Truck Accidents

Florida residents may have heard about a recent, unusual case in which a young man from Tennessee stole a big rig truck, crashed it into several vehicles near Temecula, California, and then told law enforcement officials that the reason for his actions was to evade zombies that were after him. The 19-year-old had been traveling across the country from Tennessee, where he was reportedly kicked out of his house, to California with a truck driver.

During the afternoon on March 23, a truck accident occurred in North Union. A 44-year-old male from Milwaukee was traveling in the westbound lane on Route 40. He traveled over the summit of the mountain and failed to bring his tractor-trailer vehicle to a complete stop at the top as he was required to do. As he was traveling down the mountain from the summit, police say that his vehicle reached an excessive speed, and

Two people were left stuck inside a hybrid vehicle in Collier County, Florida, after a dump truck hit it. The truck impacted with the side of the car and dragged it off the highway near US 41 and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in East Naples. Nearby residents reported hearing the loud sound of the accident during the afternoon, and some reached the scene before emergency response teams. According to work crews who extricated the victims from

The presence of trucks on roads throughout the state of Florida is commonplace. They play a vital role in the way society operates today, transferring things from one place to another. One type of truck commonly seen on Miami area roads is dump trucks. The already large and heavy vehicles are made even heavier when transporting a full load. Because of just how heavy they are most can imagine how devastating it can be when

Often when one hears about a truck accident it involves one of the large vehicles crashing into another object. This is not the only way in which accidents involving trucks can occur in Miami however. Recently a man was injured in an accident involving a truck in another Florida community. The man was apparently working at the time of the incident. The truck involved in this particular accident was a garbage truck. According to authorities,

There is no doubt about it, trucks play an important role in commerce throughout the nation, including Florida. They make it possible for individuals throughout the country to get a hold of goods grown and manufactured in other locations. This is something that many undoubtedly take for granted. Of course the heavy reliance on trucks means that there are many on the road. This in turn, means that the odds of motor vehicle accidents involving

In order to get and keep their commercial driver’s licenses, bus drivers and truck drivers go through more rigorous testing and medical examinations in order to assure they have the right skills and are in good enough health to handle the demands of their job. While many drivers are diligent on being safe on the road, long hours and some medical conditions have led to an increase in truck accidents, especially near large cities such

A recent truck accident in the Miami-Dade area has left one driver dead and the other unable to recall what happened. But the man’s lack of memory may not spare him from the law or a wrongful death lawsuit if it is determined that he is at fault. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the truck accident happened when two tractor-trailers approached a flashing red light at the intersection on Northwest 138th Street and Okeechobee

The drivers in a serious truck accident near Miami were fortunate: Both of them survived the potentially fatal crash on U.S. Highway 27 in South Florida’s Broward County. According to Local10.com in Florida, a pair of tractor-trailers collided June 6 while traveling U.S. Highway 27 just after 4 a.m. The tractor-trailers were driving in the southbound lanes of the highway. The impact was severe enough that one of the trucks started on fire. Local10 reported

New, stricter standards designed to reduce fatigue-related crashes may be coming for truckers in the United States. Sleep apnea is the specific target of this proposal. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration received similar recommendations from two separate panels, which studied driver fatigue accidents. Miami is no exception to the incidence of truck accident events caused by fatigued–or even sleeping–drivers. The two advisory panels (one, medical and the other, industry safety experts) came to similar