New Mexico Truck Accidents

A New Mexico federal court has ordered a lawsuit stemming from a collision between two tractor trailers to trial. In Gleason v. Savine, a semi owned by FedEx Freight, Inc. and being operated by Alonzo Gleason struck the back of a big rig owned by Sparkling Snow, Inc. on Interstate 40 in Guadalupe County, New... read more

A federal court in New Mexico has stated a jury must decide whether the victim of an Albuquerque semi-truck accident should receive punitive damages from a negligent trucker. In Wood v. Bennett et al., Robin Wood was traveling east on Ouray Road when he collided with a tractor-trailer driven by Harry Bennett. Wood purportedly sustained... read more

A 57-year-old man was recently killed in a freak semi-truck accident on Highway 550 in Bernalillo. According to a representative for the New Mexico State Police, a big rig carrying a manufactured home struck a temporary power line as the large vehicle headed west near the Interstate 25 interchange. The power line purportedly became entangled... read more

A recent semi-truck crash in the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 near Bernalillo has left three people dead. According to New Mexico State Police, a pick-up truck that was headed south unexpectedly crossed the median of the interstate and drove directly into the path of an 18-wheeler that was headed in the opposite direction. Sadly,... read more

In May, a big rig flipped and nearly went over the edge of an overpass that connects Interstates 25 and 40 in Albuquerque. According to local police, the truck driver was going too fast and carrying an unsecured semi-truck load when he lost control of the heavy vehicle. Despite that the 18-wheeler did not roll... read more