Distracted Truck Drivers

Last month, an Illinois toll worker was killed and a State Trooper was injured in a tragic semi-truck accident. The accident occurred when a semi-truck crashed into the two workers’ vehicles on an Illinois highway. According to a report by CBS Chicago, the toll worker was on the side of the road assisting a disabled... read more

A California jury has ordered a negligent trucker and the company that employs her to pay a record $34.9 million verdict in connection with a 2010 semi-truck collision. In Hackett v. Silva Trucking, Inc., No. 2012-128931, a semi-truck operator, Elaine McDonold, apparently crossed the center line on Highway 12 near Isleton and struck a bus... read more

One man died and six other people were hurt in a recent semi-truck accident. According to police, the 23-year-old driver of an 18-wheeler was headed west on Route 30 in Galloway Township, Pennsylvania when he failed to stop at a red light and struck three other vehicles. The force of the impact reportedly caused a... read more

Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) claim multiple technologies within a semi-truck cab may decrease the accident risks associated with driver fatigue. According to VTTI Senior Research Associate Dr. Gregory M. Fitch, nearly 80 percent of truck accidents occur while a driver is not looking forward when a vehicle ahead begins to stop.... read more

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report related to a July tractor-trailer accident that forced a woman’s car off of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland. According to accident investigators, the big rig driver claims he was distracted by noise and lights behind his vehicle when he collided with the back... read more