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Six Dead in Amtrak Collision

June 26, 2011. By Heidi Turner.

Lovelock, NV: Six people have died in a horrific train accident in Nevada. The train crash occurred when a tractor-trailer collided with an Amtrak train on Friday.

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Families of West Virginia Truck Accident Victims Awarded $2.69 Million

May 17, 2011. By Charles Benson.

Wayne, WV: The families of four people who were killed in a fatal 2008 truck accident in West Virginia were recently awarded $2.69 million by a jury, reports The Associated Press.

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Truck Accident Kills Two, Injures Four

January 22, 2011. By Gordon Gibb.

Palm Bay, FL: Advocates of taking the big trucks off the road and putting freight back onto the rails need only point to the carnage that occurs when the unthinkable happens. To wit, a truck accident can cause horrific damage, due to its size and heft, to other vehicles. In most cases, the truck driver walks away unscathed thanks to the veritable tank he is piloting.

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Ottawa Officials Call to Ban Big Rigs from Downtown

June 6, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.

Ottawa, ON: As the city of Ottawa debates how to go about ridding the downtown core of transport trucks, a recent truck accident in New Zealand speaks volumes about the risks associated with operating large trucks in close proximity to pedestrians.

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Michigan Attorney says Time to Put the Brakes on Dangerous Trucks

September 7, 2009. By Brenda Craig.

Southfield, MI: Michigan Attorney Steve Gursten has reached his breaking point with bad truckers. With years of experience representing people injured or killed by dangerous trucks and truckers in truck accidents and a former president of the Truck Litigation Committee for the American Association of Justice (AAJ), Gursten says he is frankly "disgusted" with what he sees.

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Driver in Truck Accident Going to Jail

December 27, 2008. By Heidi Turner.

Miami, FL: The driver accused of causing a truck accident that took the lives of 4 people almost 4 years ago has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. The driver was convicted of 4 counts of vehicular manslaughter for his role in an truck crash that occurred on February 11, 2005.

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Semi Truck Accidents are Nightmares on Wheels

December 15, 2008. By Gordon Gibb.

Kansas City, MI: Semi truck accidents add new meaning to the phrase, "go big or go home." Not only is a trucking accident that involves a big rig massive in sheer size, but also massive in scope with regard to the carnage that can ensue. And to be fair to the trucking industry, it's not always the fault of the truck driver. The problem is that with so many tractor trailors on the roads, carnage is a virtual certainty no matter who is at fault.

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Trucking Accidents Have Serious Ramifications

December 6, 2008. By Heidi Turner.

Wichita, KS: If you've ever driven down the highway and had to pass a tractor trailer under less than ideal circumstances, such as during a rainstorm or when road conditions were slippery, you've probably already considered the possible consequences of a trucking accident. In your mind, you may have seen the devastation, even just for a second, that can be caused by semi-truck accidents.

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Driver Injured in Trucking Accident Awarded $2.4 Million

November 30, 2008. By Gordon Gibb.

Imperial County, CA: Semi truck accidents can be terrible. We've all seen them. We've also, all seen highway construction zones. And unlike closing a building for renovations for example, a major highway without a readily available detour must function and pass traffic, such as cars and tractor-trailers, even in the midst of construction chaos. It was in such a scenario that a major trucking accident occurred, and this month a jury handed an injured driver more than $2 million for his suffering.

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Truck Drivers' Distraction Causing Accidents

November 24, 2008. By Heidi Turner.

Citra, FL: When we are new drivers we are all cautioned not to drive while distracted, but driver distraction is causing some fatal truck accidents. The truth is that there are many distractions out there—we are probably all distracted at some point when we really should be focusing—but it is vital that truck drivers pay attention to the road and to traffic so that they can avoid trucking accidents.

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