Truck Accidents

Thinking back to your childhood, you probably remember time spent riding your bike. You probably had a lot of fun and enjoyed being able to feel the breeze on your face. For one 6-year-old boy in Orlando, riding his bicycle to school ended up costing him his life. The accident occurred as the boy was riding his bike to Meadow Woods Elementary School. His brother, a fifth grader, was riding with him. At the time

Experiencing the need to cough while you are driving might seem harmless enough, but that isn’t always so. There is a chance that while you are coughing you will lose control of your vehicle or that you won’t see an obstacle in your way. For one truck driver, a coughing fit led to a multi-vehicle accident on a Florida interstate. The accident occurred around 2:30 a.m., when the 60-year-old driver began coughing. He lost control

Getting into an accident with a truck can easily lead to serious injuries or death. Because of that, it is especially important for truckers to follow all applicable traffic laws, federal laws and driving guidelines that have been instituted to help keep trucks from causing serious accidents. Miami-Dade residents might like to read about a multi-vehicle accident involving trucks that left one person dead and another critically injured.

The driver of a dump truck in Miami who ran over a man and killed him on Saturday evening, Sept. 28, turned himself in to police. However, he was not charged in the incident since it was determined to be an accident. Police had posted a surveillance picture of the truck on their Twitter account stating that no charges were expected in connection with the accident, but they needed the driver to come forward.

The Florida Highway Patrol warned motorists of a traffic accident on I-95 southbound at mile marker 204 in the early morning hours of Sept. 6. The truck accident included a semi truck and two other vehicles. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident involved a semi truck, a car carrier and a pickup truck. The accident reportedly occurred when the car carrier was parked in an emergency lane on the southbound lane because of

According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department spokesman, four people were injured in a crash involving a school bus. The accident occurred at approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. A car reportedly ran a stop sign and collided with the bus at the intersection of Galveston Avenue and Lamson Street. The spokeswoman for Duval County schools stated that the bus was on its way to Terry Parker High School when the crash happened.

A Florida accident reportedly led to a truck spilling a load of sand on the Florida Turnpike. According to reports, a truck that was transporting sand rolled over on the turnpike and ended up losing part of its load. The truck had apparently struck a guard rail on the turnpike, which tipped the vehicle over and left it blocking multiple lanes. A silver SUV was also involved in the truck accident, and the driver of

According to government authorities, between 3000 and 4000 people die in America every year as a result of large truck and bus crashes. It is further reported that in 13 percent of those cases, the deaths were caused as a result of driver fatigue. In an attempt to limit the damaging consequences that follow a truck accident, the Federal Motor Safety Administration began enforcement of a new set of rules on Monday, July 8th. The

A North Courtenay Boulevard crash involving a tractor trailer and at least three other vehicles on Merritt Island was very serious in terms of size. However, the crash resulted in only minor injuries for those involved. The truck accident occurred at the intersection of North Courtenay and State Road 528 when the semi flipped over and struck three vehicles. The northbound lanes of State Road 528 were closed for several hours as police investigated. Four

A two-car crash in South Florida on May 10 left four people injured and a significant amount of Coca-Cola on the road. The accident started when a red Mercedes and Coca-Cola truck collided. The truck then lost control, ran off the road, crashed into a nearby house and flipped on its side. Fifteen Miami-Dade fire rescue vehicles responded to the scene of the truck accident after 50 to 100 gallons of diesel fuel leaked onto