A crash involving an 18-wheeler truck, a Megabus, and an Americanos bus took place around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, sending 13 people to the hospital. The wreck occurred on Interstate 35 East near Milford, Hill County, Texas, just south of Fort Worth. According to the Texas Highway Patrol out of Waco, traffic had slowed down for highway… Read More
3 people were killed over the weekend in a crash involving a tractor-trailer oil tanker on ice-covered Interstate 95 in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday night. Two of the decedents have been identified as Alfredo Santos Orellano, 38, and Mehmed Hodzic, 54. The third person killed was the driver of the oil tanker. The 18-wheeler’s crash was… Read More
According to a recent report by the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, driving large commercial trucks is one of the deadliest occupations in the nation from a pure numbers standpoint, with 745 drivers killed in the job in 2015. This represents a drop from 2014, when 761 drivers were killed. The occupation accounts for more work-related… Read More
Early Sunday morning a semi truck lost control of its steering and crashed into a fire truck with two firefighters onboard. According to Kentucky State Police, the large truck was heading southbound on Interstate 65 near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, when the driver, Kumar Amandeep, lost control of the vehicle. The truck then separated from the trailer,… Read More
A truck driver was killed early Tuesday in a collision between two 18-wheeler trucks. William A. Hansen Jr., 60, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders at 4:44 a.m.. The crash occurred at about 3:20 a.m. on Interstate 55 near Route 55 in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, Illinois. Details are… Read More
A man was killed Saturday afternoon when his SUV collided with an 18-wheeler in Woodburn, Oregon. According to Woodburn Police officers, the wreck occurred on southbound Interstate 5. Officers responded to the wreck and found the adult male driver dead upon arrival. The deceased driver has not yet been identified. A female passenger in the SUV… Read More
Three 20-year-olds were injured Thursday night in a motor vehicle accident involving a big rig truck. According to the California Highway Patrol, Mark Woods, 73, was driving a big rig trailer south on Highway 43 when he struck the left side of a 2005 Hyundai Tuscon. The Hyundai was heading east on Whitley Avenue. The driver of the… Read More
A woman was killed earlier this morning in Boynton Beach, Florida after being involved in a rollover crash on Interstate 95. According to the Florida State Highway Patrol, a Ford F-150 pickup truck lost control and veered into the right shoulder of the highway. The truck struck a concrete barrier and then flipped over multiple times. Five… Read More