Blog Posts in May, 2012
Posted on May 30, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Accident reports are saying that a man was killed by being run over by a garbage truck in Missouri on Tuesday morning. Investigators reported that the truck accidentally backed over the man who was ...
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Posted on May 29, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
According to reports from state police, a man died last night in a tanker truck crash. The truck was hauling 9,000 gallons of gasoline at the time of the collision, which could have proved very ...
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Posted on May 24, 2012 By Houston Truck Accident Attorney
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has unveiled a new plan to significantly reduce truck related crash fatalities by 2016. To do this, the agency plans to develop new ...
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Posted on May 23, 2012 By Houston Truck Accident Lawyer
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed new legislation that would require large truck and bus manufacturers to equip vehicles with electronic safety systems designed ...
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Posted on May 23, 2012 By Houston Truck Accident Lawyer
On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new safety regulations for large commercial trucks and buses. They state in the proposal that they hope to ...
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Posted on May 22, 2012 By Houston Truck Accident Attorney
Federal regulations exist to mandate the number of hours a commercial driver may work before taking a mandatory rest period. These regulations are meant to protect both the drivers and other people on ...
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Posted on May 21, 2012 By Houston Truck Accident Attorney
In October of 2011, one woman, Keenia Williams, saved a man from a devastating and possibly fatal situation. After 52 year old truck driver, Michael Finerty, crashed going southbound on Highway 101 in ...
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Posted on May 18, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
22 people were injured in a Connecticut accident Monday morning. The incident occurred around 7 in the morning when a bus was stopped appropriately at a bus stop. The bus was hit from behind by a ...
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Posted on May 16, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Adverse weather conditions may have contributed to this Ohio truck accident. Just this past weekend, a tractor trailer jack knifed and severely tied up traffic. This was a tanker truck usually ...
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Posted on May 15, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Attorneys Jason Itkin, Cory Itkin and Noah Wexler of Arnold & Itkin LLP recently filed a case on behalf of a truck driver who was injured while performing his job duties. The accident took place ...
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Posted on May 14, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
In Avon, Colorado yesterday, a semi-truck was hauling two trailers when it lost control. The trailers it was hauling were sent plummeting off of the overpass that the truck was traveling on. One of ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
In Washington State, state officials are starting an investigation after a dump-truck accident occurred. The state will be looking into the company's accident prevention program in particular. The ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
The Semi Truck Accident Victims Center is about to begin their new initiative to provide help to innocent victims of truck accidents. The initiative will be to compile a list of top-quality lawyers ...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is launching two new research studies to investigate factors that affect professional driver safety. One study will explore the affect spending ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
In Belmont County, Ohio today a coal truck and a fuel truck were involved in a collision. One truck was carrying 300 gallons of fuel that spilled on the highway as a result of the crash. The details ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyer
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed new legislation that would change the number of consecutive hours a commercial vehicle driver may work before taking a mandatory ...
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Posted on May 4, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
What would you think if you knew that thousands of commercial truck drivers were driving with false licenses? Well, that is exactly what is happening in at least 32 states. Commercial license fraud is ...
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Posted on May 3, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Conspicuity is a term used to describe how well something is visible under the circumstances at hand. In order to increase conspicuity on commercial trucks, things like reflective tape are required on ...
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Posted on May 1, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Unlike the publicity that actress Jayne Mansfield received when she was killed in an underride accident in 1967, hundreds of people are killed every year in these types of collisions with commercial ...
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