New Mexico Truck Accidents

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

Earlier this month near Grants, three semi-trucks were involved in an accident resulting in the death of one of the drivers. According to a report by KOB 4, the accident occurred on Interstate 40 when one of the semi-truck’s tires blew out. Evidently, a tractor-trailer carrying passenger vehicles was heading east on I-40 when one... read more

A woman was killed last week when her car was sideswiped by a semi-truck after she drove into an intersection in Lufkin, Texas Wednesday evening. According to an article by the Austin-American Statesman, the 18-year-old driver was the only occupant in her vehicle and was on her way to start college at Stephen F. Austin... read more

A federal district court ruled earlier this year that the plaintiffs’ claim alleging a freight company’s liability for injuries sustained in an accident caused by the negligence of a driver employed by another company hired to transport materials on the freight company’s behalf should be heard by a jury. In the case of Beavers v.... read more