A truck accident on Interstate 77 may have been caused by a gust of wind or by a mechanical failure. North Carolina State Trooper J.S. Martin investigated the scene, talked with the truck driver, and did not issue a citation for the one-vehicle big rig crash on Sunday evening. According to truck driver 32-year-old Orville…
An early-morning truck and car accident in Dunn, North Carolina, left two men dead on I-95 this week. North Carolina police said that 55-year-old Bert William Baytops and 38-year-old Tralina Covington were driving a car they had bought to Jacksonville, North Carolina, when the car drive off of the roadway and hit a guardrail. As…
John C. wrote an article on a fatal tractor trailer crash that took a life of a young child in Dunn, North Carolina. The blog underscores the prevalent danger and likelihood of death when a car is involved in an accident with a much larger semi tractor trailer. Please read the full post on our…
My colleague, Emily Mapp Brannon, wrote an article on the Virginia Trucking Accident blog about some of the common risk factors associated with driving next to a tractor trailer truck while on the highway. Please read the full article about how deadly truck accidents are when a car is involved and learn some pre-emptive strategies…
Virgil Mixon of Andrews, South Carolina (SC) was driving his Ford pickup truck down Highway SC 41, which is in Georgetown County, South Carolina (SC). One big problem: Mr. Mixon was on the wrong side of the road. The truck attempted to make a left hand turn and smashed into a Ford Edge killing Mr….