Blog: Truck Accidents

Collision with truck on I-79 results in death

Feb 15, 2013

Tractor-trailers are on Pennsylvania roads year round. Our dependence on them means that most drivers encounter multiple trucks each day. Sadly, one woman who encountered a tractor-trailer on Interstate 79 did not survive. The incident occurred earlier this week late in the afternoon. Authorities indicate that the 20-year-old was a passenger in a car that was struck by the truck. Prior to the impact the car hit a guardrail after the driver lost control of...

Bus and truck drivers must now get certified exams

Nov 28, 2012

New Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations require people holding commercial driver licenses to have a complete medical physical exam no longer than every two years by a certified physician. There is one prominent goal for these new regulations: Help to prevent medical emergency-generated bus and truck accidents in Pittsburgh and across the country. Until the new federal regulations take effect in May 2014, any licensed medical provider can perform the DOT physical exam. After the...

Vehicles used in leaf collection pose problem for one community

Oct 26, 2012

This time of year many residences of Pennsylvania take to their yards, rake in hand, to gather all the leaves that have fallen from the trees. In preparation for winter, many communities throughout the nation, cities also clean up the leaves in the street. As is the case anytime any motor vehicle takes to the streets, it is possible that the trucks involved could be involved in an accident. Recently a pedestrian in another northern...

FMCSA to review its trucking safety management system

Oct 23, 2012

After enduring a great deal of criticism over its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) trucking management system, the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) has agreed to allow one of its subcommittees to thoroughly review its processes. The CSA is one of the most widely praised and widely criticized trucking regulations on the books in the United States. Trucking advocacy groups, lobbyists and others have long-demanded that the FMCSA review the CSA, as these groups believe that...

Pittsburgh area truck accident kills 1

Oct 12, 2012

A truck accident in the Pittsburgh area has claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman. The fatal incident occurred earlier this week in Butler County at the intersection of Route 68 with Route 268. According to police officers who responded to the accident scene, the collision occurred when the 29-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer did not stop at a posted stop sign. This failure to observe the traffic sign apparently caused the truck to hit...

Asphalt truck driver pleads guilty in Route 65 accident

Sep 10, 2012

Often when we think about injuries inflicted by trucks in motor vehicle accidents, they are due to the force of the impact between the vehicles. There are however different ways in which someone could be injured in a truck accident. One of those ways has to do with what the truck is transporting. Last September, a truck that was transporting hot asphalt was involved in an accident in Pennsylvania. The incident took place on Route...

U.S. truck makers seek scaled back truck rollover technology rule

Aug 1, 2012

With so many trucks on roads throughout Pennsylvania and our nation it is inevitable that some will be involved in accidents at some point. There are a wide variety of reasons that a truck accident could occur including: Tire blowouts Overloaded trucks Driver fatigue Equipment failure Whatever the cause of the accident, they are dangerous for all vehicles around, particularly if the truck rolls over. In an effort to prevent this from happening, the National...

Pennsylvania boy recovering from accident with fire truck

Jul 20, 2012

For many residents of the Pittsburgh area, the Fourth of July holiday is a perfect time to get together with family members and friends. These gatherings prompt safety campaigns regarding not only drunk driving but the use of fireworks as well. While these types of accidents often make headlines this time of year, there are however, of course, other ways in which a person can be injured over the holiday such as in a truck...

$26.1M settlement in Pennsylvania truck accident

Jun 22, 2012

A personal injury lawsuit that was initiated in June 2011, recently settled for what is being called the largest personal injury settlement on record. The root of the civil lawsuit was a truck accident that occurred in July 2010 on a Pennsylvania highway. The serious accident occurred one evening on Interstate 80. The plaintiff in the case was reportedly driving her Toyota Matrix down the road, headed east, when she had to stop for traffic...

Accident on Route 18 involving truck and bus

Jun 6, 2012

With schools winding down for the year, school buses will soon be in the garages for the summer. For some parents of children in the Mohawk Area School District, who thought they had made it through the school year without incident regarding bus trips, reality intervened. Last week, a truck accident involving a bus occurred in North Beaver, Pennsylvania. The collision occurred on a portion of Route 18 located in Lawrence County, at approximately 7:30...