Fatal Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills One Injures Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Virginia (VA) has many long stretches of road where a tired tractor-trailer driver may pull over and rest. This was the case in Indiana (IN) when a semi driver was killed when his truck rear-ended another semi that had been parked on the shoulder. The driver who caused the wreck [...]
January 17, 2011
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Tractor-Trailer Police Chase Leads to Multiple Injuries
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney A tractor-trailer driver is in custody after leading police on a chase up Interstate 81 (I-81) through parts of West Virginia (WV) , Maryland (MD) and Pennsylvania (PA), reports The Times Leader. The truck with Mississippi plates struck several civilian and police vehicles along the 12-mile Maryland stretch near [...]
December 22, 2010
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Tractor Trailer Hits Mower, Kills Driver
A Semi-Truck sideswiped two safety vehicles before striking a lawn mower and killing the operator on interstate I-95 (I 95) near Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NC), reports Channel 11 News. Troopers say the tractor trailer speed was between 65 and 70 mph in the work zone. “At this point it’s still unclear what the circumstances was, [...]
November 5, 2010
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North Carolina (NC) Police Fed up with Careless Truck Drivers, Create Operation Road Watch
By: Randy Appleton, Trucking Injury Attorney Aggressive driving and unsecured loads are just a few of the things that North Carolina State Troopers are trying to protect motorists from. Find out how they plan to do it. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
September 4, 2010
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Tractor Trailer Backs Up, Kills Driver, in Suffolk Virginia
One person was killed in a truck crash on South Quay Road in Suffolk, Virginia. A pick-up truck hit a tractor trailer who was blocking the road. To learn more, check out this article: About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law and [...]
August 30, 2010
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Driver Killed When Tractor-Trailer Runs Red Light in Virginia Beach, VA.
By Jim Lewis, Truck Accident Lawyer in Virginia Friday morning while driving to work, you probably think about the upcoming weekend. Some people are thinking about the activities they are planning with their kids. Others think about a Friday night dinner date with friends. Now imagine how different your Friday morning would be if [...]
August 16, 2010
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Tractor-trailer Jackknifes into Van Filled with Disabled Passengers Killing Four
by Jim Lewis Although the roads and highways along Virginia’s I-81, I-64 or I-66 have not reported any recent bad tractor trailer accidents, there was one in Springfield, Ohio today. A tractor-trailer jackknifed on icy road conditions and slammed into a van filled with disabled passengers that were being transported. The big rig swerved into [...]
January 8, 2010
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Deadly I-95 Tractor Trailer Crash near Dunn, North Carolina Kills Child
by John Cooper A tractor trailer crash on I-95 just outside of Dunn, North Carolina (N.C.) has tragically left a 6 year old child dead. In a sad chain of events an SUV in which the child was riding collided with an 18 wheeler on a stretch of Interstate 95 in Harnett County, North Carolina [...]
December 27, 2009
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Fatal Tractor Trailer Crash in Nelson County Virginia Kills One on Hwy 5
By Rick Shapiro Alger H. Fleming, 66 of Amherst County died after being hit by a tractor trailer along Va. Hwy 56 in Nelson County, Va. Fleming was driving east on Va. 56 at around 4:35 a.m. when he came up on a large tree that had fallen across the road near the Tye River [...]
November 24, 2009
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Bereaved Albemarle County Family Awarded $5.25M in Tractor Trailer Death Lawsuit
by John Cooper An Albemarle County jury awarded a bereaved family $5.25 million for the loss of their precious 16 year old daughter who had been killed last year when a tractor trailer ran a red light and slamming into the car she was driving. The jury’s verdict was decided with only 3 hours of [...]
November 16, 2009
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