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Archive for August, 2012

HOUSTON, TX — A semi truck driver carrying frozen poultry on Wednesday, Aug. 22, crossed over the railroad tracks while traveling east on Rankin Road and was struck by an oncoming train scattering the frozen chickens across the tracks.

A semi truck tries to cross the tracks and gets stuck in traffic, then gets hit by oncoming train in Houston, TX on August 22, 2012. Photo credit: KHOU

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DALLAS. TX — A tanker truck carrying more than 8,000 gallons of fuel exploded after it was hit by a Union Pacific freight train early Thursday morning , August 23, in Wills Point Texas. The city of Wills Point is located about 47 miles east of Dallas Texas.

Rail cars are ablaze in an inferno of fire after a tanker truck crashed with a Union Pacific freight train in Wills Point, TX on August 23, 2012. The big rig got stuck on the tracks when the trucker tried to get around a stopped train on a road that was not intended for heavy tractor trailers.

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JONESBORO, Texas — A woman from Comanche County was killed on Tuesday, August 8, when the vehicle she was driving slammed into a semi truck and threw her from her car where she was then struck by a second 18-wheeler. The victim was identified as Carla Payne Wendeborn, 43, of Dublin.

A woman was killed in a fatal semi truck accident just outside Jonesboro, TX on August 8, 2012. Texas cities nearby are Gatesville, Temple, Waco and Killeen. Photo credit: Paul J. Gately

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HOUSTON, TX — A semi truck traveling eastbound on the I-10 in Houston, Texas on Thursday, Aug 16, struck the center divider and spilled diesel fuel onto the westbound lanes..

Photo shows a semi truck that jackknifed on the eastbound I-10 in Houston, TX , Thursday afternoon, August 16, 2012, striking the center divider and spilling diesel fuel onto the westbound lanes. Traffic was jammed in both directions until a Hazmat team cleaned up the spill.

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AUSTIN, TX. –  An accident involving a semi truck hauling a tanker struck an overpass bridge near Texas 71 and U.S. 183 near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport temporarily shutting down several lanes of the highway.

A flatbed semi truck hauling a large tank hit a bridge overpass near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on U.S. 183 at interchange with Texas 71 in Austin, TX and knocked the tank onto the roadway. Photo credit: myfoxaustin.com

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POHATCONG TOWNSHIP, PA — Investigators are trying to figure how a Honda sedan carrying a woman and two children became wedged underneath a tractor-trailer in Pohatcong Township, Pennsylvania.

Three people were injured when a Honda became wedged underneath a semi trailer in Pohatcong Township, PA on August 10, 2012. Photo credit: Express-Times

The accident occurred at about 1:00 a.m on Friday morning, August 10, at Route 22 East and New Brunswick Avenue in Pohatcong Township.

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SAN ANTONIO, TX –  Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene of a triple fatality multi vehicle traffic accident that occured Monday morning, July 30, after a wrong way driver in a Toyota Camry slammed into a Dodge Durango carrying a family of five on IH-35 near FM 1103 in the city of Schertz, Texas.

Three people are dead following a semi truck accident in San Antonio, TX after a wrong-way driver crashed into another vehicle on I-35. Photo credit: John Davenport/San Antonio Express-News

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HOUSTON, Tx. –- A truck accident involving a collision between a Ryder box truck and a pickup towing a tractor tied up traffic on the East Loop Tuesday afternoon, July 31.

A collision between a Ryder box truck and a pickup truck that was hauling a tractor tied up traffic on the East Loop Freeway in Houston, TX on July 31, 2012. Photo: Jeff McShan / KHOU 11 News

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