In: Truck Crashes
Truck Crashes – 2016
March 28, 2019Clark County, South Dakota | One person killed in a crash involving two semi trucks near Garden City https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=21133 Roanoke County,…
Read MoreSTATEMENT OF THE TRUCK SAFETY COALITION ON SENATE COMMERCE HEARING ON AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS
September 14, 2017ARLINGTON, VA (September 13, 2017) – The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) thanks Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,…
Read MoreTruck Crashes – 2015
August 10, 2017Texas truck driver dies in six-vehicle crash on I-81 Tractor-trailer crashes into Tyrone dam and pond Tractor Trailer Crashes Into Car…
Read MoreJennifer Tierney: Congress must stop ignoring truck safety
February 20, 2017For more than 30 years, I have been advocating to make trucking safer, since my father, James Mooney, was killed in…
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Trucks need two safety fixes to prevent highway fatalities
February 6, 2017I was devastated to hear about the recent truck crash in which a 5-year-old boy and his volunteer driver were killed…
Read MoreStatement on Selection of Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation
November 30, 2016The Truck Safety Coalition, a partnership of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) and Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT), looks…
Read MoreLetter to Secretary Foxx from Rick Watts
October 4, 2016The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx:…
Read MoreOne Person Injured in Truck Crash in Cowley County, KS
June 2, 2016On May 24, 2016, at approximately 5:25 p.m., Catherine Cranmer, 23, was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 77, when a tractor-trailer…
Read MoreWoman Died in a Truck Crash in Uinta County, WY
June 2, 2016On May 23, 2016, at approximately 10:55 p.m., Jonah McWinn, 70, was traveling westbound on I-80, when she pulled off the…
Read MoreTwo Dead and One Injured in a Truck Crash in Suwanee County, FL
June 2, 2016On May 12, 2016, at approximately 12:00 p.m., Benjamin Piechoczek, 19, and Jordan Gutheim, 20, were the occupants of a Volvo…
Read MoreOne person dead and one person injured in a truck crash in Wayne County, IN
June 2, 2016On May 22, 2016, at approximately 3:45 p.m., Margaret Ryan, 22, was traveling eastbound on I-70, in stop and go traffic,…
Read MoreTruck Driver Seriously Injured after a Truck Wreck in Montgomery County, IA
June 2, 2016On May 18, 2016, at approximately 4:00 p.m., John Jamison, 55, was driving a concrete truck northbound on Avenue B, when…
Read MoreOne Person Dead and Four Injured in a Truck Crash in Isle of Wright County, VA
June 2, 2016On May 19, 2016, at approximately 8:00 a.m., Annie Mae Eley, 86, was a back seat passenger in a Pontiac. The…
Read MoreOne Man Dead in a Truck Crash in Upshur County, TX
June 2, 2016Wednesday May 18, 2016, approximately at 3:30 a.m., a truck driver was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 271, when he crossed…
Read MoreRunner hit by a flying tire in Dade County, FL
June 2, 2016On May 23, 2016, approximately 7:30 a.m., a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer on the Rickenbacker Causeway, when two tires…
Read MoreOne Man Dead and a Woman Injured due to a Truck Crash in Deuel County, NE
May 25, 2016On May 1, 2016, at approximately, 1:25 a.m., Sophia Wooley, 26, and Victor Wooley, 35, were traveling eastbound on I-80 freeway…
Read MoreTwo People Critically Injured Due to Truck Crash in Licking County, Ohio
May 25, 2016On April 12, 2016 at approximately 8:40 a.m., State Trooper Rodney A. Hart, 45, was parked in the right lane of…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Killed in Truck Crash in Union County, NJ
May 25, 2016On May 13, 2016, sometime before 10:00 a.m., Phillip Loureiro, 39, was riding his motorcycle on U.S. Route 1, when the…
Read MoreThree People Dead and a Child in Critical Conditions due to a Truck Crash in Montgomery County, TX
May 25, 2016On April 23, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., a truck driver driving an 18-wheeler was on Texas 105 near South Walker…
Read MoreTruck Driver Killed in a Truck Crash in Riverside County, CA
May 25, 2016On May 11, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Miguel Rolon, 59, was driving a flatbed tractor-trailer eastbound on I-10, when the…
Read More21 Years Old Man Died after Semi-Truck Slammed into Tractor in Jefferson County, Idaho
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 4:23 p.m., when McNeil Walker, 21, was driving a John Deere tractor southbound on I-15…
Read MoreOne Woman Dead and One Boy Injured in a Truck Wreck in Fresno County, CA
May 25, 2016On May 16, 2016, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Linda Iverson-Gutierrez was slowing in traffic on CA Highway 99, when a tractor-trailer…
Read MoreTwo Clarendon Women Killed in Truck Crash in Lonoke County, AR
May 25, 2016On April 19, 2016, at approximately 9:30 a.m., when a woman identified as Linda Brewster, 47, and her passenger, Lora Piggee,…
Read MoreTampa-Area Businessman, Lance Ringhaver Died in Truck Crash
May 25, 2016On April 4, 2016, at approximately 8:35 p.m., Lance C. Ringhaver was driving an Infinity Q705 south in the center lane…
Read MoreHusband and Wife Died in a Truck Crash in Edgar County, IL
May 25, 2016On May 17, 2016, at approximately 11:21 a.m., Clyde Kingery, 82 was traveling northbound on IL Route 49 with his wife,…
Read MoreCollege Student Killed in a Truck Crash in Bucks County, PA
May 25, 2016On April 25, 2016, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Kelly O’Brien, 18, was driving eastbound on the Pennsylvania, Turnpike when a truck…
Read MoreTwo Dead after Truck Crash in Henry County, KY
May 25, 2016On April 12, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., the driver, identified as Jordan Mefford, 23, and his girlfriend, Jacqueline Hayes, 26,…
Read MoreMan riding Farm Tractor Killed by a Large Truck in Christian County, KY
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 2:17 p.m., Jerry Williams, 43, was driving a farm tractor westbound on U.S. Highway 68…
Read MoreChicago Public School Teacher Killed in a Truck Crash in Cook County, IL
May 25, 2016On April 30, 2016, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Jeffery Komada, 54, was driving on I-294 when he he came upon a…
Read MoreTwo People Killed in Richland County Truck Wreck
May 25, 2016On March 31, 2016 at approximately 4:40 p.m., James Peagler, 80 and his sister, Jonell Peagler Weatherly, 78 were driving a…
Read MoreBicyclist was Hit and Killed by Tractor-Trailer in Brooklyn, New York
May 25, 2016On April 20, 2016, at approximately eight a.m., James Gregg, 33, was riding his bicycle on Sixth Avenue at Sterling Place…
Read More21 Years Old Woman Died in Middlesex County Truck Crash
May 25, 2016On April 3, 2016, in the middle of the afternoon, Jacqueline Sanchez, 21, was driving a Toyota Camry southbound on the…
Read MoreTwo Dead in a Tractor Trailer Wreck in Pulaski County, AR
May 25, 2016On May 15, 2016, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Willetta Reaves, 40, and Danny Hollis, 51 were traveling eastbound on I-40, when…
Read MoreOne person dead, Two Injured in a Three Vehicle Truck Crash in Windom County, Vermont
May 25, 2016On April 26, 2016, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Dean Tkaczyk, 54, was driving northbound on Vermont Route 30 when her vehicle…
Read MoreLarge Truck hits Man from behind in Sumner County, Kansas
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 2:42 a.m., George Britt, 50, was stopped at a toll both on the Kansas Turnpike…
Read MoreFive People Injured and One dead in a Truck Crash in Lee County, FL
May 25, 2016On May 16, 2016, a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer northbound on Summerlin Road in Fort Myers, when traffic ahead…
Read MoreElderly Woman Injured in Ambulance after Logging Truck Crash in Gulf County, Florida
May 25, 2016On April 26, 2016, at approximately 12:00 p.m., a truck driver was driving an unloaded logging truck on eastbound U.S. Highway…
Read MoreOne Man Dead after Semi-Truck Crashed into a Motel in El Paso, Texas
May 25, 2016On May 6, 2016, at approximately 10:15 a.m., a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer eastbound on I-10, when he lost…
Read MoreTDOT Employee Killed in Truck Crash, Hickman County, TN
May 25, 2016On April 28, 2016, at approximately 9:40 a.m., a worker with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), David Younger, 65, was…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Killed in a Truck Wreck in Wagoner County, OK
May 25, 2016On May 3, 2016, at approximately 6:40 a.m., Daniel Childress, 34, was riding his motorcycle eastbound on U.S. Highway 412, when…
Read MoreFive Women Injured in a Truck Crash in Porter County, IN
May 25, 2016On May 11, 2016, at approximately 11:50 p.m., a semi-truck driver was driving northbound on highway 49 when he came upon…
Read MoreTwo in Critical Conditions after a Truck Wreck in Fresno, California
May 25, 2016On May 3, 2016, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer southbound on Highway 41 when he…
Read MoreOne Woman Dead and One Woman Injured after a Crash with a Tractor-Trailer in Warren County, MS
May 25, 2016On April 30, 2016, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Ashley Dancer, 26, pulled over onto the shoulder of eastbound I-20 to assist…
Read MoreA Davis Man Died on I-80 Truck Wreck in Contra Costa County, CA
May 25, 2016On April 21, 2016, at approximately 3:22 a.m., when Angela Valenzuela, 25 had to stop on I-80 freeway due to an…
Read MoreCrash between a Pickup Truck and Semi-truck End One Man’s life in La Porte, County in Indiana
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Andrew Bladecki, 80 was driving his pickup truck westbound on IN Highway 2…
Read MoreTwo People Critically Injured After a Truck Crash in Benton County, WA
May 25, 2016On May 2, 2016, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Agustin Gonzalez, 73, was traveling northbound on WA Highway 225, when a westbound…
Read MoreMiddle School Teacher Died in a Truck Wreck in Cumberland County, ME
May 25, 2016On April 20, 2016 at approximately 1:15 p.m., Adam Perron was driving a Pontiac Vibe westbound on U.S. Route 302, when…
Read MoreOne Dead, Two Seriously Injured in a Truck Crash in Kyle, Texas
May 13, 2016On April 8, 2016 at approximately 12:00 a.m., three men were driving a pickup truck on the southbound lane of Interstate…
Read MoreA Davis Man Died on I-80 Truck Wreck in Contra Costa County, CA
May 13, 2016On April 21, 2016, at approximately 3:22 a.m., when Angela Valenzuela, 25 had to stop on I-80 freeway due to an…
Read MoreTwo Clarendon Women Killed in Truck Crash in Lonoke County, AR
May 3, 2016On April 19, 2016, at approximately 9:30 a.m., when a woman identified as Linda Brewster, 47, and her passenger, Lora Piggee,…
Read MoreOne dead and Two in Critical Conditions after a Truck Crash in Wildwood, FL
April 26, 2016On April 16, 2016, at approximately 5:40 a.m., a man, identified as Clayton Tripp, 84, was driving a Chevy Malibu westbound…
Read MoreTwo People Critically Injured Due to Truck Crash in Licking County, Ohio
April 26, 2016On April 12, 2016 at approximately 8:40 a.m., State Trooper Rodney A. Hart, 45, was parked in the right lane of…
Read MoreOne Man Dead after a Truck Wreck in Wells County, IN.
April 26, 2016On April 18, 2016, at approximately 3:15 p.m., Richard Crull, 64, was riding a farm tractor westbound on Indiana State Road…
Read MoreTwo People Critically Injured Due to Truck Crash in Licking County, Ohio
April 20, 2016April 14, 2016 On April 12, 2016 at approximately 8:40 a.m., State Trooper Rodney A. Hart, 45, was parked in the…
Read MoreTwo Dead after Truck Crash in Henry County, KY
April 20, 2016April 14, 2016 On April 12, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., the driver, identified as Jordan Mefford, 23, and his girlfriend,…
Read MoreOne Dead, Three Injured in Military Highway Truck Crash in Chesapeake City, VA
April 7, 2016On April 4, 2016 at approximately 4:35 a.m., three adults traveling on Military Highway in a van pulled over to the…
Read MoreTwo People Killed in Richland County Truck Wreck
April 7, 2016On March 31, 2016 at approximately 4:40 p.m., James Peagler, 80 and his sister, Jonell Peagler Weatherly, 78 were driving a…
Read MoreTampa-Area Businessman, Lance Ringhaver Died in Truck Crash
April 7, 2016On April 4, 2016, at approximately 8:35 p.m., Lance C. Ringhaver was driving an Infinity Q705 south in the center lane…
Read More21 Years Old Woman Died in Middlesex County Truck Crash
April 7, 2016On April 3, 2016, in the middle of the afternoon, Jacqueline Sanchez, 21, was driving a Toyota Camry southbound on the…
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