Distracted driving is a major problem on American roads. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), distraction behind the wheel accounted for nearly 3,500 deaths in 2015 alone. What’s more experts indicate the problem is getting worse, with text messaging and handheld cell phone use driving the number of roadway fatalities with…
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 FedEx tractor-trailer was involved in a crash in Westminster, Vermont. The driver, a 27-year-old man, lost control of the International truck and two trailers he was pulling in the early morningaccident. That accident is being partly attributed to road conditions, but the truck and one trailer went down a bridge embankment and totaled…
A fatal vehicleaccident occurred in Washington around 5:35 in the morning. The accident took place when the driver of a tractor-trailer lost control of their vehicle while approaching traffic on Interstate 270, which resulted in the vehicle jackknifing. The tractor-trailer then rear-ended a Toyota Corolla. As a result, the Corolla hit the vehicle that…
The driver of an 18-wheeler was driving on Thursday in San Antonio, Texas around 5:00 in the morning when their vehiclestruck a median. As a result, the truck’s gas tank exploded and burst into flames. The inhabitants of the truck were taken to receive medical care at a hospital and were released afterward. The…
A vehicleaccident took place on Wednesday evening, around 4:59 p.m. in Carroll County along Interstate 77. A car veered off of the roadway and struck a guardrail before coming back onto the road. When the vehicle got back into a lane of traffic, a tractor-trailer swerved left and braked to avoid a collision. However,…
A woman suffered injuries after hercar collided with an 18-wheeler in Jones County, Mississippi. The car sustained major damage to the driver’s side, and the truck had damage to the cab and trailer. The woman driver was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries, and the 18-wheeler driver was uninjured. However, a section…
A Colorado State Patrol Trooper was killed in atractor-trailer accident last Friday. According to the accident report, the Trooper was on the shoulder of Interstate 25 when a tractor-trailer crossed the solid white line and struck and killed him. Officials say the accident happened near Castle Rock just before 2 p.m. The 11-year veteran…
An Illinois woman was killed in a horrific hit-and-runtractor-trailer crash in northwest Indiana. According to the police report, at 10:45 a.m, a 30-year-old woman pulled her 2014 Chevrolet Suburban over on the shoulder of southbound I-65 near the Fair Oaks exit in Jasper County. Family members inside the car said she was checking a…
Amotorcycle accident involving a tractor-trailer took place on Monday around 3:37 a.m. in West Knoxville on Interstate 40. Tragically, the two people who were riding on the motorcycle both passed away due to the accident. The man of the tractor-trailer did not suffer injuries during the accident. Since the accident is still being investigated,…