Blog: Truck Accidents

Laws that cannot be broken in truck accidents

Jul 17, 2015

When our legislators aren't reworking old laws that no longer function as intended, they are introducing new legislation to govern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the United States. However, no one can change the laws of physics. When a large, heavy truck hits a much smaller, much lighter vehicle, the laws of physics are on the side of the truck. We saw that truth illustrated recently in a violent collision involving a concrete truck that can weigh...

Central Pennsylvania truck and Amish buggy collision kills two

Jul 13, 2015

A Tylersville, Pennsylvania UPS truck accident has caused the death of an Amish woman and an 8 year old boy. Four other individuals were also seriously injured as a result of this truck accident. In Clinton County, Pennsylvania, a UPS truck was traveling east when it veered into the path of a horse and buggy carrying a group of Amish. The truck collided with the rail alongside the left side of the horse and speared...

Pennsylvania trucker facing charges in fatal big rig crash

Jul 10, 2015

Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania trucker “should never have been on the road” when he caused a crash that left a married father of four dead. The trucker’s driver’s license had been suspended and then he failed to properly connect a trailer to his big rig. As he was driving around a curve, the trailer detached from his 18-wheeler and slammed head-on into another tractor-trailer, killing the 40-year-old driver. The April 27 Montgomery County tragedy left...

Mercer County truck accident injures three people off of I-80

Jul 9, 2015

A truck accident involving one tractor trailer and two passenger vehicles in Shenango Township, Pennsylvania has injured three people. The truck collision occurred on the eastbound exit ramp of interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Two men in their sixties from Sheffield, Ohio and a 32 year old man from Avon, Ohio were injured. They were taken to local hospitals. This truck accident happened when one of the passenger vehicles was attempting to exit interstate...

Just shy of 1 year following truck accident Morgan case settles

May 30, 2015

Truck accidents are an all too regular occurrence throughout the nation. Though the outcome is often devastating to those involved, few receive the media coverage that the incident involving comedian Tracy Morgan and a Wal-Mart truck did. In a previous post we wrote about the serious traumatic brain injury the comedian suffered when the truck crashed into the vehicle in which he was a passenger. The force of the impact injured several others besides Morgan...

Jury returns multi-million verdict for truck accident

Mar 27, 2015

The victim of a truck accident recently received a multi-million dollar verdict. The federal jury awarded $3.8 million in compensatory damages, but an agreement placing a ceiling on the judgment reduces this amount to $2.5 million. The defendant, a Pennsylvania insurance company, has no intention of appealing the verdict. The truck driver responsible for the wreck crashed his truck into the injured victim’s rig in 2010. The victim’s vehicle was at a standstill during a...

Truck accident kills two Pennsylvania residents

Mar 24, 2015

A truck accident on I-95 in South Carolina involved five total vehicles and killed five people. Included in the five deceased were two Pennsylvania residents. The accident involved two tractor trailers, a Jeep, and two other cars. The two deceased Pennsylvania residents were a man and woman in the Jeep. The woman was from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Another vehicle involved in this devastating accident was being driven by a couple from Ontario, Canada and their newborn...

I-80 truck accident injures man as he changes tire

Mar 5, 2015

In Mercer County, a truck accident has severely injured an Aliquippa, Pennsylvania man. Around 7:00 p.m. last night on Interstate 80 in East Lackawannock Township, Pennsylvania, the driver of a tractor-trailer lost control of his truck and traveled into the median where he collided with the Aliquippa man. The injured victim of this tragic accident was in the median strip changing a tire on the left side of his vehicle. The truck driver in this...

Truck accident in Slippery Rock kills one, injures another

Mar 2, 2015

A truck accident involving a tractor-trailer and a car this morning has killed one person and severely injured another in Slippery Rock Township, Pennsylvania. This accident happened around 8:00 a.m. this morning at the intersection of Route 422 and Fox Road in Lawrence County. The rear end of the car was badly damaged and there was some damage to the front of the tractor-trailer. The injured victim of this tragic accident was flown to a...

FMCSA looking to increase insurance limits for truck accidents

Feb 25, 2015

Truck accidents can cause severe and catastrophic injuries to victims. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is looking to increase the insurance minimum requirements on trucking carriers. The current minimum was set in 1985 and is $750,000. Because truck accidents often cause serious or fatal injuries, the medical expenses and wage loss associated with the accidents is often very high. Also, with inflation and the increasing cost of medical coverage, the 1985 insurance limits...