What exactly is a jackknife accident? It’s an accident involving a commercial truck that is pulling a trailer. When the trailer moves from behind the truck toward the body of the truck, it forms the shape of a “V” or a jackknife. These accidents are often caused by speeding, poor weather conditions, sudden braking, and…

VERMILLION COUNTY, Indiana — A tractor-trailer truck riding westbound on Interstate 74 in Vermillion County, Indiana, did not slow for stopping traffic timely and caused a massive accident. The tremendous rear-end crash sent four people, including an infant, to a local trauma center with life-threatening injuries. The Tribune-Starreported that Indiana State Police accident reconstruction troopers, along…

Our Truck Equipment Failure Accident Lawyers in Chicago, Illinois discuss how there are a number of systems or equipment pieces that can fail on a tractor-trailer or semi-truck.

Sharing the road with large trucks can be very intimidating, even for a seasoned motorist. Tractor-trailer trucks, construction trucks, and other heavy-duty vehicles have a high clearance which allows for smaller cars, motorcycles, and bicycles to underride the big rig. Underride accidents can have horrific results. Underride collisions tend to crush the roof of smaller…

When truckers have been injured in vehicle accidents in Illinois, they have a few different options for pursuing compensation for their injuries. Not considering fault, truck drivers working for commercial carriers can look into the possibility of a worker’s compensation claim. They can also consider a third-party claim for negligence. A worker’s compensation claim can…

Driving around massive semi-trucks is anxiety causing for many people. These huge vehiclesoutweigh passenger cars by 20 or 30 times and collisions between trucks and smaller vehicles disproportionatelyend in people in the smaller vehicles being killed. In recent years, large truck-relateddeaths have risen across the United States by incredible margins. According to government data, in…

POLK COUNTY, TX – Cbs19.tv writes that a man from Chicago was injured in a crash on Monday, January 21, 2019, in Polk County Texas. The incident took place at about 3:30 in the afternoon on U.S. 59. Reports indicate that Edward Johnson, 56, of Nacogdoches was driving northbound in a 2008 Dodge pickup truck when…

CHICAGO, IL- Chicago.cbslocal.com writes that a semi-truck hit a charter bus at about 6:51 in the evening on Interstate 294. The impact caused by the crash led to the truck bursting into flames. Thecharter bus then became engulfed in flames as well.* The driver of the truck, a 37-year-old woman,suffered injuries in the collision and was…

BERKELEY, IL- Nbcchicago.com reported that a semi-trailer caught fire after driving into a tractor-trailer that was on the shoulder of Interstate 294.* The crash took place at about 6:51in the evening close to Berkeley, Illinois. The truck driver was injured in the accident and was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The crash…