54-year-old Lindsey Laborde from Bunkie, Louisiana died Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle incident on Louisiana Highway 28 in Vernon Parish. According to police investigators, Laborde was driving a logging truck when it left the roadway and crashed into several trees. Police were not sure at the time exactly what caused Laborde’s truck to leave the road,… Read More
63-year-old Luke Russell, from Brookesmith, Texas, died last Wednesday after driving the wrong way down U.S. Highway 84. According to Texas DPS, Russell was driving west on the eastbound portion of the highway near Star, Texas at about 9:15 p.m. His 2000 Mazda pickup truck was hit by an eastbound 18-wheeler. Russell was pronounced dead at… Read More
49-year-old Elaine Herzberg was killed in Tempe, Arizona after being involved in a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle late Sunday night. According to the Tempe Police Department, the Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode when it struck the woman who was walking outside of a crosswalk. Reports indicate that there was a human operator inside… Read More
Route 88 in Centerville, Pennsylvania was closed most of this past Tuesday after an 18-wheeler truck was hit by a train in Washington County, Pennsylvania and spilled hydrochloric acid on the roadway. Officials stated that the train came to a rest on the crossing just prior to the crash. The driver of the 18-wheeler was injured… Read More
Two 18-wheeler drivers were killed early Saturday morning when they crashed head-on near the town of Big Lake, Texas. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Hugo A. Garza-Hinojosa, 61, from San Antonio, was driving northbound on State Highway 137. Meanwhile Jacky Washington, Jr. from Grand Prairie, was driving south on the same highway, when… Read More
One person was killed and two were injured Wednesday morning after a three-vehicle crash unfolded in Cameron, Texas. According to police, an 18-wheeler heading southbound on North Columbus Avenue had crossed into the northbound lane and struck another vehicle. The driver of that car was killed in the crash, and their car set on fire. After the… Read More
27-year-old Juan Francisco Morales died last Thursday night after his 2000 Chevy truck crashed into an 18-wheeler in Bryan, Texas. According to police reports, Morales was driving the Chevy truck near the 2600 block of Texas Avenue when the 18-wheeler turned left out of a private drive to head southbound. Morales then crashed into the trailer… Read More
The driver of an 18-wheeler escaped catastrophe Monday morning after he was forced to leave his rig moments before a train crashed into it at a railroad crossing. According to local reports, the 18-wheeler was stuck on the tracks despite the fact that trucks are prohibited from driving through the particular railway crossing, due to the… Read More