Articles Posted in Truck Wreck of the Day

Not much is required of log truck operators in Georgia. But the one that spilled a load of logs onto a Jeep in Athens Thursday morning managed to violate even those minimum requirements. The log truck, operating without the required identification on the door, overturned and spilled its load as it exited the Athens Perimeter…

Dallas, TX, 5/25/05 — 18-wheeler burst into flames and on an I-20 bridge over Interstate 45. It is believed the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. See story. We frequently see cases of tired truck drivers who have driven through the night colliding with passenger cars in Atlanta’s morning rush hour. Prompt investigation…

Hawthorne, NJ, 6/2/05 — A dump truck crashed into a van full of disabled adults, which then burst into flames. A disabled woman who was killed was in a wheelchair behind the van’s front passenger seat. Eight others were injured. Authorities suspect the truck’s brakes failed. See article. The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in…

5/23/05, Pooler, GA – Two tractor trailer drivers have been charged in connection with a series of wrecks on I-16 near I-95 last week that snarled traffic for hours. Nineteen vehicles were involved in seven crashes, injuring seven people, in a one-mile section of road within less than an hour on May 17. One truck…

5/23/05, Henry County, GA – A tractor trailer overturned and burned , closing down southbound lanes of I-75 during afternoon rush hour. The truck driver was taken by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center. Neither his condition or the cause of the crash has been announced. See story. The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful…

Near Boston on 5/12/05, a burning truck driver was forced to leap 60 feet into the water below after his tractor-trailer truck smashed through the guardrail of an Interstate 495 bridge over the Merrimack River, causing the truck to explode into flames. State police said the driver managed to swim to an island in the…

New Jersey, 4/22/05. At 1:10 AM, a tractor-trailer’s failed to slow in a construction zone, causing a fiery chain-reaction crash killed 3 and and closed a 16-mile section of the New Jersey Turnpike for 15 hours. An investigator described the scene as the “most horrific crash” he had ever seen. The truck driver and two…

Arkansas City, Kansas, 3/23/05. One truck driver was killed in a crash caused by another truck driver attempting a u-turn on I-35 at 5 AM. See article. U-turn on the interstate? The list of potential violations of state traffic laws (improper turning, failure to yield, etc.) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (failure to obey…

Near Poplarville, MS, at 2:44 AM 3/16/05, three 18-wheelers crashed and shut down the Interstate for several hours. The mess began when automobile carrier lost control and veered across the median, The trailer, which was carrying vehicles, came to rest blocking the roadway. Then another 18-wheeler struck the trailer, followed by a third 18-wheeler. Both…

On I-65 in Kentucky, about 10:30 PM on 3/23/05, a semitrailer driver fell asleep at the wheel and caused a multiple-car pileup that left one man dead. His semitrailer crossed the median into the northbound lane and clipped the rear of another semitrailer. A flatbed utility truck then ran into the back of the second…