A work truck driver who has been charged with driving under the influence is being blamed for causing a fatal head-on collision in Anderson County, South Carolina (SC). The deadly crash occurred on the SC-28 Bypass/Pearman Dairy Road at the interchange with Getsinger Road. The crash with an SUV happened at around 9:30 am on May 4,…
A recent report issued by the American Automobile Association (AAA) says that at least 63,000 truck accidents could be avoided each year if vehicles were equipped with the right truck safety technology. The report, Leveraging Large Truck Technology and Engineering to Realize Safety Gains, used data from the more than 400,000 truck crashes that occurred…
A concrete mixer overturned onto a minivan and sent all four people in the smaller vehicle to hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to life-threatening. The wreck happened in Concord, North Carolina (NC), at around 8:30 am on September 20, 2017. State Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene in Cabarrus County and…
Back in December 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it was implementing a new rule that would require truck operators to use electronic logging devices to log their driving hours. The FMCSA gave truck companies and drivers two years to comply with the new regulation. The date the rule goes into…
Recently, a semi-truck on Interstate I-85 just south of Little Rock broke apart and spilled 55 gallons of sodium bisulfide across the highway. Because the chemical is extremely corrosive, state police shut down all traffic on the interstate until the accident could be cleaned up. The Charlotte Fire Department was on-hand to contain the spill, and…