Dump Truck Accident Near Charlottesville, VA Injures Two
A tire blowout on the truck is being blamed for the wreck on VA Route 20 that also involved a small car.
January 17, 2012
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Accident in Virginia Beach Involving Dump Truck Causes Injuries
The accident occurred at the intersection of Bonney Road and South Budding Avenue.
October 23, 2011
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Top Ten Safe Summer Driving Tips From Commercial Truck Drivers
Maintaining a constant speed can reduce fuel costs by 30 percent and give you more time to react to changing road conditions and mistakes by other motorists.
July 1, 2011
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Wrongful Death in Semi Crash Results in $5M Settlement
The truck driver was cited by police for disobeying a signal at a four-way intersection with stop signs at each corner. He may also have been speeding before the wreck.
March 3, 2011
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Five Killed, 10 Injured When Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Stopped Cars in NC
Semis and 18-wheelers take much longer to stop than smaller vehicles, so it is important that the people behind the wheel of large commercial trucks remain alert and responsive to changes in road conditions and traffic flow that can lead to accidents in which people get killed or hospitalized.
February 23, 2011
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Distracted Driver Crashes into Disabled Vehicle
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Whose fault is it when a vehicle becomes disabled and the driver of another vehicle crashes into it? Easy, it is the fault of the inattentive driver. These crashes happen more often than not, find out more. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm [...]
January 21, 2011
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Head-On Collision By Big Rig Kills Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney It’s terrifying to think that you could be obeying the speed limit, driving defensively, and still be the victim of a deadly accident. This is exactly what happened in a deadly wreck near Roanoke, Virginia (VA), find out more. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm [...]
January 20, 2011
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Texting Causes Fatal Accident
By: Emily Mapp Brannon, Attorney Commerical truck drivers spend a lot of time on the road. This gives them a higher chance of being in an accident. As more and more young people start driving the rate of distracted driver accidents has been going up as well. This was the case late yesterday afternoon when distracted driving [...]
January 10, 2011
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Distracted Driving – Texting, Chatting, Eating — Takes a Deadly Toll
Federal, state and industry efforts to prevent and crack down on distracted driving by proposing and adopting bans on texting by drivers and banning hand held cell phone use behind the wheel have made a dent in the problem. Those measures can only go so far.
January 9, 2011
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Road Rage Driver Sentenced
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney These days, road rage seems to be an every day occurrence. Tractor-trailer drivers often bear the brunt of it from impatient or angry motorists. This time the road rage was more than angry words. An angry driver rammed a pickup truck with his vehicle on Interstate 70 in January, [...]
December 6, 2010
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