Distracted Truck Drivers

Distracted driving is not a new problem. However, it seems to be the cause of more and more accidents nationwide. In fact, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration has recently released reports indicating that thousands of individuals are killed as a result of distracted drivers each year. In response to the drastic increase in... read more

Late this month, a New Mexico bus driver was caught on camera eating a burrito immediately prior to causing a serious accident. The driver caused a multi-car pileup when he was traveling down a city street because he failed to notice the vehicles in front of him coming to a stop. According to one local... read more

Last month, an early morning multi-vehicle collision in Texas ended up causing the death of a truck driver. National news reports indicated that the 54-year-old truck driver succumbed to the serious injuries he suffered following the six-vehicle crash on Interstate 81. Evidently, traffic began to slow down on the northbound lane of I-81, and as... read more

In late July, a Utah semi-truck driver lost control of his vehicle and rammed into a concrete barrier. According to one local news report, the driver was traveling northbound on I-15 at around 10 a.m. when the vehicle’s tire blew up. According to witnesses, the truck’s tire seemed to explode, and the semi-truck began to... read more

Last week, a woman was injured when she was hit by a semi-truck while crossing the street just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. According to a report by KSL News, the woman was crossing the road at the 3500 block of Redwood Road when she was hit by the truck. The woman was crossing the... read more