COLUMBIA, SC – Three people were injured and hospitalized after a fiery tractor trailer accident occurred Thursday morning, Sept 16, in Lexington County, South Carolina. The two vehicle collision occurred near the state capital of Columbia on Interstate 20 and shut down the highway for more than four hours. On Thursday morning an unidentified truck…
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Florida Sheriffs’s Deputy Killed in Tampa Semi Truck Accident
TAMPA, FL – A Sheriffs’s Deputy was killed in a Tampa, FL semi truck accident early Tuesday morning, September 21, 2010. The Sheriff’s cruiser and the semi trailer collided at the intersection of Scott Street and Florida Ave. in downtown Tampa at about 5:15 a.m. Tampa is in Hillsborough County Florida in the eastern part…
Read More »Werner Enterprise Semi Trailer Burns near Terre Haute IN
TERRE HAUTE, IN — A Werner Enterprises semi truck was carrying a mixed load of merchandise headed for a Walmart store in Texas, when a fire broke out in the trailer early Friday morning, September 18, 2010. The tractor trailer accident temporarily closed Interstate 70 near the four-mile marker. Sugar Creek Fire Chief, James Holbert,…
Read More »Truck Driver Charged after Rear-End Accident in North Carolina
RALEIGH, NC – A driver of an 18 wheeler was charged Saturday afternoon, September 4, after his semi trailer truck slammed into the back of a passenger vehicle that was stopping at a traffic light in Wake County, North Carolina. The rear-end truck accident occurred on Capital Boulevard near the city of Wake Forest, NC.…
Read More »UPS Employee Killed by Semi Truck at Airport Facility in Des Moines, IA
DES MOINES, IA – A worker at the UPS facility at the Des Moines International Airport was killed by a semi truck on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 shortly before 6:00 a.m. just south of the main terminal at the airport. Des Moines International Airport is located about 6 1/2 miles southwest of downtown Des Moines.…
Read More »Fiery Semi Truck Crash on I-95 Fought by 12 Firefighting Units
LAKE WORTH, FL – A car swerved in front of a tractor-trailer on I-95 in Lake Worth, FL on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at about 3:00 a.m. causing the semi truck to crash against the wall and burst into flames. The accident tied up traffic for hours while crews cleaned up the mess. Lake Worth…
Read More »Eight Year Old Boy Killed by Delivery Truck Near Palm Beach, FL
GREENACRES, FL – A boy riding on a bicycle was struck and killed by a delivery truck in Greenacres, FL on Wednesday, September 8, 2010. The boy, who was 8 years old, was riding with his father on his way home from school. They were riding on separate bicycles at the time of the accident.…
Read More »Walmart Tractor Trailer Truck Jackknifes on Orlando I-4
ORLANDO, FL – A semi trailer truck jackknifed and spilled some of its diesel fuel Monday, evening, Septmenber 6, on a rain-soaked interstate in Orange County, Florida. The semi tractor trailer accident involved a Wal-Mart 18 wheeler and occurred on Interstate 4 in the city of Orlando, FL. The accident area is in the north-central…
Read More »North Carolina Troopers Crack Down on Unsafe Big Rigs on I-77
CHARLOTTE, NC – The North Carolina Highway Patrol is cracking down on big rig violators following the fatal semi truck crash on Interstate 77 in Fort Mill, SC on Monday, August 16, 2010. Crashes like this are what law enforcement officers want to keep from happening on our Interstates. In that semi truck accident, a…
Read More »Fiery Tractor Trailer Accident on SC I-77 Kills Driver
Fort Mill, SC – On Monday, August 16, 2010 at about 3:00 p.m. a tractor trailer accident occurred when a truck pulling a gasoline tanker crashed into another vehicle then caught fire on Interstate 77 near Charlotte, NC, killing the driver. The accident happened near mile marker 87 on I-77 just north of Highway 160.…
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