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Recent Posts in Truck Accidents Category

  • Who Is Responsible for a Commercial Truck Accident?

    Commercial trucks can weigh up to 80,000 pounds when fully loaded with cargo, and they can be up to 75 feet in length. Due to their enormous size, commercial trucks can cause extensive damage to passenger vehicles. Victims of non-fatal commercial truck accidents could suffer serious injuries, such as paralysis, spinal cord trauma, whiplash, burns, lacerations, bruises, broken or fractured bones, ...
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  • The Difference between Truck Accidents & Car Accidents

    If you were recently injured in a truck accident that was caused by the negligence and recklessness of a commercial driver, the process of recovering compensation is much different compared to car accidents . Furthermore, there are a variety of factors in a truck accident that does not apply to a regular motor vehicle collision. The main difference between truck accidents and car accidents ...
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  • Elderly woman injured in truck accident

    An 81-year old New Jersey woman was injured in a roadway accident when her 2004 Honda crashed into a tractor-trailer on March 20 around 10:30 a.m. The driver of the truck, a 57-year-old man, suspected that his truck may have been too tall to fit under a clearance area that was ahead. He parked the truck by the side of the highway while he tried to decide how best to turn it around. The truck ...
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  • Bus collides with jackknifed tractor-trailer, causes fatality

    A 59-year-old bus driver from New Jersey was involved in a fatal collision with a jackknifed tractor-trailer on a road in Vermont. No passenger was reported to have died or suffered any serious injuries. Two passengers did suffer moderate injuries, while the other 29 passengers suffered minor injuries. On the night of Feb. 21, according to Vermont state troopers, the tractor-trailer from JP ...
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  • Four-truck pileup causes injuries on New Jersey Turnpike

    A pickup truck that was disabled due to a flat tire triggered a series of events that led to a serious chain reaction of trucking accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike. The accidents began when a tractor-trailer that was following immediately behind a disabled pickup truck came to a stop, causing the tractor-trailer to plow into it. The force of the rear impact dislodged the storage container that ...
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  • New Jersey truck accident kills one

    A New Jersey dump truck accident took the life of a Florida man and critically injured his wife. The truck accident occurred in Plumsted Township, according to the Ocean County prosecutor. The 81-year-old driver and his 78-year-old wife were traveling west on County Route 537 when they attempted to make a left turn onto County Route 539. Their vehicle was struck by a tri-axle dump truck on the ...
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  • New rules mandate breaks for truck drivers

    Commercial truck drivers in New Jersey might be interested to hear that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration created new rules that mandate how long truck drivers can drive at a time without taking breaks. The new stipulations were made in an effort to decrease the amount of traffic deaths caused by fatigued commercial drivers. According to the Department of Transportation, between ...
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  • NY man hit by semi while pushing truck

    An unidentified victim was hit by a semi truck on Interstate 90 while he attempted to push his vehicle out of the line of traffic after he ran out of gas. The truck accident took place on the westbound side of the interstate near the Cazenovia Creek overpass. According to New York State Police, the driver of the pickup was hit by a tractor trailer and suffered a fractured shoulder and hip bone. He ...
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  • Truck drivers injured in recent accident

    When truck drivers are inattentive, following too close or speeding, serious accidents are more likely to occur. When a trucking accident does occur in New Jersey and beyond, people can be left with devastating injuries. Three trucks were involved in a recent accident in another state. A dump truck driver reportedly tried to slow down when he saw a pedestrian on the shoulder. However, as he ...
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  • Truck accident kills 1, injures 33 others

    Truck accidents often have devastating results. That's because of the sheer size and weight of most tractor-trailers. A truck can weigh as much as 80,000 pounds. A car usually weighs only around 3,000 pounds. A recent truck accident in a nearby state has left one person dead and more than 30 others injured. A tractor-trailer reportedly crashed into multiple vehicles. Reports indicate that the ...
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