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…
Continue reading…Several Injured in Collision with Semi Truck in Polk County
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…
Continue reading…Semi-Truck Catches Fire After Hitting Bus on Interstate 294 in Chicago
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…
Continue reading…Semi-Truck Strikes Charter Bus on Interstate 294 in Berkeley, Illinois
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…
Continue reading…Semi-Truck Strikes Charter Bus on Interstate 294 in Berkeley, Illinois
BERKELEY, IL- Nbcchicago.com writes 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…
Continue reading…Crash Between Garbage Truck and Another Vehicle Result in One Death
WASHINGTON COUNTY, IL- Bnd.com writes that a man from Marissa, Illinois died in a traffic accident in Washington County. The crash took place at the intersection of County Highway 13 and County Highway 6 at about 4 in the afternoon on Monday, January 14, 2019.* The victim was identified as 51-year-old Randall J. Koeller who was…
Continue reading…Fatal Garbage Truck Accident at Highway 13 and County Highway 6 in Washington County, Illinois
WASHINGTON COUNTY, IL- Bnd.com writes that a man from Marissa, Illinois died in a traffic accident in Washington County. The crash took place at the intersection of County Highway 13 and County Highway 6 at about 4 in the afternoon on Monday, January 14, 2019.* The victim was identified as 51-year-old Randall J. Koeller who was…
Continue reading…Fiery Truck Crash Injures One on Interstate 294 in Berkeley, Illinois
BERKELEY, IL – Abc7chicago.com writes that a truck crash injured one person and shut down lanes on Interstate 294 on Monday night, January 14, 2019. The crash took place when a semi-truck drifted off the roadway and hit a passenger bus that was on the righthand shoulder at about 7 in the evening.* The bus, which…
Continue reading…Driver Suffers Injuries Following Crash with USPS Truck in Chicago, Illinois
CHICAGO, IL- Abc7chicago.com writes that a driver suffered injuries in a collision with a semi-truck on Saturday, January 12, 2019. The reports indicate that the driver ran through a red traffic signal at the intersection of Addison Street and Western Avenue at about 4:08 in the morning.* The driver, a 23-year-old woman,was brought to the…
Continue reading…Truck Crash in Knox County Severely Injures Two
KNOX COUNTY, IL – Kwqc.com writes that two people sustained severe injuries in a crash involving a tractor-trailer that took place in Knox County on Thursday, December 13, 2018. The truck collided with an SUV on Illinois Route 41 and Knox Road.* The early investigation indicates that Waylon R. Clark, 31, of Monmouth, was driving east…
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