Truck Accident Lawyer News

ASHWAUBENON, WI – A woman died last Thursday afternoon after being involved in a truck accident on a Wisconsin highway. The collision happened on US Highway 41, south of Interstate 172 near Ashwaubenon in the Green Bay metropolitan region. The area is 115 miles north of Milwaukee, WI and 270 miles east of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

The multiple collision stopped both north and south bound traffic on US 41 while crews cleared the wreckage of the delivery truck and the car. At times traffic was confined to one lane in each direction as truck accident investigators went over the area of the collision.

Shortly after 4:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon, 50 year old Wayne Wilson, of Denmark, WI, was driving an International semi tractor trailer truck south on US Highway 41, just past the intersection of Interstate 172. The truck driver was signaling a move to the right shoulder of the highway, where he intended to stop and make a phone call. ... Read More

CINCINNATI, OH – A semi trailer truck flipped over on an Ohio highway last Wednesday morning, stalling traffic for hours. The truck accident happened on Interstate 71 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The area is in the far southwest corner of the state and 110 miles southwest of Columbus, Ohio.

The tractor trailer truck ended up on its left side sprawled across all southbound lanes on the I-71.

At around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday morning 60 year old Edwin Sheppard, of Wilson, North Carolina, was driving a tractor trailer truck, traveling south on Interstate 71. The 18 wheeler was carrying a load of heavy steel coils on the trailer. ... Read More

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – A deadly wreck at the Belle Isle bridge occurred Friday morning in OK City when a semi tractor trailer truck plummeted 40 feet over the Belle Isle bridge, killing the truck driver.

Debris from a semi truck accident scattered below the Belle Isle bridge of west bound I-44 in Oklahoma City. Photo credit: Paul B. Southerland

Investigators said the truck driver, Joseph K. Watkins, 40, was trying to avoid the other crash on the I-44 when he went off the bridge. Watkins had to be cut from the cab of the truck and was taken to a local hospital before dying from his injuries. ... Read More

POPLAR GROVE, IL – Seventeen children were injured Monday when a semi truck collided with their school bus in Boone County, Illinois. The truck accident happened on Illinois 76 near Poplar Grove, IL. The area is in the northern section of the state 20 miles northeast of Rockford, IL and 78 miles northwest of Chicago, IL.

According to an accident reconstructionist, the truck driver steered off the roadway and hit the bus in an area where it would have less impact on the passengers. Seventeen children were injured.

The accident occurred shortly after 3:00 p.m. Monday afternoon as the school children from North Boone Upper Elementary School were being transported home after the school day. The truck driver, from Harvard, IL, was driving his Peterbilt truck and flatbed south on Illinois 76. The driver works for Basic Service Trucking, Inc., of Harvard. ... Read More

GONZALES, CA – A tanker truck crashed and rolled over in California Thursday causing a massive fuel spill. The truck accident happened on Highway 101 in Gonzales in Monterey County. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state near the Pacific Ocean, 287 miles northwest of Los Angeles, CA and 123 miles south of San Francisco, CA.

The driver went off the road and crashed into a highway guardrail and rolled over, with the tanker truck ending upside down on its roof. The truck driver was trapped in the cab of his tanker truck

At around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning an unidentified truck driver, in his 50s, from Salinas, CA was driving south on Highway 101. He was driving a double tanker truck loaded with 7500 gallons of diesel fuel. ... Read More

DAVENPORT, NY – A woman died Friday morning after a tractor trailer truck crashed into her home in Delaware County, New York. The truck accident happened on State Highway 23 in the town of Davenport. The area is in the central area of upstate New York, 55 miles south of Albany, NY and 128 miles northeast of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

The tractor trailer truck went off the highway on the east shoulder and crashed into a single story home and a parked vehicle at 10758 State Route 23.

Shortly after 5:00 a.m. Friday morning, 61 year old Charles J. Harford of Binghamton, NY was driving a 1995 Freight liner tractor truck east on State Route 23, hauling a trailer loaded with large and heavy concrete forms. The concrete forms are used in construction. ... Read More

MUNCIE, IN – The front section of a semi truck is dangling off a highway bridge in Muncie, Indiana after colliding with a passenger car. The accident happened Wednesday afternoon at State Highway Indiana 67 Bypass and Frontage Road (State Road 3) north of the city. The area is in the east-central section of the state, 63 miles northeast of Indianapolis and 230 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois.

The cab of the truck and part of the trailer dangled over the edge, directly above Broadway Ave.

On Wednesday afternoon a truck driver for Provision Farms of Ossian, IN was driving south on the Indiana 67 Bypass, hauling a load of soybeans. As he reached the intersection of Frontage Road (State Road 3), a passenger car attempted to merge onto the bypass directly in front of the Provision Farms trailer truck. The car had been traveling north on Broadway Avenue. ... Read More

NEW HARTFORD, CT – Diesel fuel spilled on a Connecticut highway Tuesday morning following a truck accident, shutting down traffic for hours. The truck accident happened on Route 8 near New Hartford, CT. The accident area is in the northwest section of the state, 57 miles north of New Haven, CT and 120 miles southwest of Boston.

After losing control, the truck driver skidded across the wet highway surface and banged into a guardrail along side a bridge near New Hartford High School in Connecticut.

Shortly before noon on Tuesday, 56 year old Timothy Meyers of Chittenango, CT was driving his tractor trailer truck south on Route 8 near New Hartford, CT. At one point he maneuvered to avoid hitting a car, and lost control of the semi trailer truck. ... Read More

ONTARIO, CA – Four people died Saturday in a fiery multi-vehicle chain reaction truck accident. The accident occurred on Freeway 15 near Ontario, California about 37 miles west of Los Angeles. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state, 114 miles north of San Diego, CA and 235 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

A car and a semi-truck are fully engulfed in flames, southbound on I-15 in Ontario, CA

The chain accident began at about 12:20 p.m. Saturday afternoon and would end up involving three tractor trailer trucks, a U Haul truck, and two passenger cars. The truck accident happened in the southbound lanes of Freeway 15, south of Jurupa Avenue. The deadliest part of the multi truck collision was at the end, involving the last few vehicles in the chain reaction, two 18 wheelers with a passenger car in between. ... Read More

ORLEANS, IN – A semi truck lost part of its load on an Indiana highway, crushing two vehicles and killing three people. The truck accident occurred Monday evening on Indiana Highway 37 near the city of Orleans. The area is in Orange County in the southern section of the state, 90 miles south of Indianapolis, IN and 54 miles northwest of Louisville, KY.

Highway 37 was closed for about six hours after the truck accident.

According to Indiana authorities who responded to the truck accident scene, 33 year old Israel Rankin of Paoli, IN was driving his flatbed truck southbound on Highway 37. Rankin is the owner of the truck and was hauling a load of steel coils, transporting the heavy coils from Portage to Jeffersonville for Sonny’s Truck Sales, based in Paoli. ... Read More