Trucker May Have Been Asleep in Crash That Killed 5
Pennsylvania residents may have heard about an accident involving a tractor-trailer and two cars that killed five people in Georgia on May 19. The horrific accident occurred on I-16 west of Savannah near its junction with I-95. According to reports, the tractor-trailer had been seen drifting across the lanes of traffic prior to the collision. […]
Read MorePennsylvania Route 422 Plagued by String of Large Truck Crashes
Four serious accidents with injuries and one death have occurred on Route 422 in Pennsylvania in less than six weeks. Each accident involved a large truck. Winter weather played a role in one accident when a pickup slid on the snowy highway and hit a tractor-trailer in Plumcreek. The man driving the pickup died. Three […]
Read MorePennsylvania Trucker Faces Time in Prison
On Jan. 13, 2014, a man accused of falling asleep while operating a tractor-trailer on Interstate 78 reportedly struck a 2000 Ford Taurus from behind, and the vehicles caught fire. The driver of the truck sustained no injuries, according to authorities, but the driver of the Taurus, a 65-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the […]
Read More1 Killed, 1 Injured in Tractor-Trailer Crash
A Pennsylvania truck driver faces impending charges for being involved in a tractor-trailer accident with a car in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. The trucker had missed a turn that he intended to make, so he continued down the road and tried to turn around to go back. In the process, according to a police […]
Read MorePennsylvania Truck Accident Kills 1
A Pennsylvania woman died as a result of an accident when a box truck rear-ended her car on Jan. 16. Police reportedly detained the man who was driving the truck. The accident occurred shortly after 7 a.m. at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Route 65 in Ambridge. The woman was stopped in a southbound […]
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