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CAR AND COMMERCIAL TRUCK COLLIDE IN LYNCHBERG

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:41:43 +0000

Virginia State Police released the name this morning of the man killed Wednesday in a wreck on U.S. 460 in Thaxton.

John Willis Gravely, 72, of Washington, D.C., lost control of his car, crossed a median and hit a bucket truck head-on, police said.

2 DEAD WHEN CAR REAR ENDS A SEMI BIG TRUCK NEAR SAN ANTONIO TX.

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:09:27 +0000

Two people died early Tuesday when their pickup rear-ended an 18-wheeler at a rest stop in Schertz.

Schertz police Sgt. John Eisen said officers received a call about a reckless driver heading south on Interstate 35 about 3:24 a.m. Moments later, they got another call saying there had been a crash at a rest area.

When police arrived, both vehicles were engulfed in flames.

Eisen said the fire apparently erupted after the pickup’s gas tank burst.

The fire destroyed the 18-wheeler’s trailer, exposing a load of textbooks. The heat also warped the trailer, causing it to cave in.

Police think the rig’s driver, who was unharmed, was about to leave the rest stop when the accident occurred.

The people who died haven’t been identified, but the pickup’s driver is believed to be male. Their bodies remained in the charred truck for hours while officials with the police and the state’s Department of Public Safety investigated.

“They’re burned pretty bad,” Eisen said.

The highway’s southbound access road was closed for hours after the crash. Eisen also said three minor crashes occurred when people slowed to look at the wreck.

Seguin, Texas Four-Vehicle Accident Leaves 13 People Hospitalized

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:12:42 +0000

A fiery four-vehicle accident outside of Seguin, Texas has left thirteen people hospitalized. There were no fatalities in the accident involving a schoolbus, an 18-wheeler, and two cars. Of the thirteen hospitalized, children, and one was a man in critical condition.

The accident occurred when one of the cars pulled off to the right to let the 18-wheeler pass. The 18-wheeler clipped the car, causing it to collide with the schoolbus. The other car rear-ended the schoolbus, which flipped and caught fire.

A Halliburton crew helped rescue the passengers in all vehicles involved, they are being called heroes by the Texas state trooper who responded to the scene.

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SCHOOL BUS, 18 WHEELER AND A PICKUP TRUCK CAUSES A FATALITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:17:42 +0000

WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, SC (WCSC) -

The coroner’s office has identified a 64-year-old man who was killed after a three-vehicle wreck involving a school bus, a tractor-trailer and a pickup.

Authorities say Elix McDowell of Timmonsville died in the Monday evening accident outside of Kingstree.

South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers say the wreck happened on Highway 52 about 8 miles north of Kingstree. Troopers say the bus and the tractor-trailer were stopped when the pickup driver crashed into the back of the semi, which then hit the back of the bus.

The driver in the pickup truck was killed. Two children were on the bus at the time of the wreck. The children, the bus driver and the semi driver were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

SEMI TRUCKS AND TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS TOSSED IN DALLAS STORMS

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:58:30 +0000

HOUSTON – Multiple tornadoes ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth area Tuesday, tossing truck trailers like Tinkertoys, damaging hundreds of homes and causing numerous injuries, some critical.

The mayor of Lancaster, Texas, a suburb about 15 miles south of Dallas, saw one of the twisters approach.

“I was leaving a meeting here in town and heard the tornado sirens go off,” Mayor Marcus Knight said at a news conference.

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After the tornado struck, Knight said multiple injuries were reported, sending some victims to the hospital. No fatalities were reported, he said.

At least 300 structures were damaged, half of them severely, he said.

The city was declared a disaster area and its recreation center was converted into a shelter. Dallas County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of looting, and Sheriff Lupe Valdez toured the area, a spokeswoman said.

A curfew was imposed overnight and part of the city was blockaded, Knight said.

“The public’s safety is paramount,” he said.

About 30 miles northwest, a tornado tore through Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers, causing significant damage to homes and businesses, including a nursing home. That city’s mayor signed a disaster declaration.

To the southwest in Burleson, Spinks Airport manager Aaron Barth also spotted a tornado approaching shortly before 1 p.m.

“The rotation was present there and slowly descended down, touched down for about 15 seconds one to two miles east,” he said.

As he watched, the twister veered away from the airport, causing no injuries or damage, Barth said.

Elsewhere, tornadoes tossed tractor-trailers, ripped the roofs off houses, churned walls into planks and strewed them across suburban streets.

Emergency responders were still trying to tally damages late Tuesday.

“I can’t give damage assessment numbers because the storm system is so broad based, it’s covering such a wide swath of the region,” said Maria Anita, a Dallas County spokeswoman.

At least 12,000 people were without power in Fort Worth after the tornadoes hit, a Tarrant County spokesman said.

American Airlines canceled nearly all departures from its hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Tuesday evening and diverted others to different airports, said Fort Worth-based American spokesman Tim Smith.

An airport spokesman, David Magana, told The Associated Press that hail damaged more than 110 planes. It wasn’t clear how many belonged to American, which along with American Eagle had pulled 101 planes out of service for hail-damage inspections. Magana did not return calls from the Los Angeles Times.

At Dallas Love Field, passengers were forced to evacuate and take temporary shelter during the storm, and Southwest canceled more than 45 flights.

Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/04/03/2466639/tornadoes-cause-damage-injuries.html#storylink=cpy

FORT WORTH MOTORCYCLIST JOSEPH LIVELY KILLED BY TRACTOR TRAILER

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:48:20 +0000

WEATHERFORD — Officials have identified the man killed in the motorcycle and 18-wheeler wreck in the 1100 block of Fort Worth Highway Monday afternoon as 65-year-old Fort Worth resident Joseph Douglas Lively.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled Lively’s death an accident as a result of blunt force trauma, according to information released Wednesday.

Lively was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:50 p.m. Monday.

According to police and a witness at the scene, Lively was traveling eastbound on Fort Worth Highway on a motorcycle when he struck a westbound flat bed trailer turning into the parking lot of Simm’s Lumber.

The 18-wheeler was driven by 71-year-old Marvin Green of Dallas, according to police.

The witness said Lively’s vehicle T-boned the trailer portion of the vehicle.

A helmet was visible next to Lively’s covered body lying on the road.

Eastbound traffic was diverted to the turning and westbound lanes.

A TEXAS TRUCK DRIVER & HIS WIFE DIE IN CRASH WITH 2 OTHE 18 WHEELER SEMI

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:35:14 +0000

Texas wreck kills local couple

Two Ridgeway residents die in tractor-trailer crash

This image from the website of KENS 5 TV in San Antonio, Texas, shows the scene of an accident near Dilley, Texas, that killed a local couple. Three tractor-trailers were involved in the wreck. Randy and Regina Stowe of Ridgeway were killed when their vehicle (at right in the image above) burst into flames, said Sgt. Chris McGuairt of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Two tractor-trailer drivers — a husband-and-wife team from Ridgeway — died in a fiery crash Tuesday in Texas.

Randy Stowe, 49, and his wife, Regina Stowe, 45, died after the truck they were in burst into flames, according to Sgt. Chris McGuairt of the Texas Department of Public Safety. The accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, McGuairt said. Television station News 4 WOAI reported that the wreck happened at the intersection of Highway 85 and FM 1582 just outside Dilley, Texas. The Stowes lived on Wagon Trail Road in Ridgeway, according to death notices from Norris Funeral Services. Preliminary evidence at the scene indicated that Randy Stowe was driving the semi at the time of the crash, McGuairt said. When the incident began to unfold, McGuairt said, “one truck semi-trailer at the intersection was stopped at a stop sign facing west,” and a second “truck semi-trailer was stopped at a stop sign facing south.” The first truck — the truck headed west — “had the right of way and proceeded into the intersection,” McGuairt said. The truck facing south then “was struck from behind” by a third truck, which the Stowes were in, McGuairt said. Authorities do not know what prompted the Stowes’ vehicle to collide with the stopped truck, McGuairt said. He added that the driver allegedly “failed to control the speed.” On impact, the truck the Stowes were in “erupted into flames, and the occupants were not able to get out,” McGuairt said. Authorities contacted the owner of the vehicle the Stowes were in to determine who was inside, said McGuairt, who did not identify the owner. The crash started a chain reaction, and the semi that had been facing south was pushed forward into the intersection, where it collided with the tractor-trailer that had the right of way and was going through the intersection, McGuairt said. The speed of the Stowes’ tractor-trailer is not known, McGuairt said. The incident remains under investigation, he added. McGuairt said an advanced accident reconstruction team will try to re-create the incident to determine what happened, but it may be “days or weeks” before that process is complete. The drivers of the other trucks also were injured, McGuairt said. One has chest and back pain, and another has chest and rib pain, McGuairt said. He noted that both were in stable condition Wednesday. No charges were filed in connection with the incident, he said. The crash occurred less than 100 miles from Laredo, Texas, which was the Stowes’ destination, McGuairt said.

18 wheeler and car collide in East Teaxs

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:10:57 +0000

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) -

Authorities have confirmed one person is dead after an accident involving an 18-wheeler and a small car near Corrigan.

DPS is investigating the accident, which happened around 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.

An 18-wheeler left the northbound lanes of Highway 59 between Moscow and Corrigan, striking a tree several yards from the road. A white Toyota sedan was damaged extensively on its front end. The car remained in the grassy median until it was towed away on the back of a wrecker.

DPS confirmed one person died in the crash, but the name of the victim would not be released until family members were notified.

DPS spokesman David Hendry said more information about the drivers and any passengers would be released early Thursday morning.

The Texas Department of Public Safety, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Corrigan Volunteer Fire Department, and TXDoT all responded to the scene. Fire crews were seen spraying the road with hoses near the crash site.

Traffic had been backed up for miles in the northbound lanes, before some cars were allowed to pass. As of 9:30 p.m., Polk County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers said the Highway 59 had reopened.

What The Semi Truck Accident Victims Center wants you to know

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:55:08 +0000

The Semi Truck Accident Victims Center is the premier advocate for innocent victims of a semi truck, or commercial vehicle accident anywhere in the United States. The group says, “We are urging any family member to call us, if a loved one is an innocent victim of a semi truck, or commercial truck accident anywhere in the United States. Because the enormous size difference between a semi truck, a big rig, or a commercial vehicle, tragically the passenger vehicle occupants lose. If this has happened to you, or a loved one, we want to know about it immediately, and we will start working for you, and your family on the spot.” According to the National Traffic Safety Board approximately 500,000 semi truck or commercial truck accidents occur each year in the United States. Tragically, about 5,000 of these accidents result in fatalities. For passenger vehicle drivers, the sad fact is one out of every eight traffic fatalities in the United States involves a semi truck, a big rig, or a commercial truck. The Semi Truck Accident Victims Center says, “It does not matter if the accident happens in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Memphis, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, or in a small community in South Dakota, our service is the same for an innocent victim, or loved ones of a victim of a semi truck, or commercial vehicle accident, and the quality of our service is without equal, especially for loved ones, or family members of victims.” For more information victims, or loved ones of victims of a semi truck, big rig, or commercial truck accidents are encouraged to contact the Semi Truck Accident Victims Center anytime for their unparalleled national service at 866-714-6466, or they can contact the group via their web site at http://SemiTruckAccidentVictimsCenter.Com

What To Do If A Loved One Or Family Member Is Involved In A Vehicular Accident Involving A Semi Truck, Or Commercial Vehicle?

If you, or a loved one is involved in an accident with a semi truck, big rig, or commercial truck, you should seek medical attention immediately if needed. Never leave the scene of the accident, or admit fault if this can be avoided. If there has been a serious injury, family members are welcome to call the Semi Truck Accident Victims Center, to take advantage of the group’s best local medical options research capability. At the same time, once contact has been made the Semi Truck Accident Victims Center will attempt to coordinate investigators, or legal resources, and anything else, as needed.
If possible, the victim of a passenger vehicle involved in a semi truck accident should take photographs of the crash site, along with other the vehicles, that might have been involved.
Legal experts say never sign anything under pressure, and never make a statement to the other party, or their insurer without an attorney present. Also, do not sell or dispose of the vehicle that was involved in the crash. Be sure to collect and preserve all evidence, and collect the contact numbers of any witnesses-if possible.

The Semi Truck Accident Victims Center is on call 24 hours a day to any victim, or family member of a victim involved in a traffic serious accident with a semi truck, commercial vehicle, or big rig.
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SEMI BIG TRUCK AND TRACTOR TRAILER CRASHES HEAD ON IN DALLAS

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:51:55 +0000

FARMERSVILLE, Texas – An 18-wheeler crashed head-on into another large box truck in a construction zone in a small North Texas community Monday morning.

At least one person was transported by air ambulance to a local hospital.

A second person, the one driving the box truck, was cut out of the wreckage by rescuers.

The accident happened about 9:15 a.m. on Highway 380 at CR 687, about a mile or so east of Farmersville.

Traffic in both directions was backed up for miles.

The road is currently two lanes wide, and is being expanded to at least four lanes. It’s not clear exactly why the accident happened or who was in the wrong lane.