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ST. IGNACE, MI – A semi truck died of a heart attack behind the wheel of his big rig while crossing the Mackinack Bridge in St. Ignace, MI on Friday, October 14, 2011.

A semi truck driver suffered a fatal heart attack and crashed into a car on the Mackinac Bridge in St. Ignace, MI on October 14, 2011. Photo credit: UpNorthLive.com

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GROVE CITY, MN – A fiery crash occurred just north of Grove City, MN when a semi truck collided with a garbage truck on Thursday, October 13, 2011.

Intersection of 300th St. and State Highway 4 facing south in Grove City, MN where a fiery semi truck crash with a garbage truck happened on October 13, 2011.

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HARTFORD, IL – A 61-year old man was killed on October 11, 2011 when the pickup truck he was driving rear-ended a semi truck in Hartford, IL.

Scene at the entry gate of the ConocoPhillips refinery in Hartford, IL where a 61 year-old man driving a red pickup truck rear-ended an 18 wheeler and was killed on Tuesday, October 11, 2011.

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SAVANNAH, GA – The Georgia Department of Public Safety recently issued an order that semi truck safety inspections would no longer be done by local police departments and that state inspectors would be taking over the job.

Commercial vehicle safety inspection in Georgia to enforce violations for bald tires, bad brakes, bad lights and other violations. Photo credit: WTOC, Savannah, GA

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ROCHESTER, MN – The driver of a semi truck was killed in a fiery crash in Rochester, MN when his big rig went out of control, ran off the road and then plowed into a local business, injuring two of its occupants in the process.

Scene of a fatal semi truck accident in Rochester, MN where a big rig went out of control, over an embankment and then plowed through a local business. Photo credit: Doug Schmidt

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MESQUITE, TX – A semi truck crashed into a bridge support in Mequite, TX on September 22, 2011 pinning the driver and passenger and spilling a load of frozen chicken onto the roadway.

A semi truck crashed into a bridge support on the transition ramp between the westbound Highway 80 to the northbound I-635 in Mesquite, TX on September 22, 2011 Photo credit: myFoxdfw.com

Mesquite is located mainly in Dallas County, Texas and partly in Kaufman County, Texas in the northeast part of the state. Mequite is about 12 miles southeast of Dallas and about 163 miles northeast of Killeen, TX. ... Read More

GLENWOOD, IL – A woman was killed when her vehicle was struck head-on by an 18 wheeler truck on Route 394 in Glenwood, IL on September 2, 2011.

A semi truck crashes head-on into a Ford SUV on Highway 394 in Glenwood, IL on September 2, 2011 shutting down traffic for hours. The vehicle burst into flames, trapping and killing the driver.

Glenwood is located in in Cook County, Illinois in the northeastern part of the state about 28 miles south of Chicago. ... Read More

HOUSTON, TX – An 18-wheeler overturned on a transition ramp between two Interstate freeways in northwest Houston, TX on Thursday, September 15, 2011.

A tractor trailer overturned on the transition ramp between the southbound I-610 and the eastbound I-10 in northwest Houston, TX spilling a huge load of metal product all over the roadway and completely blocking traffic on September 15, 2011. Photo credit: MyFox Houston

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JEFFERSON, La. – A semi truck carrying a cargo of  hazardous waste material overturned  east of the Huey P. Long Bridge on Monday Aug 19, but according to Louisiana State Police the accident did not pose a threat. Jefferson is located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in the southeastern part of the state about 7.3 miles west of New Orleans and about 76 miles southeast of Baton Rouge.

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HOUSTON, TX – Officers from the Houston Police Department arrested a local tanker truck driver in early May 2011 who has been accused of illegally dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic waste into ditches, storm drains, and retention ponds in northwest Houston and adjacent parts of Harris and Waller Counties.

The truck driver, identified as Lonnie Earl Perkins, was followed by police to a deserted lane just off N. Houston-Rosslyn Road where he allegedly emptied the truck’s contents into a drainage ditch. ... Read More