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 oncoming [...]

January 8, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics  No Comments

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  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Fatal Tractor Trailer Wreck in Newington, Virginia Kills One on I-95

by Emily Mapp Brannon
The traffic on the northbound lanes of I-95 in Newington, VA was shut down last week when an accident involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor trailer caused the death of at least one person and injured two others.  Officials have stated that a Hyundai and a tractor trailer were involved in [...]

November 12, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Virginia Beach Man Killed as Passenger in Fed Ex Truck Roll-Over

by Richard N. Shapiro
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton
It what can only be described as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, tragically a passenger riding along in a Fed Ex truck was killed last week when the vehicle overturned on Fentress Airfield Road. Virginia Beach Police have identified the victim of this accident [...]

October 7, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Deadly Tractor Trailer Crash on I-85 in Davidson County Kills Car Driver

In a manner not uncommon to most tractor trailer wrecks, one person has been left dead when an 18 wheeler smashed into the back of a car on southbound Interstate 85. According to authorities, it appears that the car had stopped in the southbound lanes near Exit 91 in Davidson County.

The big rig [...]

September 23, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Virginia’s Southbound I-85 Closed for 6 Hours after Fatal Tractor -Trailer Wreck

In a fiery big rig crash, a tractor-trailer driver was killed on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County and has been identified as an Arkansas man. The Virginia State Police identified the driver as Danny Ray Parks, 47, of Batesville, Arkansas.
The victim, Bates, crashed his tractor-trailer into the back of another [...]

September 14, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments


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