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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.

At least two people were killed when a tour bus crashed, crushing two of the passengers to death, in Irving, TX on the George Bush Turnpike (Highway 161) near a toll plaza on April 11, 2013.

NEW 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.

A southbound tractor trailer hauling batteries on I-27 drove off an overpass and landed on the roadway below in New Deal, TX about 12 miles north of Lubbock. Photo credit: Avalanche-Journal

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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.

Three people in a southbound pickup truck were killed on U.S. Highway 83 on March 21, 2013 just north of Eden, TX when they drifted into the path of a northbound semi truck. Photo credit: Kimberley Meyer/Standard-Times

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ALICE, Texas — A man riding his bicycle was hit by a tractor trailer Tuesday, March 12, leaving him seriously injured.

Surveillance camera image of a white Kenworth semi truck with vacuum tanker trailer that pulled out onto Texas Highway 44 and struck Luis David Wiles on March 12, 2013. Wiles was riding on a bicycle on the shoulder of the road at the time and suffered a broken leg in the accident. Photo credit ofelia.hunter@aliceechonews.com

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JACKSONVILLE, TX — The identity of 1 of the 4 men from Palestine Texas who were driving south on US-79 and were killed on March 16, has been identified as 24-year old Christian Chavez. The names of the other men have not been released.

Four men were killed in a Chevrolet Impala when it struck another vehicle and swerved into the path of a semi truck on U.S. Highway 79 in Jacksonville, TX on March 16, 2013.

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An article by Deborah Whistler at Fleet Owner states that due to an increase in truck accidents attributed to increase in the oil and gas industry, the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) has launched a “Be Safe, Drive Smart” campaign aimed at reminding drivers to be extra careful when driving around trucks in energy work zones.

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SOUTHWEST MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas — A 39-year old man from Big Spring, Texas was killed in a semi truck accident on Wednesday, Feb. 6, when the pickup he was driving collided with an 18-wheeler causing the pickup to roll over.

Justin Vogel, 39, of Big Spring was killed in a semi truck accident on Wednesday, Feb. 6, when the pickup he was driving collided with an 18-wheeler causing his pickup to roll over.

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Police told the media that Dallas Cowboys nose tackle, Jay Ratliff, was arrested last week on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after the pickup he was driving was involved in a semi truck accident on Texas 114 in Grapevine.

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EL PASO, TX — A tragic accident involving multiple vehicles and a semi truck claimed the life of an El Paso police officer who was trying to remove a ladder from the eastbound I-10.

An El Paso Police Officer was killed in a multi-vehicle accident involving a semi truck, an SUV and a compact car. The officer was hit by one of the vehicles while trying to clear a ladder from the roadway on Interstate 10 in El Paso, TX on December 16, 2012.

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CADIZ, Ohio — A semi truck driver from Corpus Christi, Texas was killed on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Harrison County, Ohio.

A trucker from Texas was killed when his semi truck went out of control, then overturned and crashed, pinning him under the truck. The crash occurred on U.S. 250 near Cadiz, OH in Harrison County on Dec. 5, 2012. The truck was carrying liquid oxygen at the time of the accident.

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