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BUELLTON, CA – A harrowing semi truck accident happened on January 12, 2012 in Buellton, CA where an 18 wheeler crashed into a BMW while crossing a bridge over a ravine, sending the big rig plunging in flames into the creek below and leaving a family trapped in their vehicle dangling perilously over the edge of the bridge.

BMW hangs perilously over the edge of a freeway bridge over a ravine in Buellton, CA after semi truck knocked it through the concrete railing. Photo credit: Keyt.com

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MANTECA, CA – A big rig driver was hospitalized with serious injuries from a fiery semi truck crash in Manteca, CA on Wednesday, December 28, 2011.

Charred remains of an 18 wheeler after smashing into the concrete support of an overpass and bursting into flames on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Manteca, CA.

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KINGSBURG, CA – A driver was charged with DUI after a crash with a pickup truck in Kingsburg, CA on Sunday, November 20, 2011.

Intersection facing east on Rose Ave. at Zediker in Kingsburg, CA where a DUI truck accident occurred on November 20, 2011. Stop sign is on Zediker.

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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

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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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

TORRANCE, CA — A motorcycle and semi truck accident occurred in Los Angeles resulting in the death of the motorcyclist. KTLA News reports that a man was killed when his motorcycle crashed into a disabled semi truck parked on the 405 Freeway in the Torrance/ Lawndale area  of Los Angeles bursting into flames.

Motorcycle bursts into flames after crashing into disabled semi truck parked on 405 Freeway in Los Angeles due to mechanical difficulties. Motorcyclist pronounced dead at the scene. Photo by KTLA

The driver of the semi truck had moved to the left carpool lane on the northbound side, near Hawthorne Boulevard due to mechanical problems.

A California Highway Patrol sergeant who was at the scene reports that the motorcyclist was speeding and could not stop in time. He crashed into the back of the semi truck causing his motorcycle to burst into flames as a result of the impact.

The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. His name and age were not immediately released.

The CHP sergeant said it’s possible the man was part of a motorcycle club in the area that gets together on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The sergeant said club members often like to “rev up the speed” following the gatherings, and had the man been going slower, he may have been able to stop in time.

The sergeant said witnesses reported the man was traveling “way above the maximum speed limit.”

At least two lanes of the northbound 405 were shut down while the cleanup and investigation continued.

The lanes were expected to reopen before the morning rush hour.

KTLA News contributed to this story.

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SUNLAND, CA – A couple and boy were killed early Sunday morning just after 5:00 am on the westbound 210 freeway in Los Angeles County just before the Sunland Blvd exit when an SUV crashed into the rear of a semi truck that was legally parked on the shoulder of the road. Two other children survived when they were pulled from the SUV by a passerby.

Burned out SUV on the 210 Freeway involved in fiery crash in Sunland, CA

The couple who were killed in the accident were described as a man and woman in their 40s. The boy who died was believed to be 14 years old. A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said that an 11-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl were dragged from the back of the burning SUV by man described as a passing “good Samaritan.”

The SUV, was pulling a trailer carrying recreational vehicles (bicycles and other toys). The burned bodies of a man, woman and a teenage boy were found in the SUV.

Location of fatal semi truck accident on the 210 Freeway in Sunland, CA

The big rig was carrying a load of lettuce.  Sgt Gus Torres of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said that preliminary indications are that the big rig driver was stopped fully on the right shoulder … “For what reasons we still don’t know.” Sgt Torres went on to say that the right shoulders are typically designated for emergency stops.

The side of the road, especially between the La Tuna Canyon and Sunland exits on the 210 freeway, are known as places where truckers stop – especially at night to rest, but it’s only supposed to be for emergencies. Why the lettuce truck stopped remains under investigation.

The big rig semi truck was parked well inside the shoulder. What made the SUV veer off the road remains a mystery. Since that driver is dead it leaves investigators piecing together information from witnesses and the two young survivors who are at Children’s Hospital and who are expected to make it.

Below is a Google street view of the section of the 210 freeway where the accident occurred. You can click the mouse and drag it to pan around the scene of the accident.

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If you need information about truck accident law pertaining to Los Angeles, California, talk to a Los Angeles truck accident attorney who is qualified to answer your questions. At TruckAccidents360.com, you can find a California truck accident lawyer who specializes in representing victims involved in tractor trailer, big rig truck injury accidents.

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SAN FRANCISCO CA – Since the recent truck accident at the S-curve on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, we feel it is important to show this video on truck safety. The speaker is Steve Gordon,  a nationwide semi  truck accident lawyer, from the law firm of Gordon & Elias.  The video shows how improper loads can cause big rig and semi truck accidents.

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STEVEN GORDON:  I’ve been asked to speak about improper loading or stacking of the cargo.  This is a problem that happens quite a bit.  There are various kids of loads.  There are pipes, there are boxes, containers, fluids, so obviously in each given instance of what the load is you have to look at was it improperly loaded or maintained or latched, lashed down.

Load issues can actually be dangerous for the trucker as well.  There was a trucker out in California recently killed because he had to stop and the load shifted and came right through the cab and killed him.

So, what you need to understand here when a load issue is a cause of an accident, it’s not just the trucker and the truck company, but it’s the loading company who loaded this that also could be at fault and if so should be sued.  So you may have more defendants to understand so the jury can assess where the fault lies.

But loading and improper loading cause many different accidents.  For instance, a trucker when he’s turning, it shifts, causes the truck to turn over and lands on somebody.  This often times results in an accident.

Improper lashing down of loads can cause you losing a load.  We’ve all seen on the interstate where when you’re driving along all of the sudden, you know, something is right there and it causes an accident.

That’s the fault of the trucker and the truck company and the loading company.

So improper loading can cause quite an extensive array of accidents, and your truck accident lawyer needs to understand this and assess the situation properly

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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge – The CHP and fire investigators are on Yerba Buena Island examining the remains of a fatal big rig accident which started 200 feet above their heads when the truck driver literally drove off the S-curve on the Bay Bridge at 3:30 AM.

San Francisco big rig truck accident on bay bridge; driver plummets 200 feet to his death

The CHP is still not revealing the name of the driver who died on Yerba Buena Island after his truck came off the Bay Bridge, flew 200 feet then crashed. He was a man from Hayward, CA.

The truck was disintegrated. It was a produce truck from a trucking company out of San Ramon, hauling pears. The driver was traveling westbound on the Bay Bridge in the right lanes.

Eyewitnesses say he drove along at 50 mph, then came to the S-curve where you’re supposed to slow down to 40 mph. He didn’t do that. According to the CHP, he tried to adjust at the last minute, his load shifted and he went off the edge, came all the way down and crashed on Yerba Buena Island.

Sargeant Trent Cross of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) stated that there are Caltrans engineers at the site who are looking at the Bay Bridge to make sure it is structurally safe and also that it is important that the CHP conduct a thorough investigation because there was a loss of life and there was some significant damage as far as the vehicle dropping 200 feet.

The CHP also says that there is nothing wrong with the design of the bridge – even with that S-curve – that zig-zag in the bridge and that there have been about 40 fender benders since it went in on Labor Day. The CHP says that obviously, when you have over a quarter million vehicles per day going over this bridge and you only have 40 fender benders, then there is nothing wrong with the bridge that a little slowing down wouldn’t help. According to the CHP when this driver had his load shift, it was too much and it came over the edge.

There was some concern earlier that there might be someone else in the truck, but it was later determined that there was no one else in the truck. There was 150 gallons of diesel fuel. According to the driver logs that were in his cab, the driver had just filled up. He had a full tank of gas, so there was some concern of what that’s going to do environmentally. The San Francisco Fire Department put down some absorbant material to try to soak up some of that.

Location of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Semi Truck accident

So the story is that the driver is dead after driving his semi off the Bay Bridge at the S-curve, crashing on Yerba Buena Island.

This is just the latest accident at the S-curve. Last month a big rig hauling groceries flipped over while taking the S-curve too fast. Nobody was injured in the October 14 crash that time but the truck’s load spilled across the upper decks and closed the bridge trapping drivers for some nine hours. The spilled groceries had to be hauled off by hand until the big rig could be uprighted and cleared. The CHP says the driver didn’t realize the configuration had changed and was going too fast to make the curve. The speed limit is 40 mph but a lot of drivers enter that curve going too fast.

If you need information about truck accident law pertaining to San Francisco, California, talk to a San Francisco truck accident attorney who is qualified to answer your questions. At TruckAccidents360.com, you can find a San Francisco truck accident lawyer who specializes in representing victims involved in semi truck, big rig truck injury accidents.

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