Blog: Truck Accidents

Serious interstate accident kills 3, injures many more

Jan 24, 2014

The winter weather much of the nation is experienced appears to have played a role in large crash that occurred in another state. The incident, which took place on an interstate, left three people dead and more than 20 injured. The pile-up, which involved both commercial tractor trailers and cars, shut down a 14 mile portion of the interstate for hours throughout the night. A total of 46 vehicles were involved in the crash. Eighteen...

Fatal horse drawn buggy accident raises awareness of a serious problem

Dec 3, 2013

A deadly accident involving a tractor trailer and an Amish horse-drawn carriage should be raising awareness amongst drivers throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio. The accident is just one of at least six in PA that have taken place since the beginning of October. In that time, several people have been injured and four have died. The most recent accident took place in Mercer Country on Saturday, injuring one and killing two people. One of the victims...

Jackknife, snowy conditions take one life and leave a mess on I-81

Nov 27, 2013

This past Sunday, a woman from New York died during a pile-up started by a tractor trailer on Interstate 81 in Franklin County, PA. The 77-year-old woman from Wellsville, NY was a passenger in the Chrysler Town and Country that her husband was piloting when the accident happened. It was one of four accidents that took place in a chain reaction just near Greencastle. The woman's husband was injured and suffered serious injuries; his condition...

Tractor trailer accident shuts down Route 11 southbound

Oct 18, 2013

A tractor trailer traveling southbound on Route 11 overturned in Trumbull County this morning. The accident took place around 6:30am in Bazetta, Ohio between the Route 305 and King Graves exits. The tractor trailer slid to a perpendicular stop and closed both southbound lanes as crews were called in to clear the scene of the accident. According to an Ohio State Police Patrolman, the tractor trailer slid off the road into the median after steering...

Tractor-trailer causes multi-vehicle accident in Pennsylvania

Oct 4, 2013

Late last month a tractor-trailer that rear-ended another car started a chain reaction crash on a Pennsylvania interstate. When all was said and done a total of 10 vehicles were involved. The crash shut down all traffic heading north on the road and took close to seven hours to clear. In the course of the crash the impact caused a tow truck to flip onto its side. In addition to that tow truck and the...

New Castle man killed in cement truck accident

Sep 25, 2013

Tragedy struck Big Beaver Borough on Monday afternoon around 2 p.m. when a man was killed after he crashed the cement truck he was driving. Police and Investigators are saying that a tire on the truck blew out and likely caused the fatal accident. Police say that the accident happened on a westbound ramp entering I-376. The truck is reported to have turned abruptly and sped off the ramp onto the interstate just shortly before...

Mother-to-be dies in Pittsburgh area truck accident

Jun 12, 2013

What was likely an exciting trip to the doctor for young Pittsburgh area parents-to-be turned to tragedy earlier this week when the vehicle in which they were travelling was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer. The fatal truck accident occurred on Route 68. According to authorities who responded to the scene, the accident occurred when the truck, which was travelling in the right lane, drifted a bit into oncoming traffic. At the same time,...

Truck accident on Route 534 leaves 2 dead

May 29, 2013

The holiday weekend that so many in Western Pennsylvania looked forward to, ended in tragedy for two individuals travelling in a road in Berlin Township. The crash, which occurred before midnight on Route 534, involved two trucks, a tractor trailer and a smaller Freightliner straight truck. The collision left the two occupants of the latter truck dead. The cause of the truck accident appears to be movements the Freightliner truck took. As it travelled south...

Trucker injured in Pennsylvania bridge accident files lawsuit

May 14, 2013

Often when we write about personal injury lawsuits being filed as a result of a motor vehicle accident, it is in the context of a driver of another vehicle being named as a defendant. While this is appropriate in many situations, in certain circumstances it may be appropriate for other individuals or entities to be on the receiving end of such a civil lawsuit. A truck driver who was injured in a Pennsylvania truck accident...

New Hours of Service regulation pertaining to trucks be delayed?

Mar 22, 2013

There are many regulations that truck companies and drivers must adhere to. These regulations are designed to keep the profession as safe as possible, not only for the drivers, but for others on the road as well. One of those regulations affects the number of hours each driver can spend on the road before taking a break for a fairly substantial amount of time. Ideally at least a portion of that break would be spent...