Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

Archive for April, 2012

CARTERSVILLE, GA. — The driver of a  Ford F350 pickup traveling northbound on I-75 was killed when he crossed the median and slammed head-on into a southbound tractor-trailer causing both vehicles to catch fire.

One motorist was killed and a big rig driver was injured and hospitalized in a fiery semi truck accident on the southbound I-75 near Cartersville in Bartow County, GA on April 15, 2012.

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LAKE STATION, IN — A big rig driver, who swerved to avoid hitting another semi truck that was moving into his lane, caused an overhead Borman Expressway sign near Lake Station,Ind. to partially collapse.

A semi truck crashed into an overhead sign on the Borman Expressway in Lake Station, IN on April 4, 2012 toppling it onto the roadway below. The sign had to be hauled away before traffic could resume. Photo credit: Indiana State Police

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — The North Carolina Highway Patrol is still investigating why a tractor trailer traveling on I-85 north ended up crashing down below onto Highway U.S. 220, killing the driver of an 18-wheeler truck.

A semi truck lies on its side in Greensboro, NC up against the support pillars of the freeway overpass after it struck the median on the I-85 above and then ran off the road and flipped over onto on U.S. 220 below. The truck driver was killed in the accident.

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CONCORD, NH. — Investigators with the New Hampshire State Police suspect driver fatigue as the cause of a truck colliding with a passenger vehicle on Tuesday, April 10, on the I-89 in Concord, New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Dept of Transportation clean up after a truck accident on the northbound I-89 on April 10, 2012. Photo credit Tony Schinella

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GLENDALE, CA. – A suspected drunk driver in a Honda Accord traveling westbound on the 134 Freeway in Glendale, California slammed into the back of the rear trailer of a double tanker truck, causing the tanker carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline to hit a guardrail and to explode into flames. The city of Glendale is located in Los Angeles County.

Fiery tanker truck crash on the westbound Ventura Freeway (134) at the interchange with I-5 in Glendale, CA causes a blazing inferno on April 7, 2012.

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STONEHAM, MA. — State police are trying to determine the cause of an accident on I-93 in Stoneham, Massachusetts that killed a woman driving a 2005 Volkswagen Beetle in one accident, while a Lawrence man faces a DUI charge for crashing into a cruiser and tow truck that responded to that fatal accident.

Crash site of fatal accident on southbound I-93 in Stoneham, MA

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TEMECULA, CA – A man driving a vehicle on Interstate 15 in Temecula was killed Friday morning, March 30, at about 7:30 a.m. when he drifted onto the shoulder crashing into a tractor trailer that was stopped there. Temecula is located in Riverside County, California in the southern part of the state about 85 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 49 miles south of San Bernardino.

A man was killed on March 30, 2012 when his vehicle drifted off the road and crashed into the rear of an 18 wheeler on I-15 in Temecula, CA. Photo credit : California Highway Patrol

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