Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Tractor-Trailer Carrying Milk Overturns In Howard County

  Chrissie Cole | August 05, 2009 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A tractor-trailer, carrying milk, overturned Wednesday morning on I-95 to Route 32 West in Howard County. The driver of the truck, Gary Hines, 35, of Severn, suffered minor injuries and was...

• Truck Driver With Suspended License Causes Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 27, 2007 9:45 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A 54-year-old truck driver has been charged with reckless driving after causing an accident that killed a man on the Capital Beltway. He was driving a tractor-trailer on a suspended license. Police also believe that he had forged his logbook to show less driving time. Monday's accident occurred about 11 p.m. on the outer loop of the Beltway north of Route 1. Police said the tractor-trailer...

• Two Truck Drivers Killed in Fiery Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 14, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Two Truck Drivers were driving their semi-trucks on the New York State Thruway on Tuesday morning when they were both killed. One was crushed under his truck after his truck was hit by another semi. The other semi then flipped over and caught on fire. "There were no witnesses, and the two people involved are dead," said Ricky Peets, a state police investigator assigned to the Thruway.Some...

• Florida Highway Accident Kills Truck Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | February 23, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A truck driver from Mayo was killed when his semi-truck overturned on the entrance ramp to the highway. The accident happened at the intersection of SR 6 and I-75. The driver was turning north onto the on-ramp to northbound I-75 from the westbound lane of SR 6 about 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 9. He began braking the truck as he entered the on-ramp and the truck overturned onto its left side on...

• Driver Fatigue a Major Cause of Truck Accidents

  Staff Writer | March 10, 2006 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Michael Kaplen has a great blog with tons of brain injury news and information. Back in November, Michael brought my attention to a Penn State study which examined truck accidents in 2004. The study was done to see how allowing truckers to drive 11 consecutive hours (the limit was previously 10) affected crash risk.According to ScienceDaily.com:Dr. Paul Jovanis, professor of civil engineering...