Have you ever been driving down the highway and suddenly come across a chunk of tire tread across the road? You don’t know where it came from, but the size of it suggests it came off a tractor-trailer truck. Imagine if you had been driving beside that truck when the failure occurred. It’s not small […]
Category Archives: Truck Accidents
A crash that occurred at around 9:20 a.m. on Highway 11 claimed the life of a woman from Wood County. The crash occurred on Feb. 25 about 7 miles east of Winnsboro. The 42-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene by authorities. Her body was taken to the Batey Funeral Home. According to police, […]
An accident on northbound U.S. Route 87 in Texas caused a six-vehicle pileup on Nov. 5 after a truck tractor pulling a trailer dumped a load of pipes onto the highway. According to sources, the combination of the pipes on the rain-slick highway and the early-morning darkness caused the chain reaction. The accident happened near […]
One person died and another was injured in a tractor-trailer accident on Oct. 27. The accident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on Highway 225 in Pasadena. The deceased woman was traveling in the westbound lanes of 225 near Preston Road when she slowed down to avoid hitting a driver who had pulled his pickup truck […]
Three fatal accidents occurred in Denton County between the end of August and the beginning of September in 2014. The last accident took place on Sept. 8 around 6:45 p.m. when a 49-year-old man driving a semi-truck pulling a box trailer was traveling west on State Highway 114 near South County Line Road. That driver […]
Seven people were injured in a Corpus Christi freeway crash involving a cement truck on July 1. The crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. along S. Padre Island Drive at Everhart Road and affected traffic in both directions. According to police, the cement truck was traveling east when it had a tire blowout, causing the […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation claims that more than 3,000 people die every year as a result of bus or large truck crashes. The leading cause for these accidents is fatigue, accounting for around 13 percent of all fatalities. People interested in reducing the number of trucking accidents here in Bexar County will be interested […]
Here in Texas, the stability, opportunities, and income that work in the oil industry offers has been attracting young and predominantly male workers for decades. For many who find employment at a well-service or refining company, a life of financial stability and on-the-job excitement is something to look forward to. Unfortunately, a new study has […]