Sunday’s morning found an 18-wheeler rolled over just off Hwy 183A between Cedar Park and Leander. The commercial truck was hauling fuel, and the crash has caused the content to be spilled onto the roadway and ground. Besides the risk of explosive ignition and fire, the fire department is worried about contamination to the local…
Posts Categorized: 18-wheeler
Reporter Eye-Witness to 18-Wheeler Accident
This Tuesday found a reporter from KTBX, David Norris, covering an extra truck accident that he didn’t expect. While David and his crew were filming the end result of a tow truck winching up a Chevy pickup which had slid off the icy road, on the other side of Hwy 6 an 18-wheeler also skidded…
18-Wheeler Not Friday Cold That Shut Down UT-Palestine
The frigid cold on Friday that caused many schools to delay their openings didn’t affect University of Texas at Palestine campus. But an 18-wheeler accident close to the university on Loop 256 did. The commercial semi rig that was carrying ammonium nitrate turned over. For the safety of the students and staff at UT, the…
Jacksboro’s 18-Wheeler Accident But Good News
It is rare that we get to report good news along with accidents involving 18-wheelers. But this Monday found that a collision between a pickup truck and a semi trailer hauling gravel resulted in no injuries. The truck accident occurred some 20 miles west of Jacksboro where Hwy114 and Hwy 16 meets. The pickup truck…
Deadly Run In with 18-Wheeler in Tyler
Smith County – This Sunday night in Tyler the driver of a Chevy pickup truck was found dead at the scene of the accident. The man had driven his vehicle into the back of an 18-wheeler at the intersection of Highway 64 and Loop 323 in east Tyler. No other major injuries were reported.
18-Wheeler Double Fatalities in Panhandle
This Friday in the Texas Panhandle saw two deaths and five additional injuries when a Chevy was driven across the road onto oncoming traffic and collided into an 18-wheeler. According to TxDOT, the driver of the passenger car may have been asleep. Two people from the tractor trailer were treated for injuries. The driver of…
Pedestrians and 18-Wheelers Do NOT Mix
This Thursday in North Texas saw two accidents involving pedestrians and 18-wheelers. A man walking on Hwy 114 in Denton County had to be medevac after being struck by an 18-wheeler. The other accident involved a fatality as a woman crossed IH 35 in Fort Worth. A passenger vehicle tried to stop and got run…
Like a Scene out of a Horror Movie
Have you ever been driving behind a semi-trailer hauling long objects like telephone poles, concrete beams, etc., and a scene comes to mind from a horror movie where something caused that long object to dislodge and then it came crashing down on the hapless vehicle behind it? Well this Wednesday saw such a scene enacted…
18-Wheeler Wreck Shut Down IH 45 North Houston
This Friday’s evening found the Hazmat crew hard at work cleaning up debris and spilt fuel on IH 45 just north of the Woodlands and south of TX 242. The scene was an incident of a collision between an 18-wheeler and the retaining wall on IH 45. The accident also involved two other passenger vehicles.…
Multiple Wreck Between Two 18-Wheelers and Four Cars near Bastrop
This Wednesday, traffic was backed up for miles on Hwy 21 between San Marcos and Bastrop due to a multiple-vehicle accident involving two 18-wheelers and four passenger cars. Sometimes close to the noon hour an 18-wheeler struck a pickup truck from behind as it was making a left turn. This chain of unfortunate events eventually…