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COLOMA, MI – One person was killed Monday afternoon, August 16, in a semi trailer truck accident on an interstate in Berrien County, Michigan. The deadly rear-end collision occurred in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 near the exit for the city of Coloma. The truck accident area is in the far southwest corner of the state near Lake Michigan, about 43 miles west of Kalamazoo, MI and about 46 miles north of South Bend, Indiana.

Firefighters prepare to remove the victim of a fatal crash on eastbound Interstate 94 near Coloma on Monday afternoon. Police said it appears that the semi truck ran into the rear of the car. Traffic had backed up due to a multi-vehicle crash that had taken place a few minutes earlier in the eastbound lanes near the Coloma exit, about two miles to the east. William F. Ast III / H-P staff

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VALPARAISO, IN – One person is dead after a semi truck accident Friday, May 28, 2010, in Porter County, Indiana. The collision between the 18 wheeler and a passenger car occurred in the city of Valparaiso at the intersection of Indiana 49 and Vale Park Road, reportedly one of the most dangerous intersections in the state. The accident area is in the far north corner of the state, about 60 miles southwest of South Bend, IN and about 53 miles southeast of Chicago, IL.

Valparaiso Police shut down the intersection while crews worked to clear the wreckage of the vehicles and officials reconstructed the truck accident.

At around 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, 79 year old Adele Nielson of Grovertown, IN was in her gold-colored passenger car, driving east on Vale Park Road. At the intersection with Indiana 49 the traffic light for her lane turned red and she came to a stop. At the same time a semi trailer truck was traveling south on Indiana 49. The identity of the truck driver is unknown. ... Read Full Story

LA PORTE, IN – A fiery truck accident on Friday night, April 30, 2010, shut down a section of an Indiana highway for several hours. The collision between a FedEx truck and a semi flatbed trailer occurred on Interstate 80/90 near the city of La Porte, in La Porte County, IN. The accident area is in the northwest section of the state near the borders of Illinois and Michigan, about 40 miles south of St. Joseph, MI and 70 miles east of Chicago, Illinois.

After rear-ending the flat bed trailer, the FedEx truck jackknifed across both lanes of the interstate and burst into flames. The flatbed semi was carrying three cars on its trailer at the time.

At around 7:45 p.m. 34 year old Andy Bowers of Walkerton, IN was driving a FedEx truck westbound on Interstate 80/90, also known as the East-West Indiana Toll Road, in La Porte County, IN. As Mr. Bowers was crossing a bridge on the interstate near mile marker 57 one of the tires on the FedEx truck blew out and he lost control of the rig.

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MONTPELIER, OH – A Ohio Highway Patrol trooper was injured Thursday morning, April 29, 2010, when he was hit by a FedEx semi truck in Williams County, OH. The truck accident happened while the trooper was conducting a traffic stop on the Ohio Turnpike near the city of Montpelier. The area is about 13 miles east of the Indiana border in the far northwest corner of the state, 60 miles west of Toledo, OH and 55 miles northeast of Fort Wayne, IN.

The FedEx truck first hit the trooper’s vehicle, and then the cruiser plowed into the minivan, hitting Trooper Alexander and throwing him about 70 feet over the highway guardrail.

On Thursday morning Trooper Tommy Alexander was working on the Ohio Turnpike during the morning commute. Trooper Alexander is 41 years old from Springfield Township and has been with the Ohio Highway Patrol since 1993. ... Read Full Story

HAYDEN, IN – Three people were injured Friday night in a multi-vehicle truck accident in Jennings County, Indiana. The truck collision happened on U.S. Highway 50, near Hayden, IN. The area is in the far southeast corner of the state, 70 miles southeast of Indianapolis, IN and 60 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.

Indiana State Police, Jennings County Sheriff's Dept., Seymour Fire Department, and the Jennings County Volunteer Fire and Rescue responded to the scene of the truck accident.

Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Friday night, 33 year old Kevin L. Jayne of North Vernon, IN was driving a Dodge Dakota pickup truck east on U.S. Highway 50. As he neared the area of US 50 and County Road 900W he apparently lost control of his pickup, crossed over the center line of the highway, and into the path of a westbound 2006 Freightliner tractor trailer truck driven by 55 year old James R. Malone of Tower City, Pennsylvania… ... Read Full Story

EDINBURGH, IN: Two people died after the van they were riding in was rear-ended by a tractor trailer on an Indiana highway early Sunday morning. The truck accident happened on Interstate 65 near Edinburgh in Shelby County, about thirty miles south of Indianapolis. The area is in the central section of the state, 85 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky and 217 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois.

Two family members die after Chevy van was rear ended by tractor trailer on I 65

The tractor trailer accident occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. Sunday as a full size 2010 Chevy passenger van was traveling north on I-65, headed for Chicago. The van was carrying 18 members of an extended family, both adults and children. The family group had been attending a kite flying event in Atlanta, Georgia … ... Read Full Story

ORLEANS, IN  – A semi truck lost part of its load on an Indiana highway, crushing two vehicles and killing three people. The truck accident occurred Monday evening on Indiana Highway 37 near the city of Orleans. The area is in Orange County in the southern section of the state, 90 miles south of Indianapolis, IN and 54 miles northwest of Louisville, KY.

One of 2 cars crushed in fatal semi truck accident on State Highway 37 just outside of Orleans, IN. Photo credit: WXIN-TV FOX59

According to Indiana authorities who responded to the truck accident scene, 33 year old Israel Rankin of Paoli, IN was driving his flatbed truck southbound on Highway 37. Rankin is the owner of the truck and was hauling a load of steel coils, transporting the heavy coils from Portage to Jeffersonville for Sonny’s Truck Sales, based in Paoli.

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HUNTINGTON, IN – A father and son were tragically killed Wednesday morning on December 30, 2009 just two days before the New Year. The accident happened when their pick-up truck was struck by a freight train in Huntington, Indiana.

A Norfolk-Southern train slammed into a pick-up truck at its crossing on Hitzfield Street in Huntington, Indiana tragically killing a father and son Weds morning on December 30, 2009

The Norfolk-Southern train slammed into the pick-up truck at its crossing on Hitzfield Street shortly after 11am, instantly killing the father, 44-year old Wally Bowers and his son, 22-year old Nathan Bowers. The crossing does not have lights or swing arms, just two stop signs on both sides of the tracks.

The family of the victims of the train-truck accident spoke out to Indiana’s NewsCenter.

Wally sold scrap metal for a living to help support his family including his special-needs son Nathan. LeBecca Boyer, Wally’s former wife, owns several rental properties, but the economy has taken a toll on her income, leaving no money for Christmas presents.

Now Boyer is left with little money for funeral expenses for men she says would have given the shirts off their backs for anybody.

“I’ll sell my house and all of my belongings if I have to,” said a tearful LeBecca.

Boyer and her family hope new safety measures will be installed at the crossing. Residents tell Indiana’s NewsCenter that something “should be done there” to prevent another tragedy.

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WARSAW, IN – A semi tanker truck hauling anhydrous ammonia was hit by a passenger vehicle  just after midnight on U.S. 30 near County Road 500 west in Kosciusko County. The vehicle failed to stop at an intersection, slamming into the side of a semi-tanker, causing the tanker to jack-knife and eventually roll-over onto its side.

Semi truck carrying hazardous materials jackknives after being hit by car on US 30 in Warsaw, IN

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department suspects that the driver of the passenger vehicle was impaired or intoxicated and legal blood toxicology is pending.

Both drivers were taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital. The driver of the semi-tanker truck was treated and released, but the passenger vehicle driver was reported to be in serious condition with a possible broken neck.

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HAZMAT crews were on the scene slowly removing the anhydrous ammonia and transferring it into another tanker. Westbound U.S. 30 will be closed from C.R. 350 West to C.R. 650 West for an undetermined time today.

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BLOOMFIELD, IN – On Sep 24 at about 7:00 am, just east of Bloomfield, in Greene County, Indiana, a semi truck carrying a load of over 5000 gallons of hot asphalt rolled over several times and landed in a ditch spilling hot liquid asphalt. The semi truck driver was lucky to escape with minor injury.

Lt. Bryan K. Woodall of the Greene County Sheriff’s Dept. stated that the semi truck accident happened at 6:05 am on State Road 54 near County Road 375E. James Wilcox, 27 years old, from Magnolia, Kentucky, was the driver of the semi truck. He was suffering from a cut in the head and was transported to Greene County General Hospital by the Greene County Ambulance Service.

Wilcox was travelling westbound on the highway 54 in a 2001 Freightliner semi-tanker owned by Kevin Lucas Trucking Inc. (Cecilia, KY). The semi truck was hauling a load of about 5,900 gallons of hot liquid asphalt. Wilcox said that he was having trouble controlling the semi truck as he came around a curve when it started to roll over as it came near the bottom of the hill.

Lt. Woodall reported that the truck rolled off the south side of the curve and off the roadway, then came to a stop on its side. About 1,000 gallons of hot liquid asphalt spilled out of the top fill spout of the tanker.

A Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) crew from Task Force Seven was called in to clean up the accident. This crew consists of personnel from the Greencastle Fire Department and VCARE (from Vigo County). Crews from the VanBuren Township Fire Department (from Monroe County) were also called in to assist in the large containment effort.

Lt. Woodall also mentioned that the owner of Lucas Trucking (Kevin Lucas) was on his way to the scene of the accident with personnel to offload the remaining hot liquid asphalt from the tanker. This would lighten the load so the wrecking service would be able to upright the overturned rig.

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