collision Tagged Articles

19-vehicle pileup in Maine blamed on winter storm Nemo

Posted: February 8, 2013 Personal Injury

The giant winter storm meteorologists named Nemo is likely to blame for 19-vehicle pileup in Falmouth, Maine, authorities investigating the series of crashes said.

Bad brakes eyed as cause of deadly California bus crash

Posted: February 8, 2013 Product Liability

Authorities investigating the deadly bus crash on a California mountain highway are looking at the vehicle’s mechanical integrity, especially its brakes, in light of reports from the driver and surviving passengers, as well as a company history of brake problems

Bus driver could face charges for crashing into Boston bridge

Posted: February 8, 2013 Personal Injury

Authorities investigating the crash of a chartered bus carrying several high school students and their chaperons into a Boston bridge Saturday night say that the bus did not belong on the road because the bridge clearance wasn’t of sufficient height.

At least 8 dead, 36 injured in California tour bus crash

Posted: February 4, 2013 Personal Injury

A tour bus carrying passengers down a mountain road after a day of skiing at California’s Big Bear Mountain crashed Sunday evening, killing at least eight people and injuring more than three dozen others, some of them critically.

Broken lights, marsh fire, fog may have contributed to New Orleans I-10 pileup

Posted: January 2, 2012 Product Liability

A deadly pileup of more than 40 vehicles on Interstate 10 West outside New Orleans Thursday killed two Louisiana men and injured 62 others, many of them critically. Pictures and raw video of the pre-dawn pileup show the mangled wreckage

Tractor trailer and school bus collide, killing one student and injuring several others

Posted: April 8, 2011 Personal Injury

JACKSON, Miss.— A tractor trailer collided with a school bus on a rural Mississippi highway Friday morning, killing one child and injuring at least 10 others.

Feds order trucking company to install recorders after falsifying records

Posted: November 5, 2010 Personal Injury

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered JBS Carriers of Greeley, Colorado, to install electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) in its entire fleet of 700 trucks for serious violations of federal regulations designed to keep truckers and the roads

Unhitched trailer kills teacher on NC highway

Posted: November 3, 2010 Product Liability

A second-grade school teacher was killed earlier this month on Highway 43 near Greenville, North Carolina after colliding with a trailer that became unhitched from a pickup truck.

Families of victims killed in Oklahoma truck crash settle for $63 million

Posted: October 14, 2010 Personal Injury

A civil lawsuit over a tractor trailer crash that killed 10 people on an Oklahoma interstate last year has been settled for nearly $63 million, according to attorneys for both sides.

Two commercial trucks collide in Montgomery, sending four to hospital

Posted: October 13, 2010 Personal Injury

A crash involving two 18-wheelers and a car in Montgomery, Alabama, has sent four people to the hospital, one of whom is listed in serious condition. The crash occurred around 3:00 yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Taylor Road and