{"id":3803,"date":"2011-01-27T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T21:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:35","slug":"two-semis-collide-in-california-truck-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/3803\/two-semis-collide-in-california-truck-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Semis Collide in California Truck Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWCASTLE, CA – Two semi trailers collided Tuesday morning, January 25, in a truck accident on a highway in Placer County, California, near the Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of the tractor trailers overturned after going off Interstate 80 just outside the town of Newcastle, CA. The truck accident area is in the north-central part of the state just north of the Sacramento metro region. Newcastle is about 414 miles north of Los Angeles, about 114 miles west of Carson City, Nevada and about 295 miles south of Merrill, Oregon.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday morning 55 year old Sergo Sandoze of New York was driving a semi trailer through north central California. The semi driver was pulling a 55 foot long trailer at the time of the truck accident, but it is not known if he was carrying any cargo. The logo on the side of the trailer was for Unlimited Carrier, a transportation company based in Lansing, Illinois.
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It was a few minutes after 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and Mr. Sandoze had reached Placer County, headed west on I-80. The tractor trailer had just passed the juncture with Newcastle Road when the truck accident occurred. The semi driver said he was in the right, slower lane of westbound I-80 when another vehicle suddenly moved into his path. The truck driver swerved to avoid colliding with the other vehicle and lost control of his 18 wheeler.<\/p>\n

According to officials, Mr. Sandoze clipped a second semi truck which was parked on the shoulder of I-80. Mr. Sandoze\u2019s semi then skidded across the traffic lane before going off the interstate. His semi tractor crossed over a secondary road running parallel to I-80 and then crashed through a chain link fence. The semi truck went over a cement water canal before driving into a farm pasture and flipping over onto its left side.
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