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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – A truck driver was injured Wednesday night, July 28, when his semi trailer truck jack knifed and crashed on a highway in St. John’s County, Florida. The truck accident occurred after the trailer broke apart and the driver lost control of the 18 wheeler near a Wal-Mart on U.S. Highway 1, just west of the city of St. Augustine, FL. The accident area is in the northeast corner of the state about 104 miles north of Orlando, FL and about 181 miles south of Savannah, Georgia.

At around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night 54 year old truck driver Steve Anderson of Jacksonville, FL was driving a semi trailer truck south on Old Moultrie Road, also known as County Highway 5A, in St. John’s County, west of the city of St. Augustine. The trailer of the truck was loaded with cases of Coca Cola and other beverages. ... Read More

ALBANY, GA – A semi trailer truck rolled over Sunday evening, Aug 1, on a road near the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Dougherty County, GA. The truck driver was not seriously injured in the single vehicle truck accident that occurred when a passenger car crossed into the path of the 18 wheeler on Leary Road in the city of Albany. The accident area is in the southwest corner of the state about 174 miles southeast of Montgomery, Alabama and about 100 miles north of Tallahassee, Florida.

At around 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening truck driver Donta Turnbull was driving a semi tractor trailer west on Leary Road in Dougherty County in an area just south of the SW Georgia Regional Airport in Albany, GA. Mr. Turnbull was carrying a cargo of Procter & Gamble paper products. Proctor & Gamble is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The destination of the semi trailer truck is not known. ... Read More

SHEPHERD, TEXAS — A fatal accident involving two bigs rigs and passenger car occurred just after 12:00 p.m. Saturday, July 31, on Highway 59 near Hastings Lane just south of the town of Shepherd in San Jacinto County. The accident closed part of U.S. 59.

Shepherd is located in San Jacinto County, Texas in the southeastern part of the state about 61 miles northeast of Houston, about 253 miles northeast of San Antonio, about 208 miles northeast of Austin, about 411 miles northeast of Brownsville, about 272 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, about 220 miles southeast of Dallas, about 248 miles southeast of Fort Worth and about 587 miles southeast of Amarillo. ... Read More

BRINSON, GA – Two people were hurt in a rear-end truck accident that happened Tuesday afternoon, July 10, on a highway in Decatur County, Georgia. The collision, which involved a semi truck, a front loader, and a pick-up truck, occurred on U.S. Highway 84 near the city of Brinson. The accident area is in the far southwest section of the state, about 54 miles northwest of Tallahassee, Florida and about 150 miles southeast of Montgomery, Alabama.

At about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon Jesse Huckeba, an employee of Glenn Heard Farms based in Brinson, was driving a front loader in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 84 in Decatur County, GA. Behind the slow-moving vehicle was a pick-up truck driven by Chris Bale of Miller County, GA. The pick-up was following the front loader as a safety precaution and had its emergency flasher lights activated. ... Read More

CASTAIC, CA – Two truck drivers escaped serious injury and are safe after a fiery rear-end truck accident early Monday, July 12, in Los Angeles County, California. The collision between the two big rigs occurred just around dawn about 40 miles north of Los Angeles near the city of Castaic on Interstate 5. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state about 342 miles south of San Francisco, CA and about 160 miles north of San Diego, CA.

Shortly after 6:00 a.m. Monday morning two semi trailer trucks were traveling south on Interstate 5 in Los Angeles County, CA. The first semi had markings and logo for Norco Ranch. Norco Ranch is based in Norco, CA and it is believed that the trailer was loaded with a cargo of eggs. The first semi was reportedly carrying bread. The trailer trucks were not traveling together. ... Read More

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. – A truck driver has been charged in a Friday morning, July 9, truck accident that killed four people on a highway in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The deadly collision occurred on Interstate 59, north of Slidell near Pearl River, LA and a few miles from the Mississippi border. The truck accident area is in the far southeast section of the state, about 40 miles northeast of New Orleans, LA and about 65 miles west of Biloxi, MS.

At about 9:00 a.m. Friday morning, 37 year old Juan Torres of Montgomery, Texas was driving a 2003 Freightliner semi trailer truck north on Interstate 59. The truck bore the logo and markings of Texas International Express LLC, based in Humble, TX. ... Read More

FRUITA, CO – Four people were injured Sunday, July 25, in a multi vehicle truck accident on a highway in Mesa County, Colorado. The collision, which was started by an out of control Toyota sedan, occurred in the eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the city of Fruita, CO. The accident area is northwest of Grand Junction, CO in the far central west section of the state near the Utah border, about 255 miles west of Denver and about 230 miles southeast of Provo, UT.

At about 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning 51 year old Steve Easdon of Denver, CO was driving a semi trailer truck east on Interstate 70 in Mesa County near the city of Fruita. The truck driver worked for Cast Trucking based out of Denver, CO, which was the destination of the semi truck. ... Read More

WRIGHT, KS – Two men were killed Friday morning, July 9, in a fiery truck accident on a highway in Ford County, Kansas. The deadly collision occurred when a semi trailer truck slammed head-on into a pick-up truck on U.S. Highway 50/56 near the town of Wright, KS. The truck accident area is east of Dodge City, KS in the southwest section of the state, about 153 miles west of Wichita, KS and about 283 miles east of Pueblo, Colorado.

At around 5:48 a.m. Friday morning, 49 year old Raul De La Torre of Dodge City, KS was driving a 2010 Freightliner semi trailer truck east on U.S. Highway 50/56 in Ford County. The truck driver was about a half mile east of Wright when he encountered a westbound 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck driven by 22 year old Steven A. Hornung of Offerle, KS. ... Read More

TURLOCK, CA – Three semi trailers were involved in a fiery truck accident late Tuesday night, July 6, in Stanislaus County, California. The chain reaction collision occurred just before midnight on the southbound lanes of Highway 99 near the city of Turlock, CA. The accident area is in the north section of the state, about 105 miles west of San Francisco, CA and about 296 miles north of Los Angeles, CA.

Late Tuesday night, shortly before midnight, 41 year old Marcus Trask of Selma, CA was driving a 2004 Sterling semi trailer truck south on Highway 99 and had pulled over onto the west shoulder of the highway just south of Lander Avenue. It is not known why the truck driver had stopped on the shoulder. ... Read More

ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, MI – A Michigan highway was shut down for several hours Wednesday, July 21, when a semi trailer truck crashed and lost its cargo of about two dozen cows. The truck accident occurred on U.S. Highway 131 in Algoma Township, in northeast Kent County. The accident area is about 9 miles north of Grand Rapids in the far west central section of the state about 85 miles northwest of Lansing, MI and about 137 miles north of South Bend, Indiana.

At around 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning a 42 year old truck driver from Harrison, MI was driving a semi tractor truck south on U.S. Highway 131 in Kent County, MI. The trailer of the truck was filled with 26 cows. ... Read More