Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Trucking accident injures high school senior

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...

• Story of trucker with no accidents

  Staff Writer | April 16, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Associated Press published a story today about a truck driver who has recently logged one million miles free of accidents. The 59-year-old trucker Willie Barnes is interviewed in the story, and proper safety measures he takes each day on the job should be held up as the ideal example for truck drivers. Unfortunately too many truckers do not follow this man's example, leading to countless...

• Fatal crash involving parked semi truck

  Staff Writer | March 30, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man driving a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix crashed into a parked semi tractor-trailer on Thursday just after 3 a.m. at a rest park ramp off I-65 in Jasper County.Investigators say that the man driving the car drove off the ramp and crashed directly into the parked truck from behind, causing the blunt force trauma that killed him.The truck was reportedly parked illegally and its driver, who was...

• Man dies in one-car accident

  Staff Writer | March 18, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Press-Register reported Saturday on a late-night possible drunk driving accident that killed the driver and amazingly did not injure the passenger last Thursday. The Chevrolet Silverado truck was heading west on Lott Road and ran off the road near Whigham Road when the driver lost control going around a curve. The truck reportedly rolled, and both men were ejected from the cab. The driver...

• One-vehicle accident kills motorist

  Staff Writer | February 26, 2007 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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...

• Three trucks and a car collide in fatal accident

  Staff Writer | February 22, 2007 8:39 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A report from 11 Alive News out of Atlanta details a multi-fatal accident yesterday on Interstate 20 at the Alabama-Georgia border. I-20 was closed in both directions after three tractor-trailer trucks and one passenger vehicle were involved in a crash that killed three people. Apparently one of the tractor-trailer trucks hit the car from behind, causing both vehicles to burst into flames and...

• Truck collision causes chain reaction on I-65

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An early morning 5-vehicle accident today started when a Honda Accord collided with an 18-wheeler truck, causing debris to enter the roadway.Soon after, two other vehicles were hit with debris, and the drivers pulled over and exited their vehicles to see what he had hit. A Ford Explorer, apparently trying to avoid the debris, hit one of the pedestrians who was walking on the side of the...

• Man dies in pickup truck accident

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2007 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A tragic pickup truck accident early Wednesday morning on Alabama Highway 91 took the life of a 22-year-old man, according to a report in the Cullman Times.Apparently the man was driving a 1998 GMC pickup truck without his seatbelt on when the truck ran off the road, down a steep hill and hit a tree. The passenger in the car was able to free himself after several hours, and walk up to the road...

• Amazing recovery after truck accident

  Staff Writer | January 26, 2007 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  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

  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...