The driver of a tractor-trailer near Texarkana, Texas fell asleep at the wheel causing his truck to crash and the westbound lanes of I-30 to be shut down for nine hours on Thursday.
The truck hit the concete guardrail of a bridge over some railroad tracks which caused the trailer to fishtail which caused the trailer to go […]
Entries from November 2007
Asleep Driver Causes Crash
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: 18-wheeler · Texas truck accidents · Truck accident attorney
Pile Up On US 59 Injures Many
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments
A multiple vehicle accident on U.S. 59 outside of Houston has left one person dead and many others injured.
Two vehicles and an 18-wheeler were involved. The 18-wheeler was the cause of the accident. All 3 vehicles caught on fire. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. and shut down all but one of the northbound lanes for […]
Tags: 18-wheeler · Texas truck accidents
Dallas-Based Trucking Company Loses Driver to Negligent Operation of 18-Wheeler
November 26th, 2007 · No Comments
The San Marcos Police Department is currently investigating a fatal truck accident which occurred at approximately 11:34 p.m. on a busy Friday night on the east side of Interstate 35 at McCarty Lane in San Marcos.
The 18-wheeler was driving in the right lane when it dangerously veered onto the right hand-shoulder. There, the 18-wheeler collided […]
Tags: 18-wheeler · Texas truck accidents · Truck accident lawyer
Speeding 18-Wheeler Collides With and Drags Multiple Vehicles Along I-10
November 26th, 2007 · No Comments
As reported by the Beaumont Enterprise, yet another disastrous multiple-vehicle accident occurred as a result of a speeding 18-wheeler. On Interstate 10, near the Trinity River bridge, an 18-wheeler, was driving at a high rate of speed in the left lane when it suddenly and without signal moved into the right lane, striking a Chrysler […]
Tags: 18-wheeler · Texas truck accidents
Semi-Truck Claims the Lives of Lubbock Couple
November 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Doctor and Mrs. Whitt were traveling northbound on FM-179 in southwest Lubbock County in their Jeep when they collided head-on with a semi-truck traveling westbound on FM-41 at the intersection of FM-179 and FM-41. As a result of the crash, the semi-truck jack-knifed and crushed the Jeep. The highway was scattered with debris of the […]
Tags: 18-wheeler · Texas truck accidents