New Zealand- A truck driver escapes death and any injury after the garbage load he was carrying shifted, causing it to topple of a bridge and bring the truck with it. The garbage, which was secured in a container, floated downstream with the 150L of diesel that environmental officials estimate fell into the river.
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Entries from July 2008
Load Shifts, Sends Truck Off Bridge
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Falling laod accident · Garbage Truck Accident · Garbage Truck · 18-wheeler · Uncategorized
Kansas TOPS program Pairs Troopers with Trucks
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
The Kansas Highway Patrol implemented a program last year to reduce the number of large-truck-related accidents on the highways. The Trucks on Patrol for Safety, or TOPS program, places HP troopers in the cab with professional truck drivers. Cameras are positioned on the interior and exterior of the vehicle to monitor commercial and passenger vehicle […]
Tags: Truck driver citations · Commercia Vehicle Citation · Kansas TOPS program · Kansas Commercial Vehicle accident
Fatal 18-Wheeler Truck Accident in Houston
July 21st, 2008 · No Comments
In the early morning hours of June 28, a motorcyclist was killed after he crashed into an 18-wheeler in north Houston. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. in the 19800 block of Holzwarth. It is believed that the driver of the 18-wheeler was making a wide right turn onto Meadow Edge, when the truck was […]
Tags: 18-wheeler accident lawyer · 18-wheeler
Dangerous Intersection in Buda, TX
July 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Katy McCallum is the most recent driver to collide with an 18 wheeler at the intersection of RM 967 and Main Street in Buda, Texas. On Monday afternoon, the pregnant real estate agent was driving down 967 when her car, containing her sister and three young nieces, colliding with a truck that was trying to […]
Tags: Commercial Vehicle Accident · Commercial Vehicle Accident Lawyer · Texas 18-wheeler accident attorney · Texas 18-Wheeler accident lawyer · 18-wheeler accident attorney · 18-wheeler
Fatal Semi Truck Accident in Amarillo
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Late last night, a small pick up truck collided with a semi in a large truck accident that ended fatally for one person and left the other in the hospital. Sometime after midnight, the truck and the semi were travelling opposite directions on Loop 335 in Amarillo, TX, when the collided on the road.
One man […]
Tags: Semi Truck Accident Lawyer · Texas 18-Wheeler accident lawyer · Texas truck accident lawyer · Texas truck accidents