Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• 7 People die in firey crash

  Gibson Vance | October 10, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Recently in Montgomery County, Ala., a fiery head-on collision between an 18-wheeler and 16-passenger van killed one Alabama Department of Corrections employee and six applicants for prison...

• Pennslyvania Woman Killed by Dump Truck

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2008 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A woman driving a car on a Pennsylvania road was killed after being struck by a dump truck. The trucking accident happened in Whitemarsh Township last week. She swerved into the other lane and the...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...

• Log Truck Overturns in Mortar Creek

  Shannon Weidemann | February 14, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A semi-truck hauling logs from Reeltown to Prattville overturned on Friday, spilling logs all over the road. The trucking accident happened at the intersection of Alabama Highway 14 and Coosada Parkway. With the aid of responding Alabama State Troopers, Coosa­da Parkway was closed to traffic while the logs were removed and the truck could be upright­ed."I'm not surprised this hap­pened,"...

• Loxley Trucking Accident Kills Three

  Shannon Weidemann | January 26, 2008 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Three people were killed in a trucking accident on Friday evening. The accident happened near Loxley on Alabama Highway 59. Three people were traveling in a car when they collided with a tractor-trailer. The driver, 64, of Benton, Maine, apparently pulled his car onto the highway into the path of a southbound Freightliner tractor-trailer at about 7 p.m.The truck struck the car on the driver...

• Trucking Accident Kills Alabama Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 14, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...

• Tractor Trailer Drives Onto Pickup Truck in Alabama

  Shannon Weidemann | November 21, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...

• Thomasville Man Killed in Trucking Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 05, 2007 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 24-year-old man from Thomasville was killed in a trucking accident on Highway 19 in Mississippi. He was driving a pickup truck and he was hit by an 18-wheeler. He died on the scene from his injuries. The 18-wheeler was based out of Montgomery. Shreds of rubber from at least three blown tires on the flat bed trailer were strewn along about 100 feet of the roadway. There also were shredded...

• Deadly Virginia pickup truck accident

  Staff Writer | September 04, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...

• CSX train collides with tractor-trailer

  Staff Writer | July 10, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...