Tuesday was a fatal day in northern Indiana, with vehicular accidents killing eight people. http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100224/News01/100229672/1130&Template;=printpicart In one of the crashes in South Bend, a Cadillac traveling east in on Indiana 2, turning left on Quince Road, was hit by a…
Driver Dies in Five-Truck Crash in Iowa
One often wonders why pile up of semi’s discussed below doesn’t happen more often. Tractor-trailers love to run in convoy, as if safe stopping distance doesn’t count when they are in formation. These are not fighter jets, nor bicycle racers.…
Arizona Woman Killed When Crash Turns Her Car Into A Fireball
A Phoenix mother was killed Sunday morning in a crash on I-10 when a truck hit her disabled car, turning it into a fireball and trapping her, according to several published reports.http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2010/02/02/fatal-crash-i10-left-woman-dead-blazing-vehicle-fire_201002023205.html Olga Sanchez Torres, 44, was pronounced dead at…
Explosive Fuel Truck Accident Kills Driver, Shuts Down Long Island Expressway For 10 Hours
A fuel tanker truck crashed and exploded into flames on the Long Island Expressway early Saturday morning, killing its driver, melting the road and an overhead sign, and shutting down the busy highway for 10 hours. The truck was trying…
Winter and Semi’s Bad Mix
Well we have a foot of snow on the ground here in Wisconsin, which was waiting for me when I got off my last airline flight. The drive home was one of the most anxious I can remember, largely because…
Iowa Truck Overturns
MARTINSDALE, Iowa (AP) — A stretch of Interstate 35 in central Iowa was closed for nearly nine hours after a truck hauling more than 150 hogs overturned. The crashed happened early Thursday near the Martinsdale exit. Officials said no injuries…