Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

Archive for the ‘California Truck Accidents’ Category

ANAHEIM, CA – A serious big rig accident occurred in Anaheim, California when a semi truck went out of control landing on the cab of a gravel truck. Anaheim is located in Orange County about 30 miles southeast of Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles.

The accident happened on Tuesday April 12 in Anaheim on the westbound 91 Freeway around 11 p.m. ... Read Full Story

LACAÑADA FLINTRIDGE, CA – Jury selection is scheduled to begin this summer, June 20, two years after Marcos Costa’s runaway semi truck swerved out of control down Angeles Crest Highway, crashing into several vehicles injuring several victims and killing a man and his 12-year old  daughter. Lacañada Flintridge is located in Los Angeles County about 6 miles northwest of Altadena and about 11 miles northwest of Alhambra.

Friends and family of Angel and Angelina Posca remember their loved ones. Credit Hugh Williams

The victims killed on April 1, 2009 were Angel Posca and his 12-year-old daughter, Angelina, of Palmdale. On Oct 9, 2009, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge dismissed the murder charges against Marcos Costa, the 44 year old driver of the semi truck from Everett, MA involved in the Angeles Crest truck accident on April 1, 2009, but the charges were reinstated after an appellate court ruling. Costa spent nearly two years in Los Angeles County Jail, but was released on bail in March. ... Read Full Story

RANCHO BERNARDO, CA – There were major traffic delays Friday, Feb 11, after a truck accident closed a portion of a highway in San Diego County, California. A semi truck jackknifed and crashed on Interstate 15 near the suburb of Rancho Bernardo just as the afternoon commute was getting started. The truck accident area is in the far southwest corner of California about 63 miles north of Tijuana, Mexico and south of Los Angeles.

On Friday an unidentified truck driver was traveling through southwest California, driving a FedEx tractor trailer loaded with bulk packages. The driver’s destination at the time of the truck accident is not known. FedEx is a package transportation company based out of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Read Full Story

PRUNEDALE, CA – Two people, including a young child, were killed Friday afternoon, November 5, in a multi vehicle truck accident on a highway in Monterey County, California. The deadly collision occurred on California State Highway 156 in the city of Prunedale, CA. The truck accident area is in the central west section of the state on Monterey Bay, about 98 miles southeast of San Francisco and about 310 miles northwest of Los Angeles, CA.

On Friday afternoon 52 year old Ron Williams of Hollister, CA was driving a semi trailer truck west on California Highway 156, traveling through Monterey County, CA. The tractor trailer belonged to Bhandal Brothers Trucking based out of Hollister. At the time of the truck accident the semi trailer was empty and on its way to pick up a cargo load.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – A truck driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, October 27, when he crashed his semi tanker on the 405 Freeway in West Los Angeles. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state. A number of other vehicles were involved in the truck accident as well.

On Wednesday afternoon 58 year old William Bradfield of Huntington Beach, CA was driving a semi tanker truck north on Interstate 405, also known as the San Diego Freeway. It is not known if the tanker section of the truck was filled at the time, or where the driver was headed. ... Read Full Story

MORGAN HILL, CA – A semi trailer truck rolled over Monday afternoon, October 18, spilling liquid wax onto a highway in Santa Clara County, California. The truck accident occurred on Highway 101 near the city of Morgan Hill and would cause major traffic delays throughout the afternoon. The accident area is south of the San Francisco metro region in the northwest part of California, about 136 miles south of Sacramento, CA and about 320 miles northwest of Los Angeles, CA.

On Monday afternoon 50 year old Juan Ardina of Gonzales, CA was driving a 2000 KW semi tanker south on Highway 101 through Santa Clara County, CA. The 18 wheeler truck was carrying a load of approximately 43,000 pounds of liquid molten wax in its tanker section. ... Read Full Story

CARLSBAD, CA – A semi trailer truck crashed and flipped over onto a center barrier wall early Friday morning, Oct 8, on a highway in San Diego County, California. The single vehicle truck accident happened after one of the tires blew out on the semi as it traveled near the city of Carlsbad, CA. The accident area is just north of the San Diego metro region in the far southwest corner of the state.

Early Friday morning truck driver Salvador Salinas was driving a semi trailer truck through San Diego County, CA, headed south on Interstate 5. The trailer section was carrying a full load of automotive tools with a total weight of approximately 20,000 pounds. The driver had picked up his cargo in Los Angeles and was on his way to San Diego. The tractor trailer is owned by MAT Express a bonded carrier company based out of San Diego, CA.
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GILROY, CA – A truck driver died early Friday morning, August 27, after his semi trailer truck crashed on a highway in the San Jose metro region in Santa Clara County, California. The fatal collision occurred just south of the city of Gilroy, on U.S. Highway 101 between Highway 25 and Betabel Road. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state about 120 miles west of Fresno, CA and about 153 miles north of San Luis Obispo, CA.

CHP officers shut down a section of north U.S. Highway 101 while highway crews from Caltrans reported to the scene of the deadly collision to clear the traffic lanes.

At around midnight Friday an unidentified 65 year old truck driver from San Leandro, CA was driving a 2005 International tractor trailer truck north on Highway 101 through Santa Clara County, CA. The truck driver had picked up a cargo of broccoli in Salinas, CA and was transporting the trailer load north to Oakland, CA. The total weight of the trailer and the broccoli was believed to be about 80,000 pounds. ... Read Full Story

SAN DIEGO, CA – Monday morning commuter traffic stalled when a semi trailer truck overturned on a highway in San Diego County, California. The truck accident occurred on Interstate 5 near the city of San Diego and dumped tons of gravel onto the roadway as well as an unknown amount of diesel fuel. The truck accident area is in the southwest section of the state about 121 miles southeast of Los Angeles, CA and about 355 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona.

California Highway Patrol and San Diego County emergency personnel responded to the scene.

At around 9:00 a.m. Monday morning, July 19, 52 year old truck driver Timothy Glass of San Diego was driving a semi trailer truck south on Interstate 5 in San Diego County. The semi was hauling a trailer loaded with thousands of pounds of gravel. ... Read Full Story

TURLOCK, CA – Three big rigs were involved in a fiery chain reaction crash just before midnight Tuesday, July 6, 2010 on California Highway 99 in Turlock, CA, killing one driver and sending a second to the hospital.

CalTrans crews clean up debris on Highway 99 after chain reaction pileup in Turlock, CA

Turlock is in Stanislaus County, California in the central part of the state, about 14 miles southeast of Modesto, about 90 miles southeast of Sacramento, about 299 miles northwest of Los Angeles, about 419 miles northwest of San Diego, about 105 miles southeast of San Francisco, about 84 miles northwest of Fresno and about 352 miles northwest of San Bernardino. ... Read Full Story