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Covers trucking accident case law , news and events dealing with trucking accident law. Written by injury lawyer Jeff Lowe.
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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 05:20:39

Interstate Closed in Fatal Crash

Posted on March 30, 2011
Dayton, Ohio's Interstate 70 was closed for several hours following an accident involving a tractor-trailer that killed two women on Sunday evening. 47-year-old Tina M. Boswell of Richmond and her passenger, 72-year-old Tomella Mason, also of Richmond, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to local news sources...

MODOT Says Guard Cables Will Be Installed in May in Area With Truck Fatality

Posted on March 25, 2011
As a St. Louis semi truck accident lawyer, I know that crossover accidents are one of the most common causes of deadly head-on crashes between passenger cars and tractor-trailers. So I was extremely pleased to see a March 22 article from the Lee?s Summit Journal saying guard cables will go in on a nearby stretch of highway that had a series of fatal accidents...

Two Stories Show Truck Accidents Unpredictable

Posted on March 23, 2011
It is impossible to predict how a collision with a semi truck will turn out for those involved. All the usual factors that affect a wreck ? the speed, the direction of the crash, the weather conditions and the relative safety features of the vehicle ? are all involved, of course...

FMCSA Administrator Warns Trucking Industry to Expect Increased Regulation

Posted on March 18, 2011
Last month, I wrote from my perspective as a Missouri semi truck accident attorney about the proposal to ban use of hand-held cell phones in the cabs of tractor-trailers. As it turns out, that?s just one of several regulations the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning for this year...

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Man Injured in Semi Hit-and-Run

Posted on March 16, 2011
In an appalling turn of events, a tractor-trailer hauling metal pipe struck and injured a pedestrian in Pittsburgh, and the driver of the truck fled the scene rather than remaining to render aid. The trucking accident took place near the Somerset Township, on Interstate 70...

Semi Truck Breaks Through Guard Cables Near Columbia, Sending Two to Hospital

Posted on March 10, 2011
As a Missouri tractor-trailer accident attorney, I was disappointed to see that a trucker and another driver were both hospitalized in serious condition after a bad truck accident near Columbia, Missouri. The Columbia Missourian, the newspaper attached to the Missouri School of Journalism, reported March 9 that both were upgraded to fair that day, after the March 7 accident...

Semi Accident Kills 13-year-old

Posted on March 09, 2011
An accident involving a semi truck killed a 13-year-old girl on the west side of Indianapolis this Friday. The young lady was named Justice Holifield, and was a resident of Indianapolis. Her parents have been notified of the accident. According to reports, Holifield and several classmates were riding with their band instructor, Kyle Bieda...

Semi Truck Accident in Springfield Spills 40,000 Pounds of Mayonnaise on Highway

Posted on March 04, 2011
As a Missouri tractor-trailer accident attorney, I was interested to see news reports about a crash that could have become a tragic pileup. As the News-Leader of Springfield reported Feb. 27, a big rig carrying mayonnaise overturned on Interstate 44, spilling its slick load across the road...

Despite Warnings, Truck Driver Goes Too Fast and Overturns Rig

Posted on March 02, 2011
A tractor-trailer owned by Southwest Freight Distribution of Dallas overturned on state highway 121 near Melissa, Texas, this weekend, causing a major snarl in traffic. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the truck accident, although it is very easy to see how they could have been...

Federal Trucking Regulators Propose a Ban on Hand Held Cell Phones in Moving Trucks

Posted on February 25, 2011
As a St. Louis semi truck accident attorney, I have long believed that talking on the phone while driving is a bad idea for anyone ? but especially for truckers in charge of multi-ton vehicles. That?s why I was pleased to see a Feb. 23 article saying that the American Trucking Association has expressed limited support for a proposed federal rule banning the use of hand-held cell phones by truckers on the job...

New Safety Guidelines Go Into Effect

Posted on February 23, 2011
They're being called the biggest changes to the interstate shipping process in the last decade: The federal government's Compliance Safety Accountability Program recently went into effect, and looks set to increase the weight of attention that all law enforcement elements give to matters of vehicle safety...

Wichita Family Publicly Begs Trucker to Acknowledge Accident That Disabled Youth

Posted on February 17, 2011
As a Missouri semi truck accident lawyer, I was sorry to read about a serious accident in Springfield involving a victim from neighboring Kansas. As KWCH in Wichita reported Feb. 9, 15-year-old Dillon McKee suffered massive brain trauma Jan. 18 after he was sideswiped by a semi truck on Highway 44...

Two Injured, One Killed in Semi Accident

Posted on February 16, 2011
Tragedy struck in Lindsey, Calif., this past Friday when a semi tractor-trailer crushed a passenger sedan and killed a woman inside, injuring two others. A spokesman from the local fire department said the truck accident occurred near the crossing of Avenue 224 and Road 196 in town around 1 p...

St. Peters Woman Shaken but Only Mildly Injured After Ice From Truck Roof Hits Windshield

Posted on February 08, 2011
As a St. Louis tractor-trailer accident attorney, I was very pleased to read about a trucking accident that could have ended much worse than it did. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Feb. 5, Stacey Spies, 37, suffered a mild concussion and a major fright after a sheet of ice fell from a semi ahead of her on Interstate 70...

Trucker Cited for Pot Possession in Trucking Accident

Posted on February 02, 2011
In a story that would be comical if not for how frightening it must have been, a semi truck driver was cited for a number of offenses that included marijuana possession following an accident that literally sent his rig sailing airborne into the Calapooia River near Brownville, Oregon...

Tractor Trailer Overturns on Kansas City Ramp and Spills Cargo of Live Pigs on Road

Posted on February 02, 2011
As a Missouri trucking accident lawyer, I was interested to read about an accident in Claycomo, Mo. recently that caused an unusual cargo spill: live pigs. According to the Kansas City Star, a truck overturned on the ramp from Interstate 435 to Interstate 35 on the morning of Jan...

Trucker Criminally Charged in St. Francois County Rear-End Crash That Killed Three

Posted on January 27, 2011
As a Missouri tractor-trailer accident attorney, I was interested to read that a truck driver will face criminal charges in an accident that took the lives of three people near Bonne Terre. As KMOV reported Jan. 20, Robert Carmona of New York, 37, faces three counts of involuntary manslaughter as well as charges of driving without a valid license...

Trucking Accidents

Posted on January 26, 2011
Trucking accident attorneys often focus on one case at a time, so it can be easy to forget that accidents involving tractor-trailers are happening almost constantly. As a reminder of how frequent these accidents can be, here are three stories that all took place within the last few days...

Open Door on Postal Service Truck Loses Mail Over 65 Miles of Missouri Highway

Posted on January 21, 2011
As a St. Louis semi truck accident lawyer, I was interested to see reports about an unusual accident involving a mail truck. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Jan. 17, the back door of a big rig came open as it ferried mail from St. Louis to Memphis early the day before...

3.5 Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death Suit

Posted on January 19, 2011
Late last year, a court case was settled in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from a fatal trucking accident on Virginia's I-64. The plaintiffs were awarded 3.5 million dollars when it became clear that the defense had no substantial evidence on which to base their case...

Federal Trucking Regulator Proposes Stricter Hours of Service Rules for Truckers

Posted on January 13, 2011
As a Missouri semi truck accident lawyer, I?m a big fan of federal hours-of-service rules for truck drivers. These are the rules that limit how long drivers may stay on the road in one work day and in one work week, ensuring that they get enough rest and that other drivers are not endangered by driver pushing through to make deadlines...

Fuel Truck Accident Shuts Down Highway

Posted on January 12, 2011
An overturned semi truck carrying fuel shut down traffic on I-75 in Butler County, Ohio, on January 10. The accident ultimately closed down the entire southbound highway for a full five hours, causing massive delays and traffic jams before the situation was resolved and the highway reopened...

Missouri Trucker Accused of DUI Manslaughter in Colorado Wrong-Way Accident

Posted on January 07, 2011
As a Missouri semi truck accident lawyer, I was disappointed to read about a fatal accident allegedly cause by a truck driver who was drunk and driving on the wrong side of the road. Denver?s 9news.com, the local NBC affiliate, reported Dec. 28 on the crash that killed Martin Hernandez, 71, and injured two passengers in his car...

Sparta Semi Collision Leaves Woman Dead, 1 Injured

Posted on January 05, 2011
Around 10:20 am on Tuesday morning, a semi truck collided with a van on Highway 27 near Sparta, Wisconsin. The collision injured the driver and passenger of the van, and both were taken to nearby Franciscan Skemp hospital, where the woman passenger later died...

Truck Accident Kills 1, Injures 3 on I-70

Posted on December 29, 2010
While most accidents involving semi trucks are due to poor road conditions or exhaustion, sometimes there's a story that demonstrates the damage that sheer negligence can do. On Sunday, December 26, a semi truck was driving the wrong way down I-70 with no lights on at around 8:30 pm...

Missouri Truck Driver Criminally Charged for Falsifying Logs Before Fatal Accident

Posted on December 24, 2010
As a St. Louis semi truck accident lawyer, I was disappointed to see that a Missourian is being criminally charged in connection with a crash that killed two people in Wisconsin. The Sheboygan Press reported Dec. 21 that trucker Curtis Hawkins of Dexter, Mo...

$15 Million Judgement and They Still Have to Fight

Posted on December 22, 2010
It is said that the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. This was recently proved true in the case of a Mayfield Heights family that was finally awarded a major, decisive award from a trucking firm in the case of a fatal 2005 trucking accident...

Family of Driver Killed in Semi Accident Believes 911 Mistake Was Partly Responsible

Posted on December 16, 2010
An unusual trucking accident here in St. Louis caught my eye recently as a Missouri tractor-trailer accident attorney. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Dec. 11, Michael Whitmore, 46, died last week when he was hit by a semi truck. Whitmore was on foot, pushing his disabled car off the Chain of Rocks bridge on Interstate 270 near Riverview Drive...

Carrying Dangerous Cargo

Posted on December 15, 2010
Sometimes the implications of an accident are worse than the actual event itself. For example, on December 13th, a diesel cargo tractor-trailer was involved in an accident in Sacramento, California. A car trying to pass the semi brushed against the truck and then collided with a nearby SUV...

Tractor Trailer Rear-Ends Stopped School Bus in Louisiana, Hurting 21 Students

Posted on December 09, 2010
As a St. Louis semi truck accident lawyer, I was interested to see a report about a bad trucking accident down in Louisiana. According to the Associated Press, 21 children and two adults were injured Dec. 3 when a truck driver slammed into the back of a school bus in Port Barre, a small town west of Baton Rouge...

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