A tractor-trailer crashed into a Norcross QuikTrip gas station parking lot just recently, damaging 10 cars and causing Jimmy Carter Boulevard to be shut down for some time. The tractor-trailer appeared to careen off Jimmy Carter Blvd. and over a retaining wall before flipping over in the parking lot. One individual required first responders to …
Family Sues After Georgia Woman Dies in Flying Tire Accident
Jennifer Thomas was killed immediately after a tire flew off of a semi-truck and exploded through her windshield while she was driving on the I-75 South. Now, her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck driver and his trucking company. Named as plaintiffs in the suit are her husband and the administrator …
Truck Driver Faces Four Counts of Criminally Negligent Homicide
While truck drivers and the companies they work for are most often held accountable in civil court where they’re required to pay money damages to those they injure or the families of those they kill, they can also be held responsible by criminal courts. It’s rare, but it does happen. One Mississippi truck driver learned …
Truck Driver Shortage Blamed for Uptick in Accidents
Since 2005, the American Trucking Association (ATA) has been decrying the existence of a truck driver shortage among active truck drivers. They routinely claim that there are 60,000 fewer truck drivers on the road than there needs to be to meet the demand. They point to certain statistics including the average American truck is male …
Fatalities in Work Zones Often Involve Tractor-Trailers
According to the Federal Highway Safety Administration, 30 percent of all work zone accidents involve large trucks. In the last five years, there have been over 1,000 fatalities and 18,000 injuries caused by large trucks in work zones. 65 percent of all truck-related accidents that occurred in work zones happened during the day and they …
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