Reasons to Select a Truck Accident Attorney A Highly Specialized Field People seeking legal advice concerning motor vehicle accidents sometimes overlook the importance of consulting with experienced truck accident attorneys when a case involves a commercial truck. Why does expertise in this field matter? What sets these kinds of legal actions apart from generic automotive cases? In the United States, the trucking industry has played a very important role in commerce for generations. An important body of federal laws and…
3 Dead After 30 Vehicle Pileup Near Fowlerville, Michigan Snow, Ice, and Bad Decisions Are a Deadly Mix A mixture of snow, ice, and wind is being blamed for a 30+ vehicle pileup on I-94 near Fowlerville that left at least 3 people dead and 11 injured as a winter storm slammed into Central Michigan during the overnight hours of December 8th – 9th. Preliminary reports said that a tractor-trailer rig belonging to an unknown company had jackknifed at around…
Truck Accident, Fire, Causes Evacuation In Rutherford County, Tennessee What Happens If the First Responders Make an Error 18-wheeler accidents can easily cause injuries far away from the scene of the accident, as a recent incident in Tennessee came very close to demonstrating. *** A tractor trailer accident and fire in Rutherford County, Tennessee (Murfeesboro area) led to a shelter-in-place order for the entire county which was later amended to a precautionary evacuation of about 150 homes in a nearby…
Baltimore Freeway Pileup Leaves Two Dead After Fuel Tanker Crashes, Burns Icy Weather Claims Another Driver The first major storm of the winter to hit the Baltimore area led to a 67-vehicle pileup that left two dead, including the driver of a tanker truck that was filled with gasoline, and sending two dozen more to area hospitals. *** Around 5:00 AM on Saturday (December 17) a series of accidents began on an icy stretch on Interstate 95 had effectively blocked…
A woman in Colorado was killed when the Toyota Camry in which she drove was a stuck by two errant wheels off a tractor trailer, which was traveling southbound on I-25 in Colorado, reports say. The wheels, which separated from the trailer, bounced over the median of the highway and struck the roof of the Camry, which was headed northbound on I-25. Reports say that the two wheels on the rear of the driver’s side of the semi-truck simply…