02.21.13
Two truck drivers are facing homicide charges stemming from two fatal truck accidents, one in South Carolina and one in Pennsylvania.Vincente Virola Rodriguez has been charged with reckless homicide...
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12.12.12
The driver of a semi-truck that collided with an Amtrak train in the Nevada desert in 2011 had repeatedly complained about the reliability of his 2008 Peterbilt big rig,...
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11.28.12
Semi-truck driver Josef Slezak of River Grove, Ill., was charged with four counts of manslaughter and four counts of vehicular homicide after he slammed into another car and set...
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11.12.12
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the number of fatalities caused by motor vehicle collisions increased 9 percent in the first half of 2012, as compared to...
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10.15.12
An inattentive truck driver who didn’t see signs warning of a construction project slammed into a line of cars in upstate New York, causing a massive collision that killed...
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10.08.12
The Eagle Ford Shale energy boom has brought jobs and a certain amount of prosperity to McMullen and LaSalle counties in South Texas. But the resulting commercial truck traffic...
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10.01.12
Because of their weight, size and often hazardous freight, 18-wheelers can be exceptionally deadly in a collision, so motorists would do well to exercise caution when driving near them.The...
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09.24.12
Despite our nation’s high unemployment rate, there are as many as 200,000 job openings for long-haul truck drivers—and that number is only expected to go up. Unfortunately, those jobs...
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09.17.12
The National Transportation Safety Board recently recommended a series of safety programs for commercial motor vehicles aimed at improving safety on the nation’s roadways.The Law Offices of Frank Branson,...
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08.06.12
The historic Old Grist Mill Tavern in Seekonk, Mass., was destroyed in a fire after a tractor trailer rounded a corner too quickly, and struck a gas main and...
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