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STONINGTON, CT – A truck driver who worked for country singer, Carrie Underwood, died Saturday in a fiery truck accident on a Connecticut highway. The single truck accident happened on Interstate 95 near the village of Stonington in New London County. The area is in the far south-east section of the state, on the shores of Block Island Sound, near the Rhode Island border, 60 miles southeast of Hartford, CT and 48 miles southwest of Providence, Rhode Island.

The fire from the truck accident burned fast and trapped the driver in the fiery cab of the semi. In less than a half hour both parts of the tractor trailer truck were charred, smoldering wreckage.

At about 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning the truck driver was traveling north on Interstate 95, driving in the left lane of the highway. The tractor trailer truck was hauling staging equipment for the Carrie Underwood concert scheduled for Saturday night at the MGM Grand Theater at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT. ... Read More

ELMIRA TOWNSHIP, MI – A Michigan man died Thursday after a head-on truck accident in Otsego County, Michigan. The collision between the pick up truck and the 18 wheeler happened on US Route 32 near Hallock Road in Elmira Township. The area is in the central north section of the state, 183 miles north of Lansing and 125 miles south of Sault Sainte Marie, MI.

The impact of the truck accident caused the 18 wheeler to rollover on the north side of US 32 and the contents of the trailer were thrown all over the shoulder of the highway. The crash damaged the gas tank on the larger semi truck and diesel fuel spilled onto the roadway.

At around 11:40 a.m. Thursday morning 21 year old Timothy L. Luchenbill of Kalkaska, MI was driving a utility pick up truck for Vance Communications east on US Route 32. As Mr. Luchenbill drove through Elmira Township he apparently lost control of his vehicle as he was rounding a curve on the highway just west of Hallock Road. ... Read More

ROY, UT – Drugs or driver fatigue may be factors in a truck accident that happened Wednesday in Weber County Utah. The semi truck rollover accident occurred on Interstate 15 near the city of Roy, south of the Ogden metropolitan area and 32 miles north of Salt Lake City. The area is in the north central section of the state, 308 miles southeast of Boise, Idaho and 124 miles southwest of Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Enviro Care Inc., a hazardous waste emergency response company of North Salt Lake, was brought in to clean up the diesel fuel spilled during the truck accident.

At approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, an unidentified truck driver, 55 years old from South Weber, was traveling north on Interstate 15, pulling two tankers filled with close to 7500 gallons of diesel fuel. The tanker truck was owned by Golden Eagle Petroleum Refinery of Woods Cross, Utah. ... Read More

HENDERSONVILLE, TN – Two semi trucks were involved in a multi vehicle accident early Monday morning north of Nashville in Hendersonville, Tennessee, slowing the morning commute. The truck accident happened in Sumner County on Viet Nam Veterans Boulevard near the Center Point exit. The accident area is in the central section of the state, 150 miles northwest of Chattanooga, TN and 128 miles north of Huntsville, Alabama.

A Pepsi semi truck hauling a cargo of soda, driven by 57 year old Jimmy L. Hanserd, slammed into the disabled vehicles and the empty trash container and trailer. The Pepsi tractor trailer truck then drove into the retainer wall on the highway.

At around 5:20 a.m. Monday, 53 year old Darvin C. Mann of Charlotte was driving a BFI tractor trailer truck carrying trash containers west on Viet Nam Veterans Blvd. As he drove near mile marker 2 and the Center Point exit a trash container fell off the truck and the trailer on the truck became loose. The trailer truck is reportedly owned by Allied Waste. ... Read More

PORT CLINTON, OH – An early morning tanker truck accident last Friday caused a fuel fire in Ottawa County, Ohio. The truck accident happened on Ohio State Route 2, a half mile west of Tettau Road near Port Clinton in Lake Erie Township on March 12. The accident area is in the far north central section of the state near the shores of Lake Erie, 40 miles southeast of Toledo, OH and 77 miles west of Cleveland, OH.

Authorities with the Erie Township Fire Department decided that in order to prevent an environmental hazard to the area they would let the 8,500 gallons of gasoline burn off on its own.

Shortly after 3:30 a.m. Friday morning, 29 year old Jason C. Uhlman of Bowling Green, OH, was driving a Freightliner commercial truck with a Fruehauf tanker east on Ohio State Route 2 near the Lake Erie Business Park. The tanker was filled with thousands of gallons of gasoline. ... Read More

JACKSON, MS – Morning commuter traffic was stalled for hours last Thursday after a jackknife truck accident in the state capital of Mississippi. The single truck accident happened on Interstate 55, between Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Lakeland Drive in Jackson, MS. The area is in the central section of the state, 209 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee and 187 miles north of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Emergency personnel from Jackson responded to the scene of the single truck collision. The truck driver was stabilized and then transported to nearby St. Dominic Hospital.

At around 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning, March 11th, a truck driver for G & C Trucking was headed southbound on Interstate 55, hauling a load of boxed frozen chickens. G & C Trucking is based out of Forest, MS. It was raining hard at the time, and the road surfaces were wet and slippery. ... Read More

HENRICO COUNTY, VA – A truck driver had to be rescued Wednesday morning after his truck overturned and dangled off a bridge in Henrico County, Virginia. The semi truck accident happened in the Richmond metropolitan region in the eastern part of the county, on Interstate 64 near the exit for Interstate 295. The area is in the east central section of the state, 73 miles northwest of Newport News, VA and 108 miles south of Washington, DC.

Firefighters used tools to cut Mr. Zeb out of the semi truck cab, and then lowered him to the ground. Once on the ground the truck driver was treated and stabilized, and then transported to nearby VCU Medical Center in Richmond

At around 9:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, 60 year old Aurang Zeb was driving his tractor trailer truck south on Interstate 295, carrying a load of metal bins weighing around 44,000 pounds. ... Read More

NEWINGTON, VA – Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid’s wife and daughter were involved in a semi-truck accident in Fairfax County Virginia on northbound Interstate 95 near Exit 166 on Thursday, March 11, about 1:10 p.m. about 14 miles south of Washington D.C. The two were injured when their 2005 Honda Odyssey van was struck in the rear in stop-and-go traffic by a tractor-trailer hauling a load of plastic rolls. The van they were driving struck a third car and the van was crushed on both ends as a result of the impact.

US senator Harry Reid's wife and daughter were seriously injured when their car was rear-ended by a tractor trailer on Washington Highway I-95 in Fairfax County Virginia

Virginia State Police say that Landra G. Reid, 69, and Lana Reid-Barringer, 48, Sen. Reid’s wife and daughter were seriously injured in the big rig accident. ... Read More

STRATFORD, CT – A truck driver died last Saturday after his tractor trailer truck was hit by a car on a Connecticut Highway in Fairfield County, CT. The truck accident happened on Interstate 95 in the town of Stratford, CT. The area is in the south central section of the state between Bridgeport and New Haven, 55 miles southwest of Hartford, CT and 64 miles northeast of New York City.

The back trailer section of the rig finally came to a stop on the center highway Jersey barrier median, blocking the inner left northbound lane of the interstate.

At around 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning, March 6th, 53 year old truck driver David Rapoport of Warwick, Rhode Island, was traveling south on Interstate 95 in a Roadway truck, hauling a load of non-perishable freight items. ... Read More

LAKE DELTON, WI – A tractor trailer truck rolled over and lost its load last Thursday on a Wisconsin Dells Highway. The truck accident happened on Interstate 90-94 and Highway 12 in Lake Delton, Sauk County, Wisconsin. The area is north of the state capital of Madison in the central section of the state, 208 miles southeast of Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota and 191 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois.

As the truck driver was crossing the bridge over Highway 12 the second trailer became detached from the first trailer and truck cab and flipped over, causing the truck to crash.

Shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday evening, March 4th, an unidentified truck driver was hauling a double bottom tractor trailer truck loaded with a variety of cargo including computers, tires, and rivets. ... Read More