Early storms Monday morning in Southwest Austin caused traffic mayhem after an 18-wheeler slid off a roadway and into a ditch. The crash, which took place near US Highway 290 West and McCarty lane, is believed to have been caused by slick roads from overnight storms. Thankfully no other vehicles were involved in the wreck, and no injuries… Read More
A driver was killed in Bryan, Texas yesterday after being involved in an accident with an 18-wheeler truck. The crash unfolded on Highway 21 at Pleasant Hill Road when a car drifted out of the westbound lane and into an oncoming 18-wheeler truck. The two collided, and the car soon set on fire with the driver… Read More
Earlier this week the National Safety Council released its estimates for traffic fatalities for 2016, which paint a dire picture for the trend in the country’s auto-related traffic deaths. The NSC’s latest estimates were that 40,200 people died in motor vehicle accidents through the whole year. This number is a 6 percent increase over the fatality estimate… Read More
Two individuals were killed Wednesday morning in Rockbridge County, Virginia after an accident involving an 18-wheeler. Virginia State Police stated that Mark Lucas, 42, and Gerald Hilliard, 68, the respective driver and passenger in an 18-wheeler truck, were driving south on Interstate 81 near Exit 180 when the truck left the road, ran through several trees,… Read More
A driver was killed Tuesday morning when they crashed their SUV into the back of an 18-wheeler truck. The accident occurred at about 9:15 a.m. on Interstate 20 West, near the intersection with Highway 18, in Jackson, Mississippi. According to the Jackson Police Department, the semi truck had stopped behind other traffic when the SUV struck… Read More
The driver of an 18-wheeler truck is lucky to be alive after a bizarre incident unfolded. On Tuesday morning at about 10 a.m., a big rig driven by Matthew Black, 31, slammed into the abutement of a bridge on Route 15 in Frederick, Maryland after grinding against a guardrail on the north side of the road. Read More
A report released this week by the Consumer Federation of America found several cases of huge increases in insurance premiums for customers involved in car wrecks that were not their fault. “Innocent drivers who don’t cause accidents should not be charged more because someone else hit them. Most people know that if they cause an accident or… Read More
Two individuals were killed yesterday after a crash involving a car and two different tractor-trailers. The wreck occurred on Highway 70 in Iredell County, North Carolina. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, a car was first involved in a hit-and-run when it hit the first large truck on I-70 near Triplett Road. The driver kept going… Read More