Truck Accident Injures Two In Houston
Two people suffered injuries as the result of a serious crash with an 18-Wheeler in Houston. The big rig accident happened as the truck was crossing Blankenship Drive onto Kempwood Drive. Reportedly, a car failed to stop and slammed into the side of the truck, pinning the driver and passenger inside. The Houston […]
A big rig involved in an accident on the West Loop South Freeway in Houston caused major delays for drivers. The truck accident happened on 610 near the Galleria. Police were investigating the incident but initial reports indicate that there were no injuries. The semi-truck reportedly lost its load. These types of crashes are […]
A crash between a semi-truck and a car ended in tragedy at an intersection at Sam Houston Parkway North. The accident happened at the intersection of Tanner Road and the service road of W. Sam Houston Parkway. The accident closed all of Beltway 8 at Tanner Road while police investigated and cleared the crash […]
A big rig driver is dead after a crash that occurred on State Highway 71 near Austin. According to reports, the 18-wheeler was apparently trying to get on westbound Highway 71 when the truck drifted into the right lane and flipped over. Reports initially indicated that there was a truck fire, but rescue crews […]
An accident between a big rig and a passenger car sent the truck into the lake and killed both drivers. The semi-truck accident happened on the Highway 70 bridge over Lake Texoma, which connects Oklahoma and Texas. The driver of the car was killed and the truck driver was presumed dead after his big rig […]
A big rig traveling on State Highway 249 in Harris County lost control and crashed into 11 vehicles. The accident reportedly occurred when the driver of the 18-wheeler veered through an embankment that separates the highway from a feeder road. The rig ran through the barrier and onto the road at a high rate […]
A truck driver from Conroe, Texas was killed when the 18-wheeler he was driving overturned. The crash happened on State Highway 6 near Rice Road in Riesel, Texas. According to reports, the big rig suffered a tire blowout. This caused the driver to lose control of the truck, and it swerved. He was not […]
A Texas jury awarded a Houston woman $89.7 million in a lawsuit against a large trucking firm. The lawsuit stemmed from a 2014 crash with a big rig on Interstate 20 in Odessa, Texas. The accident killed the woman’s 7-year-old son, paralyzed her 12-year-old daughter and caused extensive brain damage to another son. The […]
Thursday, November 19, 2015 was a tragic day when a stranded vehicle on outbound Northwest Freeway was struck by an 18 wheeler. Two people died in the crash and reports indicate that the car caught fire immediately after the impact. The 18 wheeler crash took place about 4 AM on the Northwest Freeway not […]
A logging truck collided with a pickup truck and injured at least two people, sending one to the hospital, according to reports. The truck crash caused loop 336 near the intersection of FM 38 three to be closed for several hours Tuesday. The witness has reported that the semi-truck hauling logs […]
According to authorities, a big rig accident that involved an oversize load involved an 18-wheeler, which did not carry proper oversize permitting. The tractor-trailer rammed into Interstate 35 Bridge causing a fatal accident. Upon impact, beams fell into the traffic below causing one fatality and several injuries. As reported recently, the owners […]
In commuter traffic this morning on Highway 225 in Pasadena a big rig and a passenger car crashed. According to reports, the Pasadena Police Department indicated that two people were in the car that was struck and one of them died.The other occupant of the car apparently had to be removed from the car and […]
As reported by the Montgomery County Courier, a very informative news provider for the Conroe area, an 18-wheeler collision made the news today. As reported, a man was sent to the Conroe Regional Medical Center with injuries after a crash with a big rig on Texas 105 in Conroe, Texas. The truck crash involved a […]
The Eastex Freeway southbound entrance ramp to Interstate 10 going east was shut down due to a big truck rollover accident this morning. The accident occurred in the early morning hours approximately 4 AM and took many hours before the truck accident could be cleared to open traffic. The exact reason for the rollover crash […]
In a terrible tragedy an 18-wheeler fell off the overpass at the intersection of US Highway 59 and the 610 Loop headed northwest in Houston. The accident occurred about midmorning and according to officials, the truck driver was headed north on US 59 and entering a ramp to travel in North Loop. Apparently the big […]
A professional truck driver is alleged to have been intoxicated at the time of a fatal accident Sunday in Houston. The car wreck occurred at about 10:30 Sunday evening at Cook Road near Beechnut. According to reports, the truck driver ran a red light which resulted in the big rig being struck by a Chevy […]
Sunday evening man from Magnolia was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of a local woman. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department, the incident occurred about about 1 AM Sunday morning, on state 105. The impact of the two vehicles was so severe it knocked over a Mitsubishi SUV, which was […]
There has been an increasing trend involving semi truck accidents in the United States – they catch fire. Unfortunately, big rigs that catch fire do not generate the same level of scrutiny that an investigation of a car fire would involve. Recently, the NTSB initiated an investigation regarding a FedEx tractor-trailer fire that involved striking […]
A recent report published in the Houston Chronicle online publication, Chron.com contains an account of an 18-wheeler accident that happened Wednesday night on FM 528. The report suggests that Joseph Robinson, who was killed in this tragic crash, was speeding in the westbound lane of FM 529. That analysis apparently came from the Harris County […]
Highways are jammed in every major city across the United States because of a truck accident involving a jackknifed big rig. The tractor-trailer will frequently roll over and spill diesel fuel on the highway. There is a point of no return when a trailer travels at a speed greater than the tractor. It is this […]
A FedEx truck was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of at least one person with others injured in Baytown, Texas. The Baytown Police Department is currently investigating the crash which occurred about noon on the 8500 block of North Texas 146 according to reports by the Houston Chronicle. The accident was […]
