A wreck on I-81 through Frederick County, Virginia (VA), that involved three tractor-trailers and a passenger car left two of the truck drivers dead and a third semi operator with an injured knee. The fatal crash happened near mile marker 319 on the interstate between the communities of Stephenson and Clear Brook. At…
As a Virginia truck accident lawyer, I’ve represented victims who’ve been seriously injured in accidents involving big rigs and 18-wheelers. Based on this experience, I’ve compiled a top-5 list of reasons these accidents occur: 1. Careless driving or inattention by the operator of the eighteen-wheeler 2. A tractor trailer driver falls asleep or…
Three cars in Havelock, North Carolina had quite a scare when two rear tires and a hub flew off of a tractor trailer on U.S. 70 causing a car accident. One of the victims, Debbie Wait of New Bern said, “I was driving down the road and saw a tire coming. There was nothing I could…
The author of a book titled “Africa’s Quiet Revolution Observed from Nigeria” was struck and killed by a tractor trailer in Martinsburg, West Virginia (WV). The 64 year-old man was walking on the side of I-81 near a food market when he was killed. The truck driver has been charged with failure to render aid…
A 46-year-old man and his 12-year-old son were killed in a tractor-trailer accident in Winchester, Va. last week. The truck driver, a 55-year-old Georgia man, has been charged with reckless driving in the fatal crash. According to details released by law enforcement, the traffic had slowed down on Interstate 81, near mile marker 307, in…