Posts tagged Trucking Accidents

• Tractor Trailer Drives Onto Pickup Truck in Alabama

  Shannon Weidemann | November 21, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A man is amazed that he escaped serious injury in Alabama after his pickup truck was driven over by an 18-wheeler. The trucking accident happened on Route 65 on Monday. The man suffered some slight injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. Foro, 59, recalled seeing the windshield crack and the roof begin to crumple. Before he could...

• Deadly Virginia pickup truck accident

  Staff Writer | September 04, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A tragic motor vehicle accident out of Cana, Virginia, made headlines yesterday, when three teens were killed after the pickup truck they were riding in crashed.My FOX 8 in Virginia reports that two of the teens who died were riding in the back of the truck, and one was in the cab. Three other teens in the vehicle sustained injuries and were treated at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A woman was killed in a trucking accident in Caldwell early this morning. The accident happened on Highway 55 between Farmway Road and 10th Avenue. The victim was driving a minivan. Deputies say it appears the driver of the van didn't see the truck as she pulled out onto Highway 55 from Ashland Drive and was broad sided by the semi. Idaho State Police say the woman driving the vehicle...

• Child hit by truck prompts parade debate

  Staff Writer | November 03, 2006 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A tragic accident emerged from the University of Alabama Homecoming parade last weekend when an 8-year-old girl was run over by an 18-wheeler truck while going after a piece of candy tossed from a float. The debate ensues over whether candy and other items should be thrown from parade floats, risking the lives of children and others who run to pick them up amidst moving vehicles.Law enforcement...

• CSX train collides with tractor-trailer

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Clanton Advertiser reported a truck and train accident that occurred in Thorsby in mid-June. The truck was sitting on railroad tracks when a CSX train crashed into it at around 10:30 a.m.As it turned out, the tractor-trailer was attempting to turn, but did not see the train coming until too late. The crash has raised concern about train crossing safety in the area. The article reports that...

• Trucking Accident Kills Alabama Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 14, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A trucking accident in Oregon killed a 23-year-old man from Alabama on Tuesday morning. He was driving an SUV on Highway 58 when he was hit by a semi-truck after crossing the center line. The semi-truck burst into flames after the collision. A good samaritan rescued the driver of the semi-truck. He is at the hospital.Investigation determined that the deceased drove a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder...

• Trucking accident injures high school senior

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A high school senior involved in a three-car wreck in Hillsboro Wednesday suffered injuries that may have included head trauma, according to a report by The Decatur Daily News. The accident occured on Alabama 20 when two cars collilded on the road and an 18-wheeler truck traveling behind of the the cars struck one car and rolled over into a ditch. Fortunately, the other people involved in the...

• One-vehicle accident kills motorist

  Staff Writer | February 26, 2007 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Tuscalossa News reported a fatal one-vehicle accident Saturday in which a 21-year-old Duncanville man ran off the road and struck a tree. The tragedy occurred on Alabama Highway 117 in Northport when the man lost control of his Ford F150 pickup truck at 4 a.m. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt, and no other vehicles were invovled in the crash. Alamaba State Troopers are still investigating...

• Amazing recovery after truck accident

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Thomasville Times reported yesterday that a man pinned under his overturned truck as the result of a trucking accident is recovering at USA Medical Center in Mobile.Witnesses say the man was thrown from the truck during the accident and it overturned on top of him, pinning him to the ground. The accident reportedly occurred at about 5:45 a.m. and the victim's family was on the scene...

• December truck accident closed I-85

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2007 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A truck accident in Macon County between Christmas and New Year's caused a major traffic jam on I-85, as it remained closed for the better part of the day to repair a damaged bridge. The Alabama Department of Transportation reported that a tanker truck crashed into a northbound bridge near mile marker 38 at about 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 29. Fortunately, the truck driver only incurred...