiple semi trucks on the eastbound I-80 at East 29th Road just west of Morris, IL on Friday, March 23, 2012.

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LOWELL, NC – An 18 wheeler truck driver traveling on I-85 North sideswiped a vehicle near exit 23, Wednesday morning, March 21, shutting down northbound lanes of I-85 for 3½ hours.

A semi truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road crashing into a concrete median barrier on the northbound I-85 in Lowell, NC on Mar 21, 2012. Photo: John Clark/The Gaston Gazette

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LAKE WALES, FL – A motorcyclist was killed in a multi vehicle semi truck crash on Tuesday, March 6, just south of Warner University on U.S. 27 in Lake Wales, FL.

Horrific semi truck accident on U.S. 27 in Lake Wales, FL claims the life of a motorcyclist and critically injures the driver of an SUV on March 6, 2012.

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Syracuse, NY – A tractor trailer got stuck Thursday morning under the West Genesee Street railroad bridge at Erie Boulevard West in Syracuse, NY.

An 18 wheeler crashed into the West Genesee Street railroad bridge in Syracuse, NY on March 15, 2012, becoming stuck due to low clearance. Photo credit: David Lassman / The Post-Standard

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By a vote of 5 to 4 committee vote, the Idaho Senate rejected Senator Jim Hammond’s proposal to raise the trucking speed limit to 75 mph. Hammond proposed the theory that it would actually be safer by having all vehicles, including big-rigs, semi tractors, 18 wheelers, etc., drive the same speed limit. This, he said, would “eliminate a lot of lane changes.”

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