Trucking Accident In The News

Deteriorating roadways and bridges plague the nation, ready to wreak havoc on human lives and local governments. But in the event of a tragic accident, victims may find they have no recourse against public officials due to sovereign immunity.

Monday, November 24 WOODFORD — A 70-foot tractor-trailer towing a car carrier spun-out Saturday on a snow-covered Woodford Mountain. The accident caused another tractor-trailer, trying to avoid the first, to veer off the road, into some pine trees. The crashes closed Route 9 for more than four hours, backing up traffic at least a mile in each direction, but did not result in

The Nova Scotia government will do "whatever it takes" to restore the confidence of drivers after a massive traffic snarl last week left 1,500 vehicles stuck overnight in the middle of a snowstorm, the province's transportation minister said Monday.

Some mourners arrived wearing white T-shirts with the names of their loved ones written in black. Others carried flowers. They waited patiently inside a west Oak Cliff church standing in two lines that wrapped around the seven coffins – four white, two pink, one gray.

EDMONTON — A Winkler man was hit and killed by a semi at an Edmonton truck stop. The family of Willie Wiebe, a trucker who was dragged to death Wednesday, is desperately trying to piece together what led to the tragedy.

11/24/2008 Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems provided fleet managers and government officials with an opportunity to experience the latest collision-safety technology for commercial trucks, buses, and trailers at a demonstration ride 'n drive event at a closed course near Turner Field in Atlanta last week.

MUSCATINE, Iowa — A Muscatine man has died in a construction accident at a high school in Bakersfield, Calif.

A Colusa businessman has been fined $48,000 for his company's role in a chemical spill that polluted a drainage canal last year. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board levied the administrative civil liability penalty against Frank A. Rogers and his Rogers Trucking Co.

A propane truck driver was killed Sunday morning after his truck exploded near the intersection of Highway 71 and Highway 212 in Olivia, Minn.

With two million collision-free miles across North America, not to mention a heroic rescue of another driver whose tractor-trailer flipped on a suspension bridge over [...]