Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Coming face to face with the economic crisis.....

  Troy Schwant | March 15, 2009 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  When some people are asked how the economy is affecting them, most people talk about retirement accounts, and the lack of available jobs in their respective fields. Well this past week I came face...

• How a poor economy can affect people not just in the pocketbook....

  Troy Schwant | December 30, 2008 6:58 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  As everyone knows and has felt, the current economy is effecting how people shop, eat, and live their day to day life. Some people think it is only the middle and lower class that are cutting costs,...

• Alabama Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Deaths of Guardsmen

  Chrissie Cole | February 15, 2008 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Citronelle truck driver accused of killing two members of the Alaska National Guard, in a 2006 truck accident, has plead guilty to charges accusing him of driving while under the influence of drugs.The man, 49, of Citronelle entered a guilty plea, Thursday, to four counts of driving under the influence. The trial started on Wednesday in Perry County Circuit Court.Prosecutors said an 18-wheeler...

• Gasoline Tanker Accident Shuts Down Alabama Interstate

  Chrissie Cole | February 03, 2008 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  State trooper's shutdown both lanes of Northbound Interstate 85 to clean up the aftermath of a trucking accident that involved an overturned tanker truck transporting gasoline.The tanker rolled down the side ramp at exit 22 and came to rest between the exit ramp and the interstate, according to officials on the scene.The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. The Alabama Department of...

• Trucking Accident Claims Woman's Life

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Virgina woman was killed this week in a tractor-trailer accident when her car collided head on with an 18-wheeler freshly loaded with beer from a Coors plant. The woman died instantly when she swerved across the center line.Police will likely not press any charges against the truck driver, Michael Jerome Givens, 59, of Gastonia, N.C., said David Fisher, a trooper with the Virginia State Police...

• Two trucks collide with SUV in accident

  Staff Writer | May 29, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  WVUA-TV reported on a traffic accident involving two trucks and an SUV near a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Tuscaloosa on Friday afternoon to kick off the dangers of heavy traffic Memorial Day Weekend.The accident on Skyland Boulevard resulted in four injuries, as three people were reportedly thrown from the back of one truck. The mother and her two sons in the SUV did not receive any injuries.Heroic...

• Alabama truck driver killed in West Virginia accident

  Staff Writer | February 28, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The State Journal of West Virginia reported on a Tuesday fatal trucking accident that involved a tractor-trailer, a logging truck and a car. The story says the car hit the logging truck, which in turn slowed down and was hit by a tractor-trailer. The motor vehicle accident occurred on the West Virginia Turnpike and closed southbound traffic at Mt. Hope for two hours as the accident was...

• Two UA students die at truck stop accident

  Staff Writer | February 19, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Two students from the University of Alabama died Friday night in a motor vehicle accident at Merle's Truck Stop on Highway 231, according to a report from WSFA 12. Montgomery County Commissioner Reed Ingram says the accident was the result of poor markings at the truck stop and on the roadway, as well as too many parked trucks obstructing the view of the driver. Commissioner Ingram believes if...

• Fatal trucking accident in South Georgia

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2007 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  South Georgia's WALB News 10 reported a deadly truck accident early yesterday morning involving a tanker rig that rolled over and caught fire in Leary, Georgia. The accident occurred close to Highway 55 and Bray Street, and the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle he was driving for Hatcher Petroleum Transport of Albany. The report says that there were no other vehicles involved in the...

• Family of dead wife/mother sues truck driver

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  CBS 11 TV out of Dallas/Fort Worth reported this week that the family of a North Texas school teacher who was killed in a trucking accident is now suing the truck driver for her death. The motor vehicle accident, which occurred at the intersection fo Custer Road and State Highway 121 in Plano in October 2006, involved an 18-wheeler truck that ran a red light. The driver of the truck has already...