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EDWARDSVILLE, IL – A troubled semi truck driver crashed his tractor trailer into the side of the trucking company building where he worked as a driver in Edwardsville, IL, then shot himself in the head after a long standoff with police on Sunday, January 29, 2012.

On January 28, 2012 a trucker crashed his semi truck into the loading dock at the trucking company where he worked in Edwardsville, IL then caused a 10 hour standoff with police before shooting himself in the head.

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CREVE COEUR, IL – A semi truck jackknifed and tumbled off the top of a freeway overpass on I-474 in Creve Coeur, IL only a few miles from Peoria onto motorists on Route 29 below in a horrific accident on Friday, December 16, 2011.

Fiery semi truck accident in Creve Coeur, IL on I-474 at Route 29 where a big rig trailer plunged over the edge of the overpass onto traffic below. Photo credit: Josh Bradshaw / Times staff

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GOODFIELD, IL – Two semi trucks collided with each other in Goodfield, IL on Thursday, October 13, 2011 spilling 20 tons of food all over the roadway.

Two semi trucks crash on October 13, 2011 near Peoria, IL on I-74 about 5 miles west of Goodfield spilling 40,000 lbs of pastries and cakes and shutting down part of the Interstate for hours.

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CHICAGO IL —  An incident occurred on Tuesday morning, March 29, at around 9:30 a.m. when gunmen opened fire near 75th Street and Vincennes Avenue in Englewood and a fleeing car smashed into a CTA bus, injuring 11 – two seriously.

Chicago police told reporters that shots were fired at a black Dodge Intrepid on the city’s South Side, causing the car to hit the westbound No. 75 Chicago Transit Authority bus, which then hit a light pole. ... Read Full Story

SHAWNEETOWN, IL – Two women were killed Wednesday, January 26, in a multi vehicle truck accident on a highway in Gallatin County, Illinois. The deadly crash involved two semi trucks and a passenger car and occurred on Illinois State Route 13 near the city of Shawneetown. The truck accident area is in the far southeast corner of the state near the border with Indiana, about 76 miles north of Paducah, Kentucky and about 47 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana.

On Wednesday morning 34 year old James N. Thomas of Enfield, IL was driving a 2002 Peterbilt semi trailer truck through Gallatin County in southeast Illinois. He is employed by Thomas Farms, also based in rural Enfield. The truck accident occurred at around 8:00 a.m. as the truck driver was headed east on IL State Route 13. ... Read Full Story

FOREST VIEW, IL – An illegal turn led to a deadly truck accident Friday afternoon, September 17, in Cook County, Illinois. The fatal crash occurred in Forest View, a suburb of Chicago, as the semi trailer truck moved through a construction zone at an intersection of the Stevenson Expressway, also known as Interstate 55. The truck accident area is in the far northeast section of the state, about 102 miles south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and about 64 miles northwest of Valparaiso, Indiana.

On Friday afternoonhttp://www.truckaccidents360.com/blog/ 61 year old truck driver Milan Tomasevic of Chicago was driving south on the Stevenson Expressway/I-55 traveling through Cook County, IL. The semi trailer truck was owned by G&S Expedited Freight, a trucking company based out of Chicago, IL. ... Read Full Story

HIGHLAND, IL – A fiery truck accident killed the driver of a semi and his passenger Monday morning, August 9, on an interstate in Madison County, Illinois. The deadly collision, which occurred near the city of Highland in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70, happened as traffic slowed for an earlier trailer truck accident. The accident area is in the southwest section of the state about 35 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri and about 93 miles northwest of Carbondale, IL.

The impact of the truck accident apparently damaged one or more fuel tanks on the semi which set off the collision and the Freightliner burst into flames.

Shortly before 7:00 a.m. Monday morning 30 year old Jason C. Scott of Grove City, IL was driving a Kenworth semi trailer truck west on Interstate 70 through Madison County, IL. About 10 minutes earlier a semi had crashed into an overpass in the same area and became disconnected from its trailer. The trailer broke open and spilled its load of food products out onto the highway. The incident occurred at mile marker 27. ... Read Full Story

MATTOON, IL – Three people were killed Monday, May 31, 2010, in a truck accident in Coles County, Illinois. The deadly incident may have happened when the truck driver was distracted as he drove on Interstate 57 just north of the city of Mattoon. The accident area is in the central east section of the state, about 135 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri and about 65 miles west of Terre Haute, Indiana.

Local emergency teams responded to the scene of the semi truck accident and police arrived a few moments later. When they went to the SUV they found that three of the four women had received fatal injuries in the collision and were already dead.

On Monday evening at around 5:00 p.m., 55 year old Everett Van Duzee of New Iberia, Louisiana was driving his semi trailer truck north on Interstate 57 in Coles County, IL. He had just driven through Mattoon and was a few miles north of the city entering a construction zone on the interstate when the truck accident occurred. ... Read Full Story

CHICAGO, IL – One man was killed and at least four others injured Thursday morning, April 1, 2010 at about 2:38 a.m. when a UPS semi truck collided with a passenger car in the South Loop of Chicago, Illinois. The accident occurred at the intersection of West Roosevelt Road and South Canal Street.

Mangled remains of the 2005 Ford Taurus involved in fatal UPS semi truck accident in Chicago's South Loop on Thursday.

The accident happened when an 18-wheeler operated by United Parcel Service was traveling eastbound on West Roosevelt Road attempting to make a left turn at Canal Street. An oncoming 2005 Ford Taurus was traveling westbound on Roosevelt Road at a high rate of speed when it struck the big rig while it was making the left turn. The Ford Taurus struck a fire hydrant from the force of the collision and then caught fire.

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CHICAGO, IL – The Eisenhower Expressway was closed for aprroximately 3 hours yesterday when a flatbed truck hauling plate glass and granite hit an overhead sign on Keeler Ave Bridge spilling the broken glass and granite onto the Expressway.

Shattered glass on the Eisenhower Expressway. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune)

The accident occurred at 6:30 a.m. and the lanes were reopened at about 9:30 a.m.

The Illinois Department of Transportation reported that the bridge itself was structurally sound and based on a preliminary investigation, they determined that the load was over height regulations which resulted in the impact to the overhead sign.

Two vehicles were damaged from the flying debris, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

Truck accident lawyers, Gordon  & Elias state that traveling down a highway with other drivers is sometimes challenging enough. You should not have to dodge rocks and other debris coming from a truck carrying too much of a load that is not secure. Sometimes that “falling debris” takes the form of larger items that can do significant damage to your car or crash through your windshield, seriously injuring you and others.

Gordon & Elias state that truck drivers and trucking companies should be held accountable for their negligence in loading the trailer or flatbed of a commercial truck. They must exercise the highest standards of safety, particularly when a load contains hazardous or volatile material.

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