Author Archives: Pete Trosclair

Three Injured in Queens 18-Wheeler Wreck

Three people were hurt Monday evening in a crash between a car and an 18-wheeler in the Rosedale neighborhood of Queens, NY. The incident took place at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and Brookville Boulevard near JFK International Airport. According to police, an 18-wheeler tractor trailer was moving in reverse while making a delivery when the… Read More

Marvin Knutson, 72, Killed in Hit-and-Run Tractor-Trailer Accident

Marvin Knutson, a 72-year-old man from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, was killed Saturday night in a crash with an 18-wheeler truck. The wreck took place on Interstate 15, near the Great Falls International Airport in Montana. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, a southbound 18-wheeler crossed over the median of the highway in order to reach a… Read More

45-year-old Texan killed in fiery double 18-wheeler wreck

An unidentified 45-year-old man from Texas was killed late Thursday night in a wreck involving two 18-wheelers. The crash occurred on US Highway 287, north of Eads, Colorado, just before midnight. According to the Colorado State Patrol, the man was driving a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup truck southbound on the highway, when he passed a 2005… Read More

Gerald Archuleta Killed, 2 Injured, in Colorado 18-Wheeler Wreck

Gerald Thomas Archuleta, 32, was killed Monday night in a crash involving an 18-wheeler truck. Archuleta worked at the South Conejos School District in Antonito, Colorado as a sixth grade teacher and coach. The wreck took place at about 8:30 p.m. on the Colorado 112 Highway when, according to the Colorado State Patrol, an 18-wheeler ran a… Read More

Susan Kay Marcantel Killed in Head-on 18-Wheeler Collision

A woman from Dequincy, Louisiana was killed Wednesday after driving head-on into an 18-wheeler truck. Susan Kay Marcantel, 60, was driving on La. Highway 12 when she drifted across the center dividing line and ran headfirst into an 18-wheeler driving in the opposite direction. The crash took place at about 6 a.m., just east of Dequincy. Read More

Marley Chapla, 21, Killed in Woodlands 18-Wheeler Accident

Marley Chapla, a 21-year-old from the Woodlands, Texas, was killed Tuesday morning in a car crash involving an 18-wheeler truck. According to press reports, the crash took place at about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police stated that the wreck occurred when Chapla drove her Kia into the rear tires of a tractor trailer entering State Loop 116… Read More

Shyheim Samuel, 20, Killed in Seymour, CT Car Crash

20-year-old Shyheim Samuel was killed Tuesday evening in a car crash in the town of Seymour, Connecticut. Reports from police stated that a 4-door car struck a utility pole at the address of 11 Rimmon Street. No other vehicles were apparently involved. Officials with the Seymour Police Department said that speed was likely a factor in the wreck. When… Read More