70-Year-Old Woman Killed in NC Trucking Accident
The trucker was also injured in the crash that remains under investigation.
July 28, 2011
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, cement truck, crash, death, injured, North Carolina, U.S. 17 Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics 
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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
Tags: 18 wheeler, accidents, attorney, big rig, car, Cooper, crash, death, driver, fatal, I-64, I-81, I-95, injuries, North Carolina, safety, semi, tractor trailer, truck, trucker, VA, Virginia, wreck, wrongful death Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Passenger Killed, Driver Injured in North Carolina (NC) Truck Wreck
By Rick Shapiro, Trucking Accident Injury Attorney In McDowell County, near Linville, North Carolina (NC), a semi truck lost control, catapulted down a steep hill and wrecked, killing a passenger and shutting down the highway, the N.C. Highway Patrol said Monday. Find out why this fatal tractor-trailer accident happened. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is [...]
March 3, 2011
Tags: accident attorneys, accidents, auto accident, automobile accident, big rig, fatal, free consultation, grim data, hurt, McDowell County, medical, medical treatment, motor vehicle accidents, NC, North Carolina, Ricky Dave McDuffie, semi, statistics, tractor trailer, wrongful death Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Head-On Smith Mountain Lake Collision Causes Fiery Wreck Between Tractor-Trailers
By Rick Shapiro, Truck Accident Injury Attorney As a personal injury attorney, I, unfortunately, understand how fragile life can be. More and more I am seeing cases of head-on collisions where one vehicle will lose control and cross the median, crashing head-on into an unsuspecting motorist. Just last month, two tractor-trailers collided killing both drivers. [...]
February 3, 2011
Tags: accident, attorney, big rig, case, claim, collision, compensation, crash, driver, fiery, head-on, injury, Lake, legal, NC, North Carolina, Route 220, semi, Shapiro, Smith Mountain, tractor trailer, truck, victim, Virginia, wrong way, wrongful death Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Chain Reaction Big-Rig Wreck Shuts Down I-26
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Eastbound Interstate 26 (I-26) was shut down briefly Saturday afternoon near Johnson City, North Carolina (NC) after a tractor-trailer caused an accident involving three other vehicles, according to the N.C. State Highway Patrol. The big rig driver was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision [...]
December 6, 2010
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Slow Driver Causes Fiery Crash With Big Rig
By Richard Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Have you ever been driving behind a car that just refuses to hit the gas and go? A tractor-trailer driver had just that problem on I-95. Unfortunately the driver was going so slowly that it caused the big-rig to crash. Find out more. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis [...]
December 2, 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
Tags: accident, auto accident, big rig, crash, death, driver negligent, Durham, fatality, I-95, I95, injury, injury attorney, kills, mower, NC, North Carolina, Raleigh, safety equipment, semi, Shapiro, side swiped, tractor trailer, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Beware the Icy Dangers of a Tractor Trailer Rooftop
By Richard N. Shapiro, Attorney With the recent onslaught of snow and ice that has falling in our area it is sure to increase the likelihood of crashes and injuries out on our highways and roads. In fact, just such an event occurred near Charlotte, North Carolina involving two tractor trailers. Although no one appears [...]
February 2, 2010
Tags: collision, I-77, ice sheet, injury lawyer, Lake Norman, North Carolina, rooftop, semi-truck, Shapiro, tractor trailer, U.S. Mail truck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Preventing Fire Tanker Truck Rollovers Requires Training, Experience
Tanker trucks are particularly difficult to control because their loads shift with each change in speed and direction. Liquid loads can easily tip or flip a truck when drivers do not exercise the utmost care and caution. And the results can be deadly.
January 25, 2010
Tags: deaths, fire truck, injury, John Cooper, lawyer, North Carolina, paralyzed, rollover, water tanker Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
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
Tags: 18 wheeler, big rig, child, collision, Cooper, crash, fatality, I-95, injury lawyer, Johnston County, North Carolina, over-corrected, SUV, tractor trailer Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
