Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

CORBIN, KY – A man suffered fatal injuries after his pickup truck was struck by a tractor trailer truck Monday night in Whitley County, Kentucky. The truck accident happened on Interstate 75 near Corbin, KY. The area of the collision is in the far southeast section of the state about 30 miles north of the Tennessee border, 90 miles south of Lexington, KY and 86 miles north of Knoxville, TN.

After a preliminary investigation of the fatal truck accident, authorities have ruled out drug or alcohol use as being a factor. There were no reports that his trailer truck malfunctioned.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday night 65 year old Larry W. Rogers of Corbin, KY was traveling south on Interstate 75 in Whitley County in a 1996 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck. A few minutes later he stopped his pickup and was straddling the shoulder and the right lane of the interstate near mile marker 26. Kentucky State Police are unsure why Mr. Rogers stopped his vehicle in the traffic lane of the highway. ... Read Full Story

SOUTH BAY, FL – Two people died last Saturday morning from injuries they suffered in a truck accident in Palm Beach County, Florida south of Lake Okeechobee. The fiery crash happened on U.S. Highway 27 in South Bay, Florida near the border with Broward County. The area is in the southern section of the state 160 miles southeast of Orlando and 78 miles northwest of Miami, FL.

After crashing into the rear of the 18 wheeler, Mr. Colon's Chrysler became stuck under the trailer of the truck. Authorities report that the smaller vehicle exploded and then burst into flames, engulfing the car and the two victims.

At around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, March 6th, 22 year old Evan L. Colon of Pahokee, FL and an unidentified female passenger were traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 27 in a Chrysler 300 vehicle. ... Read Full Story

KERNERSVILLE, NC – A truck driver and a female passenger were injured last Monday in a truck rollover accident in Forsyth County, North Carolina. The truck accident happened on Interstate 40 near NC State Route 66 in Kernersville, in the Winston-Salem metro region. The area is in the northwest section of the state, 88 miles northeast of Charlotte, NC and 280 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee.

The trailer truck went off the left side of the interstate and crashed into the cable center dividing median. The semi truck then flipped over and finally crashed into the guardrail by the highway bridge, which crosses under Old Salem Road.

The truck accident happened a short time before 11:00 a.m. Monday morning as the truck driver was headed east on Interstate 40. The tractor trailer was hauling lumber and there was one passenger in the truck cab. ... Read Full Story

ANDOVER, MA – Three people were injured last Tuesday in a truck accident on a busy Massachusetts highway. The collision between the 18 wheeler truck and passenger sedan occurred on Interstate 495 in Andover, MA. The area is north of the Boston metro region in the northeast corner of the state, 34 miles southeast of Manchester, New Hampshire and 87 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island.

The 18 wheeler ended up on its side, partially in a gully at the side of the interstate. The tractor trailer finally stopped, blocking two lanes of traffic and trapping Mr. Ramos in the cab of his truck.

The truck accident happened at approximately 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon as an unidentified 17 year old boy and his passenger, 47 year old Larry Armstrong, both of Attleboro, MA, were in a 1997 Chevrolet Geo Prism. They were entering the southbound lanes of Interstate 495 from the exit ramp of Interstate 93 North. ... Read Full Story

PHOENIX, AZ — Six people were killed in a deadly bus crash at 5:27 a.m Friday morning when a  bus carrying 21 passengers rolled over after hitting another vehicle. The bus driver lost control and veered to the left, then to the right and off the road, rolling over at least once while several people were ejected from the bus, according to Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves. The crash occurred on Interstate 10 about 25 miles south of Phoenix.

Fifteen of the 21 bus passengers were transported to hospitals, including five who suffered serious injuries and were taken by helicopter.

Aerial video showed emergency crews from several agencies breaking out windows, trying to remove victims from the mangled bus. Medics set up a triage area on the freeway to treat the injured. A total of five medical helicopters were called out to the scene. ... Read Full Story

SPRINGFIELD, MO – A man was killed and his twin brother critically injured last Friday afternoon in a truck accident in Missouri. The deadly truck collision happened in Springfield, in Greene County. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state, 216 miles southwest of St. Louis, MO and 217 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas.

The multi truck accident left the Dodge pickup sandwiched between the 18 wheeler and the delivery truck, the right passenger side of the pickup completely caved in by the impact.

The truck accident occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon at the intersection of the Kansas Expressway/Route 13 and Division Street. A 2002 Dodge pickup truck driven by 42 year old Edwin Kropf was heading east on division St., his 42 year old twin brother Edward was the passenger in the pickup. The brothers were Amish-Mennonite farmers from the Everton, MO area.  ... Read Full Story

LYONS TOWNSHIP, MI – A semi truck jackknifed on a Michigan highway in Lyons Township last Thursday morning, snarling traffic for hours. The truck accident happened in the Detroit metro region, on Interstate 96 near Kent Lake Road in Oakland County. The accident area is in the southeast section of the state, 63 miles east of Lansing, Michigan and 70 miles north of Toledo, Ohio.

Debris from the truck accident was strewn across the eastbound lanes of I-96, closing done some of the east traffic lanes while crews cleared the concrete pieces from the damaged median.

At around 6:45 a.m. Thursday morning an unidentified truck driver, hauling a load of steel coils, was headed west on Interstate 96. Each of the steel coils was reported to weigh about 45,000 pounds. ... Read Full Story

SOUTH HAVEN, KS – A fatal accident occurred when a SUV tried to make a u-turn and collided with a semi tractor trailer truck. The crash happened near the Oklahoma border around 9:00 pm Wednesday night when a car with 5 people was heading south on the I-35 near the South Haven exit. Troopers say the driver missed the exit and tried to quickly make a u-turn to head the other way.

Crushed SUV involved in fatal semi truck accident in South Haven, Kansas on the Kansas Turnpike.

Lieutenant Phil Bostian told Eyewitness News 12 that the SUV pulled off on the right hand shoulder as if it was going to stop. The truck driver thought they were going to stop so he moved over to the left lane in order to give them some extra room. ... Read Full Story

OZARK, AR – A truck driver was seriously injured in an accident Saturday night near Ozark, Arkansas. The truck accident happened on Interstate 40 about 40 miles east of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The accident area is in the far west central section of the sate, near the border with Oklahoma, 125 miles northwest of Little Rock, AR and 156 miles southeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Saturday evening the unidentified truck driver was heading west on Interstate 40. When the truck driver was in the area near mile marker 32 on the interstate he attempted to merge into the right lane and hit a passenger car that was in that lane already. ... Read Full Story

GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, MI – A truck driver was injured Friday when the tractor trailer he was driving crashed into a water filtration plant in Ottawa County, Michigan. The truck accident happened in Grand Haven Township at the intersection of Michigan State Highway 45/Lake Michigan Drive and Lakeshore Drive. The area is in the west central section of the state on the shores of Lake Michigan, 194 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan and 166 miles northeast of Chicago, Illinois.

The trailer truck became airborne and flew about 45 to 50 feet before landing in the parking lot of the water filtration plant.The truck finally came to a stop a few feet from the water of Lake MI.

Shortly before 5:00 a.m. Friday morning, 38 year old Alton Hubbard of Detroit, MI was driving a tractor truck west on Michigan 45/Lake Michigan Dr. Mr. Hubbard drives for Detroit based CVA Enterprise, Inc. and had just made a delivery in Zeeland, MI and was on his way to Ludington, MI to pick up another load. ... Read Full Story