A 17 year old boy from Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, was killed Thursday morning when his car ran into a garbage truck. The teenager attempted to make a left turn and pulled out in front of the garbage truck around 8:30 in the morning. The driver was weeks away from graduating high school and was pronounced dead…
Roanoke, Va, police are investigating the cause of a fatal single vehicle tanker truck crash tha occurred on July 13, 2008. The tanker was headed north on U.S. 220 when it went over an embankment and caught fire at about 10 p.m. Officers arrived on the scene to find a body inside the truck. No…
A tractor trailer accident on July 31, 2008, backed up traffic on I-81 well into the afternoon. Police say a driver from Richmond was headed southbound on I-81 when she ran her van off the road and struck a guard rail, leaving her vehicle in the path of oncoming traffic. The driver of the tanker…
John C. of Shapiro & Appleton& Duffan in Virginia Beach has been elected to a one year term (2008-2009) as Chair of the Railroad Law Section of the American Association for Justice during AAJ’s 62nd annual convention in Philadelphia, PA. The Railroad Law Section of the AAJ promotes rail safety and protecting the rights of…
There has been a growing number of truck-related accidents on highways during the last couple of years.