First Friday of the New Year saw another overturned tractor trailer. This time the scene of the 18-wheeler accident is IH 59 north of Nacogdoches. According to DPS, the commercial truck went up the on-ramp at an unsafe speed causing the 18-wheeler to roll over. Fortunately this time, no fatality has been reported. Ramp will be…
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Tragic Fatal 18-Wheeler Crash on First Friday of New Year
Outside of Frankston, the first Friday of 2014 saw a fatal 18-wheeler collision between an SUV and a commercial semi. The female driver of the SUV was found dead at the scene of the accident just three miles west of Frankston in Anderson County. The commercial truck driver was medevac to Athens hospital. HW 175 has been…
Tragic Double 18-Wheeler Collision in East Texas
KETK reported that this Friday a fatal collision between two 18-wheelers in East Texas. The incident happened at the intersection of Red Bird Road and Jamestown Road just east of Tyler in Smith County. One of the commercial truck was hauling logs and the other a flatbed. According to DPS, the driver of the logging…
Sorry Hazmat Crew, Another 18-Wheeler Accident for Cleanup
This Saturday found the Hazardous Materials crew working hard again to clean up another mess left by an 18-wheeler wreckage. According to The Courier, over 32 tons of industrial cement was being hauled by a commercial truck in Conroe when it crashed into an exit railing on IH 45. The semi-truck driver was arrested by…
Death Toll of 18-Wheeler Accidents Rolls On
The year is not finished yet and neither is the death toll due to 18-wheeler accidents. This Friday found that in a crash between an auto and a semi-truck, the commercial truck is usually going to win. According to KLTV, an East Texas driver of a Chevy Lumina was declared dead after colliding with an…
Hazmat Crew Get Another Workout
A chemical spill this Monday from yet another 18-wheeler accident in Texas is giving the Hazmat crew another workout again. According to the Dallas AP, IH 30 in that city was the site of a crash between a Kia and an 18-wheeler truck. The tank on the commercial truck was ruptured in the wreck disgorging…
Another Commercial Truck Driver Fleeing the Scene of an Accident
This weekend finds another commercial truck driver of a tractor trailer fleeing the scene of an 18-wheeler truck’s accident. This time it occurred in North Texas around Amarillo where a female bystander at the parking lot of a truck stop became critically injured at the end of a police chase. Police officers responded to calls…
18 Wheeler Knocked Out Power in Kingsville
This Friday, over a thousand homes in Kingsville were without power due to 18-wheeler crashing into the primary electrical line at 11th and King Avenue. The Kingsville Police Department are on the lookout for the commercial truck driver who had fled the accident scene.
18-Wheeler Crashed into Thrift Store in Austin
A thrift store located on IH35 and 53rd St. in Austin had its wall caved in when an 18-wheeler crashed into it around 3 PM on Wed. The Austin Police Department is uncertain at this time whether the semi truck was on the interstate or on the frontage road prior to wrecking the store. Although…
Center Man Killed in Ejection from 18-Wheeler Crash
A citizen of Center, Texas, was killed when he was ejected from the 18-wheeler he was driving while in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, on Wed, Dec. 4th. Louisiana State Police stated that the commercial truck accident occurred on LA Highway 191 East of Converse. According to authorities, the 18-wheeler was headed northbound when the driver lost…