People who use the highways in Pennsylvania may be interested in some data about large truck accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released statistics about fatal and nonfatal truck accidents that took place across the United States in 2012. According to the NHTSA, there were four percent more fatal truck accidents in […]

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Transporting freight in large trucks is a vital part of the Pennsylvania economy. However, when large truck drivers don’t take proper safety precautions, truck accidents can endanger other drivers. Driving a tractor-trailer over long distances can result in severe driver fatigue. Research has shown that hundreds of deaths that occur each year are attributable to […]

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A fatal semi-truck accident occurred during the morning of Oct. 4, 2012 in Allentown, and the wife of the deceased is seeking damages of more than $75,000 in a wrongful death action. The lawsuit claims a negligent driver of a big rig caused her husband’s death. She also named the truck driver’s employers and the […]

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Pennsylvania state police report that a truck accident in the morning of July 16 in Greene County left one individual dead. Another individual involved in the crash suffered moderate injuries. According to police, a 42-year-old water tank truck driver was traveling south on Route 88 at Eighty-Eight Road when he lost control of his vehicle […]

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