Recent tractor trailer accidents in Augusta, GA May 28, 2011 – Exit ramp of Sigman Road and I-20 A man was injured when his vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer in Conyers, Georgia. The wreck occurred at 5 p.m. and involved a passenger vehicle becoming wedged underneath a tractor-trailer truck hauling paper supplies. The cause of…
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10 Deadliest Highways in America
Blooming signs of spring serve as a reminder that the 100 Most Dangerous Days to Drive (Memorial Day to Labor Day) of the year are approaching. To prepare for that time, it’s important the focus on ways to limit the peril of driving. Safe driving tactics are clearly important, but “location, location, location” affects road…
Read More »Will new HOS regulations lead to safer roads or an incapacitated trucking industry?
More than 100,000 Americans are injured every year in crashes involving commercial trucks. In an effort to make the roads safer for all drivers and passengers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently proposed changes to the current hours of service laws for truck drivers. Hours of Service (HOS) laws limit the amount of…
Read More »Trucking: One of the Top Ten On-the-Job Killers in America
The trucking industry lost hundreds of truck drivers to fatal accidents in 2009, during the safest year in the American workplace according to CNNmoney.com. Even during the safest year for occupational danger in history, some jobs, including trucking, were still extremely hazardous. For many Americans, the perils of work are limited to paper cuts and…
Read More »Tractor-Trailer Suspected of Causing Bus Crash that Killed 15 People
BRONX, NY – On March 12, 2011, a tour bus carrying 31 passengers was headed from Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut to Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood when it was involved in a horrifying accident. According to bus driver, Ophadell Williams, the tour bus was in the right hand lane and was clipped by a tractor-trailer passing in…
Read More »Woman’s death in Clayton County likely preventable if tractor trailer had followed regulations
CLAYTON COUNTY, GA – A 76-year-old Georgia woman was killed on Dec. 4 when she drove into the back of a tractor-trailer parked on Interstate 285 just west of Clark Howell Highway in Clayton County, Georgia. Captain Tina Daniel of Clayton Police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution “it was a horrible accident.” She said the woman…
Read More »Fiery Semi Truck Crash Kills Driver in Plant City Accident
PLANT CITY, FL — A deadly semi truck accident resulting in fire, has claimed the life of a 60 year old truck driver. The truck accident occurred early Wednesday morning, October 6, just before 1 a.m at a busy Plant City intersection on Trapnell Road at Highway 39. The driver of the semi apparently lost…
Read More »Fatal Semi Truck Accident on I-40 in Lebanon, TN
LEBANON, TN – One person was killed in a semi truck accident on Interstate 40 in Lebanon, Tennessee on Friday, October 1, 2010. Lebanon is in Wilson County, Tennessee in the north-central part of the state, about 13 miles northwest of Watertown and about 31 miles east of Nashville. The fatal accident happened around 3:30…
Read More »Two Semi Trucks Involved in 15 Car Pileup on Florida I-75
If you or a loved one was injured in the I-75 car pileup where 10 people died, please let us know if you have questions about your legal rights. GAINESVILLE, FL – Two tractor-trailers were involved in a massive 15 car pileup on Interstate 75 in Gainesville, FL on Monday, September 27, 2010. Gainesville is…
Read More »Two Dead When Van Collides with Semi Truck in Lafayette TN
LAFAYETTE, TN – A van carrying nine passengers collided head-on with a semi truck Tuesday afternoon, September, 29, at about 3:30 p.m in the city of Lafayette, TN resulting in 2 deaths. Lafayette is in Macon County, Tennessee in the northern part of the state about 58 miles northeast of Nashville. The accident occurred as…
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