What Happened: A Chevrolet pickup truck that was towing a car trailer hydroplaned on I-81 northbound in Botetourt County, Virginia. The truck and trailer jackknifed, which blocked the right lane. This caused a tractor-trailer to smash into the pick up, and then two other tractor-trailers hit the first truck. Another tractor-trailer tried to avoid the…
Following a fatal truck accident and fuel spill in Bedford County, a Virginia truck company will pay the state over $43,000 in fines.
What Happened: A cyclist, 62, was killed in Richmond, Virginia when a box truck struck him on Mechanicsville Turnpike, near the Interstate 64 ramp in Richmond, Virginia. The injured man died at the scene. The driver of the truck was unhurt. No charges have yet been filed against the driver, according to WTVR. Law enforcement…
Senator Charles Schumer has asked the Department of Transportation to investigate the trucking industry’s use of GPS technology.
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,…