Truck Accident Lawyer News

Archive for 2010

FERRYSBURG, MI – A semi trailer truck overturned Monday morning on April 5, 2010 as it was exiting a Michigan Highway in Ottawa County near Ferrysburg, MI. The truck accident happened on US 31, at the Spring Lake exit ramp onto Michigan State Route 104. The accident area is in the far west central section of the state near the shores of Lake Michigan, 99 miles west of Lansing, MI and 112 miles north of South Bend, Indiana.

Spring Lake/Ferrysburg Police had to shut down the US 31 exit ramp for several hours after the truck accident. A crane was brought in and crews worked to put the semi trailer truck back upright and clear the exit ramp for traffic.

At about 10:00 a.m. Monday morning, 61 year old Glendale Jones of Detroit, MI was driving a semi trailer truck loaded with car parts south on US 31. As the truck driver neared Ferrysburg, he attempted to exit US 31 at Spring Lake which merges onto Michigan State Route 104. ... Read More

Virginia Senate Bill 646 was recently passed in an effort to improve trailer safety while travelling on Virginia Highways and roads. In the past Virginia roads were unsafe because vehicles hauling trailers were not required to use any type of chain or cable that would make sure the trailer remained connected to a vehicle while in transit. As a result unnecessary vehicle accidents occurred resulting in severe injuries and death.

The new law now requires that all trailers have an emergency chain or cable that is capable of keeping the trailer attached to the truck or vehicle when on the road. ... Read More

CORVALLIS, OR – On April, 2, 2010 a trailer truck crashed into an auto body shop Friday morning in Benton County, Oregon. The truck accident happened on Highway 34 in Corvallis, OR. The accident area is in the northwest section of the state southwest of Salem, 84 miles south of Portland, OR and 48 miles north of Eugene, OR.

The interior of the Freebird shop was a mess with crumpled metal and broken glass mixed in with destroyed insulation. Crews removed the trailer truck from the building Friday, and the front window boarded up, allowing Freebird Body & Paint to remain open for business.

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, 44 year old Casmiro Perez of Corvallis was driving a semi trailer truck eastbound on Highway 34, traveling at about 35 MPH. Mr. Perez had just picked up a load of wood concrete forms in Monmouth and was headed back to Double Eagle Construction, located off Highway 34 in the Eastgate Industrial Park. ... Read More

CLEVELAND, OH – April 1, 2010, two people riding a motorcycle died after a hit and run truck accident Thursday night in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The fatal truck accident also involved a mini van and occurred on Interstate 490 near West 7th Street in Cleveland, OH. The accident area is in the far northeast section of the state near Lake Erie, 117 miles east of Toledo, OH and 135 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Cleveland Police and Emergency Medical Services technicians responded quickly to the scene of the truck accident. Both riders on the motorcycle suffered fatal injuries when they were hit by the truck and were pronounced dead at the scene.

At about 10:45 p.m. Thursday night an unidentified 38 year old man was riding his motorcycle east on Interstate 490 near the city of Cleveland. There was a passenger riding on the back of the motorcycle, a 26 year old woman, also unidentified. ... Read More

SPRING VALLEY, MN – A tractor trailer truck crashed into a Minnesota house early Wednesday morning, on March 31, 2010, leaving the truck driver in serious condition. The truck accident happened south of Rochester, MN, on Highway 63 near Spring Valley in Fillmore County. The accident area is in the southeast section of the state, 227 miles east of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and 140 miles north of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Local emergency personnel rushed to the scene of the truck accident and worked to extricate the truck driver from his cab. Firefighters had to open up the top of the truck cab and lift the driver up through the roof.

At around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 47 year old truck driver Barry Duncan of Illinois was headed north on Highway 63, hauling a thirty thousand pound cargo load of fireplaces. The truck driver lost control when he reportedly had severe chest pains and passed out behind the wheel of the semi trailer. ... Read More

LONGMONT, CO – On March 26, 2010, a truck driver allegedly operating under the influence of alcohol drove his semi trailer truck through a Boulder County, Colorado neighborhood Saturday night. The truck accident happened on various residential streets in Longmont, Colorado, a suburb northwest of the Denver Metro region. The accident area is in the north central section of the state 150 miles north of Pueblo, CO and 80 miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

One neighbor on Katy Lane was inside watching television when he heard a loud crash. When he went outside to look, he saw his carport was destroyed and just a pile of splintered wood remained.

On Saturday night on March 26 around 9:00 p.m. residents of the south section of Longmont, CO began to hear a series of crashes outside their homes. When they went to investigate, residents found damage to trees, fences, and about 17 cars. At least two Longmont homeowners found damage to their houses. ... Read More

BULVERDE, TX – On Friday, April 2, 2010 just after 3:00 p.m. a dump truck rear-ended a black 1997 Chevy 1500 pickup truck with two occupants, sending it into the path of oncoming traffic on Highway 46 where it collided with two more pickup trucks.

Three pickup trucks lie entangled in a twisted pile of wreckage following the horrific truck accident in Bulverde, Texas on Highway 46 just west of U.S. 281.

In the crash, the two occupants of the Chevy pickup were ejected from their vehicle. One of the occupants, 45-year old Rona Fields, died at the scene of the accident. She was a mother of four. The driver, 61-year old Edgar Boeck, survived the crash, but with serious injuries.

The horrific crash occurred when Boeck, waiting to make a left turn into his driveway in the 21900 block of Texas Highway 46, was struck from behind by a westbound dump truck owned by Stone & Soil Depot and Company out of Boerne, TX. The dump truck was being driven by Brian Robinson, 43 years old, from New Braunfels, TX. The company has a retail yard on southbound US 281, just north of the intersection at Highway 46. ... Read More

GROSSE TETE, LA – Four people were killed early Friday morning, April 9, when a tractor trailer traveling eastbound on Interstate 10 sideswiped another 18 wheeler that was parked on the shoulder, lost control, then crossed the median onto the westbound side into oncoming traffic and crashed head on into another big rig and an SUV. All three vehicles then burst into flames.

The burned wreckage of a sport utility vehicle and two 18-wheelers after a fiery crash that took the lives of four people Friday morning on I-10 just east of Grosse Tete, Louisiana.

The fatal semi truck accident happened just east of the Louisiana Highway 77 interchange about 5:00 a.m. on April 9, 2010 near the Grosse Tete exit on the westbound side at mile marker 140. ... Read More

HOLLAND, MI – One person was killed in a semi truck accident on U.S. 31 at the Port Sheldon Street intersection in Holland, Michigan on Wednesday, April 7 at about 5:40 p.m shutting down the busy highway.

Investigators and work crews at the scene of a semi truck accident on U.S. 31 and Port Sheldon Street in Holland, Michigan where one person was killed Wednesday evening.

Holland is located in the eastern part of the state on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, about 30 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, about 181 miles northwest of Detroit, about 157 miles northwest of Ann Arbor and about 90 miles west of Lansing. ... Read More

U.S.D.C. – WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA – Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, nationwide truck accident lawyers, represent a Riverdale, Michigan man who sustained injuries to the neck, right shoulder and back due to the negligence of Eagle Distributing Of Shreveport, Inc.

The plaintiff is a 64 year-old construction worker who is disabled due to the subject incident. He is a resident of Riverdale, Michigan.

The incident occurred on September, 16, 2009, as the plaintiff was traveling West on I-20 in Bossier City, Louisiana.

The plaintiff was at a stop due to congested traffic when the International Tractor operated by truck driver, Robert Blakeley, struck the plaintiff in the rear causing his vehicle to run off the highway and into a ditch. ... Read More