Author Archives: Pete Trosclair

Four Deaths Reported in Icy New Years Eve Conditions in Dallas

Four people died overnight on New Years Eve in the Dallas area in three different crashes involving frigid conditions, according to the Dallas police department. The first accident took place just after midnight on I-35 East, just south of Dallas. An unidentified male driver in a 2013 Hyundai sedan was driving south in the northbound lane when… Read More

Amtrak Train Collides with 18-Wheeler in San Marcos

On Monday night an Amtrak train collided with an 18-wheeler truck that was sitting on the tracks in San Marcos , Texas. According to Union Pacific the crash happened at about 6 p.m. on Wonder World Drive near Interstate 35. Thankfully no injuries were reported at the time of the wreck. The incident took place on… Read More

Qianyu Hang Seriously Injured After Driving Wrong Way Into 18-Wheeler

25-year-old Qianyu Hang was seriously injured after crashing into an 18-wheeler early Wednesday morning near Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. According to police, Hang was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 at about 1 a.m. Hang was driving a Toyota Rav4, a smaller SUV, when he crashed into a 2018 Volvo FedEx 18-wheeler. The driver… Read More

Waco Driver Injured After Crashing Pickup into 18-Wheeler

An unidentified driver was injured Tuesday morning after crashing his pickup head-on into an 18-wheeler truck in the Waco area. According to police, the crash took place at the intersection of LaSalle Avenue and South 18th Street near I-35. The driver of the pickup was pinned underneath the 18-wheeler before emergency responders arrived and rescued him. Police stated… Read More

2 Injured in Orlando Tractor-Trailer Crash

Two unidentified individuals were injured this morning in Orlando when an SUV crashed into the trailer of an 18-wheeler truck. According to police reports, emergency responders arrived at the scene on West Oak Ridge Road to find an SUV lodged under the trailer. One of the occupants of the SUV was stuck in the vehicle, which… Read More

Tractor-Trailer Crashes Off Fort Worth Overpass, Injuring Driver

A driver was hospitalized Monday after his big rig truck smashed through two concrete barriers in North Richland Hills near Fort Worth. According to North Richland Hills police, the driver of an 18-wheeler truck was likely speeding down a ramp and did not engage their brakes, when the large truck careened off of an overpass onto… Read More

18-Wheeler Veers Off I-35, Nearly Smashes Down House

This morning an 18-wheeler truck veered off of Interstate 35 in San Antonio and came extremely close to smashing into a South Side neighborhood home. According to police reports, at about 4:45 a.m., the driver of the large tractor trailer clipped an 18-wheeler that was parked on the side of the Interstate, then veered across a… Read More