Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• 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,...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Tractor-trailer overturns and kills driver

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2007 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported today that a Mississippi truck driver died Thursday when his tractor-trailer overturned on Franklin Creek Road near the Alabama-Mississippi state line. According to the report, the truck accident occurred when the driver was attempting to get on I-10 east ramp at 5:30 a.m. The gasoline tank the truck was trailing leaked. The road remained closed until 12:30 p.m.

• Dangerous cycle of truck driving

  Staff Writer | December 07, 2006 9:19 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An interesting article in the Baltimore Sun points out the dangers of long hours and difficult schedules for truck drivers and others on the roads. The article points to the increased demands of the growing global economy as a driving factor in the more grueling schedules truck drivers must keep. Our country's 350,000 independent truckers may feel it the most, since they're paid by the delivery...

• Problems in Texas affect citizens in other states

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  It appears that the state of Texas has been doing a very poor job of regulating the trucking industry. As a result, trucks from Texas can create safety hazards when these trucks travel into other states. It should be noted that the trucking industry in the U.S. has grown at a rapid pace. That has also been the case in the Lone Star State. It appears that the trucking industry's growth has...

• 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...

• 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...