Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration data show that approximately 4,000 people get killed in accidents involving iterstate commercial trucks every year. Another 100,000 oter suffer injuries. Now, lawmakers, safety groups and families of truck crash victims are coming together to combat a major cause of those fatal and inury-causing crashes — truck driver fatigue. Currently,…
A two-truck accident on I-95 in Sussex County, Virginia, caused a second accident and serious injuries when a responding deputy lost control of his vehicle.
A Virginia truck driver was charged with reckless driving following a chain-reaction accident on I-95 that involved five vehicles.
Seven people visited the hospital –- one with serious injuries –- after a Virginia Beach fire truck crashed into a car while responding to a transformer fire.
A new federal rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation prohibits handheld cell phone use by commercial truck and bus drivers while they are driving. This broadens a September 2010 rule that banned text messaging behind the wheel of a commercial bus or truck. Interestingly, his ban does not apply to school bus drivers, even when they…