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A woman and her two children from Nageezi, New Mexico were killed on U.S. 550 near Bloomfield last Thursday when their car collided with the trailer of a semi-truck that was traveling in the oncoming lane. According to an article from KOB.com, the fatal collision was the result of the trailer crossing into the oncoming... read more

Earlier this month, a federal jury awarded a total of at least $4.7 million to Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad from a Nevada trucking company for damage that was caused when a truck driver for the company crashed into an Amtrak passenger train in Nevada, killing six people and injuring many others. According to an... read more

A 50-year-old woman was killed earlier this month in a four-vehicle accident that also left an overturned semi-truck and a load of rocks strewn across the highway. According to an article from the Denton Record-Chronicle, the woman was driving on State Highway 114 in Denton County, Texas when an oncoming semi-truck carrying a load of... read more

A semi-truck that was carrying hazardous and flammable materials exploded last month on U.S. Highway 491 in northwestern New Mexico, forcing the evacuation of approximately 300 people from the town of Naschitti, a Navajo Nation reservation community. According to an article from Albuquerque news source KRQE, the truck was believed to be carrying propane and... read more

In a somewhat surprising decision released earlier this month, the New Mexico Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that determined the New Mexico Department of Transportation could not be held liable for wrongful death based on its failure to adequately discover and remove semi-truck tire debris off the roadway before the debris caused... read more