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…
A 56-year old man from St. Louis, Va. was killed last week when a tractor-trailer plowed into the motorcycle the victim was driving. The fatal crash occurred at the intersection of Carpers Pike (Va. 259) and Northwestern Pike (U.S. 50) in Gore. According to details released by law enforcement, the truck driver, a 58-year-old New…
Mechanical failure is a leading cause of truck accidents in this country. According to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), one of the most common – and deadly – type of mechanical failure that occurs in truck accidents is brake failure. In one study conducted by the DOT,…
Driving through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel saves truckers much time and money, but some drivers do not feel safe driving through it. According to a long time truck driver named Bob Hildebrant, the barriers inside the tunnel need to be upgraded. Another trucker, Jack Desmond, avoids using the tunnel at all costs, even though…
Did you know that there were 15,000 truck bridge strikes in the United States 2010, which caused 214 deaths and over 3,000 serious injuries? Not only are trucks striking bridges a serious problem, it is also a problem that could be getting worse because of the growing popularity of GPS navigational devices. Just last week,…