A deadly highway crash took place early this morning, shutting down one of the main roads in and out of Sumter, South Carolina. Jack Ross II, 29, was killed in the crash, though his identity has not been released. According to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the crash involved an 18-wheeler truck and two passenger cars early in… Read More
Three people were killed and nine injured last week at the LynnWay Auto Auction in Billerica, Massachusetts when a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee accelerated accidentally and plowed through a crowd and a nearby wall. Two of the nine injured had life-threatening injuries. The deceased have been identified as Brenda Lopez, Pantaleon Santos, both from Rhode Island, and Leezandra… Read More
An unidentified driver was killed Tuesday after running into a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 67 near Main Street near Cleburne, Texas. According to police reports, the large truck was heading west on 67 when a passenger vehicle got on the highway from a feeder road. The 18-wheeler then ran into the driver’s side of the car. Read More
49-year-old Celso Perez of Orange, Texas died in a wreck with an 18-wheeler yesterday in the town of Mauriceville, Texas. According to the Department of Public Safety, Perez was headed southbound in a Chevy pickup truck on Highway 62 near the intersection with FM 1130. An 18-wheeler tanker truck, heading north on Highway 62. DPS stated… Read More
Deborah Ann Halsell, 52, was killed last week when her SUV ran into an 18-wheeler truck. The crash took place Monday afternoon at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and 38 1/2 Street. According to police, Halsell did not keep her “assured clear distance” from the Freightliner 18-wheeler that was coming to a stop at a red light. Halsell, driving a… Read More
Last week two people were critically injured and four others suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a Honda carrying five people drifted over a highway median and struck two other vehicles. The incident took place last Friday on US Highway 80 near State Highway Spur 557, just east of Dallas. Police have not yet determined what caused the Honda… Read More
The driver of an 18-wheeler truck was charged by police after his trailer tipped over on Interstate 91 this Tuesday. Ralph Perry, 56, from East Orange, NJ, was charged for failure to drive in the proper lane, traveling unreasonably fast, and failure to pay annual filing fees as an interstate motor carrier as required by federal… Read More
A recent report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) examined data from 2015, finding that drugs were found more frequently than alcohol in the systems of drivers killed in car wrecks. This recent trend comes at the same time that many states are legalizing the use of marijuana, and also as deaths from drug overdoses have… Read More