Category Archives: Truck Accidents
Texas multi-vehicle accident injures 4
Accidents in Texas involving large trucks can have devastating consequences. Because 18-wheelers weigh much more than an average-sized car, the impact can be much more serious than an accident involving vehicles similar in size. Small vehicles are no match against the size and weight of commercial vehicles in a collision, especially involving multiple motor… Read More »
Bus driver had fatal on–the–job crash before Dallas accident
Texas investigators are searching for clues that would explain why a driver lost control of a casino-bound charter bus. The Irving accident sent the driver and 44 elderly passengers to the hospital. The remaining two passengers, 69-and 81-year-old women, died in the single-vehicle accident. High-speed truck accidents can be just as violent as bus… Read More »
No seat belts for five North Texas teens killed in tanker crash
Injury accident victims know how little it takes for a driving mistake to become a crash and an accident to turn deadly. Five North Texas teenagers died when an SUV driven by a 16-year-old collided with a fuel truck and caught fire. Truck accident flames also consumed the tanker and its driver. The fatal… Read More »
More traffic, more fatal Texas crashes around Eagle Ford
Money, people and traffic keep rolling into McMullen County in South Texas. The county and about a dozen other counties surrounding it were not this active before the Eagle Ford Shale oil prospect opened a few years ago. While the economic boost to local communities has been welcome, the rapid and heavy increase of… Read More »
Truck overturned on toll road may have been due to speeding
Accidents involving trucks on the roadways are often catastrophic due to the large nature of the vehicle and the heavy loads the carry. It is because of the higher potential for disaster that truck drivers need to exercise extra care and attention when driving. Texas law enforcement officials are trying to determine whether a… Read More »
Alleged drunk driver kills man trapped in Conroe wreck
Traffic along an eastbound highway in Conroe, Texas was redirected for five hours as investigators pieced together the circumstances surrounding a three-vehicle accident. Authorities have cited one driver for a traffic violation and charged another man with manslaughter for the death of a truck driver caught in the middle of a chain reaction crash…. Read More »
Temple school bus accident victim in Ft. Worth rehab
Elementary and middle school students were aboard a school bus in January when a Lowe’s delivery truck blew through a stop sign in Temple, Texas. The truck accident caused the school bus to flip over and led to more than 30 injuries. Three adults and 29 students were hospitalized. The bus driver remains in… Read More »
Couple killed in East Dallas hit-and-run crash
Power was out in a section of East Dallas on the night a couple’s car was struck broadside by a truck. Traffic police report that traffic lights in the neighborhood were out of operation and that the electricity outage may have played a factor in the fatal car accident. Accident investigation reports say the… Read More »
9-year-old girl killed in Dallas tow truck accident
Last week, the life of a 9-year-old girl was suddenly ended in a tragic truck accident. According to reports, the crash occurred on an access road to State Highway 121 in Frisco outside of Dallas, Texas. According to investigators, a woman was driving her two daughters, 9 and 12, when they experienced a problem… Read More »
Truckers and victims come together for tougher safety laws
In 2004, a man from Dallas lost his mother, sister and nephews in a fatal truck accident. The investigation revealed that the truck driver had been awake for nearly 35 hours before causing the crash that took the lives of most of the man’s family. That accident led many people to realize that tougher… Read More »
