Truck Accidents

Chicago L-Station Nightmare Truck Crash

Rush hour, downtown Chicago, on a Friday afternoon - the perfect setting for a major truck accident. And that's just what happened on Friday, April 25, 2008, when a renegade tractor-trailer rig plowed into the Cermak/Chinatown Chicago Transit Authority L-station killing two women and injuring a further 21 innocent bystanders. [MORE: L-STATION TRUCK CRASH]

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Chrysler Recall Important in Truck Crash Lawsuit

DaimlerChrysler Corp. is now the focus in a case in which a young girl was killed in a 2003 crash involving a Dodge Dakota truck driven by Bobby Fultz. The parents of Chelsee Cherry-Holmes, 18, are not only filing the lawsuit against Bobby Fultz, but they are also filing the suit against the dealership that addressed a problem with his Dodge Dakota truck and against DaimlerChrysler, the manufacturer, for what is suspected to be faulty ball joints that could have led to the crash. [MORE: CHRYSLER RECALL IMPORTANT IN LAW SUIT]

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Slippery Roads Lead to More Truck Accidents

With slippery roads come more reports about truck accidents on US roads. Although some accidents result in only minor injuries, many accidents involving tractor-trailers result in serious injuries and sometimes death. The sheer size and weight of tractor-trailers make it more likely that people in smaller vehicles involved in truck accidents will suffer serious, life-threatening injuries. [MORE: TRUCK ACCIDENTS ON SLIPPERY ROADS]

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Truck Accident Lawsuit: Much Evidence to Cover

Although many people believe that truck accidents are the same as car accidents but involving larger vehicles, when it comes to the law, that simply is not true. There are different rules that govern tractor-trailers, including who can drive them, how long that person can drive at a time, how the trucks must be maintained and how the truck is loaded. Violations of such rules can affect who is liable in a tractor-trailer accident. [MORE: TRUCK LAWSUIT EVIDENCE]

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Personal Injury: Van in New Brunswick Crash is Banned in 40 States

The passenger van involved in a tragic accident in Bathurst, New Brunswick has long been banned from transportation of public school students in most of the United States and some Canadian provinces. The design of the 15-seat Ford Club Wagon made it dangerously susceptible to personal injury for passengers and drivers. [MORE: VAN BANNED FOR TRANSPORTATION]

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Tragic School Van Crash Kills Eight

Every parent's worst nightmare just came true for seven families in New Brunswick. While traveling in a Bathurst High School van on their way home from a basketball game, seven players were killed, along with one adult (the wife of the van driver) when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tractor-trailer. [MORE: VAN CRASH KILL EIGHT]

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Truck Accidents: Navigating the Legal System

Accidents involving large trucks and tractor-trailers occur every day, and it is rare that an accident involving such massive vehicles does not involve injury. Usually, the injuries sustained are to people in smaller passenger vehicles and they are often serious. After all, a fully loaded semi truck can weigh more than 20 times what some passenger vehicles weigh. [MORE: TRUCK ACCIDENT LEGAL SYSTEM]

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Truck Accidents: Smaller Cars and Bigger Trucks

The truck driver and operator must adhere to a basket of regulations designed to maximize safety, and minimize risk on the road. To that end, truck drivers have a greater responsibility than car drivers, given the sheer size and weight of their rigs, and the potential for disaster when a truck accident happens. [MORE: BIG TRUCKS]

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Trucking Accidents becoming More Severe

Large trucks and passenger vehicles have been sharing the road for quite some time now. Unfortunately, the situation is not ideal and there are many instances in which the two collide, often with tragic results for people in the passenger vehicles. [MORE: TRUCK ACCIDENTS WORSENING]