Truck accidents are unfortunately common on Missouri roads, often resulting in serious injuries and significant financial losses for those involved. Because commercial trucks can cause much more damage than typical vehicles, the consequences for victims can be life-changing. Settlements in these cases are a central part of the recovery process, offering injured individuals much-needed…
On Thursday, a seriousauto accident involving two vehicles and a semi-truck sent two teenagers to the hospital in serious condition. A 16-year-old male driver was traveling home after school in Brown County, Illinois, near Mt. Sterling with his 12-year-old sister as a passenger. As the boy headed east on U.S. 24 he slowed down…
A fierysemi-truck accident closed lanes on a major interstate in Indiana. Police reported one driver drifted to sleep and began to move off the road. The driver began to swerve and struck a wall of a bridge and caused the trailer to jackknife. A semi-truck that was transporting a diesel tanker was unable to…
A 61-year-old man was severely injured in apedestrian accident with a tractor-trailer while crossing a street in Hudson Falls, New York. Police reported the victim was crossing the street with his walker when a semi-truck made a right turn and struck the victim. Police reported that the victim appeared to be in the crosswalk…
A driver left a semi and fled on foot with two children after being involved in ahit and run with multiple vehicles in Daytona Beach. Midafternoon the driver of the semi hit three cars in an intersection before driving away from the scene. It was when law enforcement attempted to pull over the driver…
Three people died over the weekend in atractor-trailer crash in Tennessee. Police say the three-truck accident occurred Saturday night on State Highway 52 in Macon County near Westside Elementary School. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a tractor-trailer lost control while driving in heavy rain, causing it’s trailer to swing out as it slid…
A young truck driver has pleaded guilty to causing a deadly multiple vehicleaccidents over a year ago in Shelby County, Kentucky. The 23-year-old truck driver caused a deadly crash on Interstate 64 and will be sentenced this week. The Washington State driver of a tractor trailer was using his cell phone, causing a deadly…
On Saturday afternoon, police in Minnesota were forced to close roadways after asemi-truck accident damaged a gas line. The accident happened at around 1 p.m. near Bloomington, Minnesota. According to authorities, a 44-year-old Missouri man was operating a semi-truck along Interstate 35W when it collided with the 86th Street Bridge. A gas main was…
Asemi-truck accident near downtown St. Louis resulted in the fatality of one individual on Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 4:45 p.m., emergency crews responded to an auto accident involving a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle on Interstate 70. Authorities reported that the vehicle rear-ended the semi-truck near Union Boulevard. One person was pronounced dead at…
On Saturday afternoon, asemi-truck accident caused a major traffic delay in Oklahoma. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a semi-truck was traveling on Interstate 44 when the driver lost control and overturned the truck at approximately 3 p.m. The accident caused the fuel tank to rupture causing diesel fuel to spill onto the roadway….