A truck driver from Pooler, Georgia was killed at 4 AM on 3/24/05, when his semitrailer veered off northbound I-95 in South Carolina, and crashed into a grove of trees in the median. A police spokesman said, “We don’t know if it was a medical condition or if he fell asleep or what at this…
Continue reading ›In San Luis Obispo, at 1:49 AM on 3/22/05, a local radio personality was killed when his vehicle struck the side of a tractor-trailer rig that got stuck over an hour earlier in the middle of a U-turn, blocking all lanes. Police were setting out flares, but had not yet set flares on the side…
Continue reading ›At 1 AM on 3/11/05, on I-35 near Austin, TX, a tractor trailer hit the concrete median with such force that it moved one of the concrete barriers into the lane of traffic, and dragged against the median for several hundred feet. The fuel tank on the truck caught fire and the truck disintegrated along…
Continue reading ›Driver fatigue and trucking safety are not just an American concern. On 3/11/05, a truck driver and his passenger died when the semi-trailer they were travelling in crashed on the New South Wales north coast in Australia. The men were killed when the vehicle crashed on the Pacific Highway near Karuah at 3:40 AM. No…
Continue reading ›In Marion County, TN, early on the morning of 3/9/05, a tractor-trailer swerved off I-24 for several hundred yards before slamming into the bridge abutment near the Nickajack dam. The load of apples and pears disconnected from the rig, and the cab itself ended up hanging precariously from the bridge. After workers stabilized the cab,…
Continue reading ›On 3/8/05, in Sumter County, Georgia, two tractor trailers collided a little before 10 AM. Police say one truck was heading north on Highway 377 and crossed the center line. It crashed into another tractor trailer that was heading southbound killing the driver of that second vehicle. See news story. It is unclear in the…
Continue reading ›In Kentucky on 3/7/05, an overweight coal truck hauling roughly double its legal load crashed headon into a pickup truck driven by a minister, killing him. The previous day the minister had told his congregation that that life can end suddenly. The coal truck was rated for 80,000 pounds, traveling on a road rated for…
Continue reading ›A Georgia truck driver is one of the two people who died Thursday night, 3/4/05, in the fiery crash of three tractor-trailers near Shreveport, LA. See article. The circumstances sound like another of the drivers may have been fatigued. The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases statewide in Georgia,…
Continue reading ›On I-40 in Tennessee, a tractor trailer driver fell asleep, hit a guard rail, and crashed. His rig burned, shutting down I-40 for several hours. See news story. Fortunately, no one was injured this time. However, the incident underscores the chronic problem of driver fatigue in the trucking industry, compounded by hours of service violations…
Continue reading ›In Timpson, TX, on 2/28/05, a tractor trailer driver dozed off and hit a guard rail, whereupon the truck burst into flames and another tractor trailer was unable to avoid hitting it. See news story. While the report lacks detail, this incident highlights the chronic problem of fatigue and sleep deprivation among long-haul truck drivers.…
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