18 Wheeler Accident

Published on: July 16, 2011

Bizarre Chain of Unexplained Events Causes Death by Fire

by Stephen Bilkis

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction, and in this instance, this appears to be the case. No one is quite sure what happened to prompt this completely bizarre accident, but an investigation will try to piece together the evidence later.

What is known for now is the following; that a 71-year-old man died in a semi-truck fire and his body was found when the firefighters dispatched to handle the call found him. It isn’t clear how he got to be there and the fire department can only speak to the fact that they found a burning tractor-trailer outside a trucking company when they arrived on the scene, said a New York Trucking Accident Lawyer.

The fire department was called out in response to what sounded like two explosions at about 2 a.m. The big rig was fully engulfed when they got there and it took some time to knock the flames down. It was then that they found the body. From the initial investigations, completed at the scene when the body was first discovered, it looks as though a truck hit a parked semi, caused the tires to spin and ignited a conflagration. It also appeared that the flames then spread to the cab explained.

Published on: June 11, 2011

Fuel Tanker Loses Control

by Stephen Bilkis

A fuel tanker dumped roughly three to 6,000 liters of gas late on Tuesday after getting out of control on a rural Manitoba highway, explains a New York City Truck Accident Law Office.

The accident happened somewhere between 10 pm and 11 pm on PR 280 about 50 kilometers west of Gillam, indicates an attorney from the City Office close to the source.

According to the New York Truck Accident Law Office, RCMP say the tanker was driving eastbound when it hit an oncoming vehicle at the crest of a hill. The truck caught the edge of the road and landed on its side in the south ditch. The oncoming vehicle couldn’t stop.

Published on: June 9, 2011

Malfunctioned Brakes cause accident on I-70

by Stephen Bilkis

Failing brakes cause a truck accident that injured at least three people and closed traffic lanes for most of the day Sunday, a New York Truck Accident Lawyer explained. The scene was all too common on I-70 Sunday. The road was closed most of the day because of an accident involving an 18 –wheel truck and an unsuspecting SUV, stated an Accident Lawyer.

The truck appeared to have been driving out of control according to local authorities when its brakes failed and slammed into a Chevrolet Trailblazer causing it to roll over on its side.

Passengers in the SUV were all injured to some degree. One of the passengers had to be cut out of the truck and had serious injuries. The other two passengers were left with only minor injuries but were sent to the hospital for observation according to police.

Published on: June 5, 2011

Man in Hospital After Logging Truck Accident

by Stephen Bilkis

According to local police, a truck driver is at fault for an accident that involved two cars and a tractor trailer. One of the men landed in the hospital, according to a NY Truck Accident Lawyer. It all went down somewhere around noon on Wednesday, at the cross streets of Brushy Fork Road on Rt. 33 in Buckhannon, says the NY Truck Accident Lawyer.

According to the police reports available, one man was driving east on Rt. 33 in a tractor trailer, when he supposedly ran a red light and hit a car that was crossing the intersection. The severity of the damage is unavailable at this time, claims the NYC Truck Accident Lawyer.

The driver allegedly lost control, and jumped the median into the west bound lane hitting an SUV. He was ticketed for failure to obey a traffic control device.

Published on: May 3, 2011

Woman Dies in Car Crash

by Stephen Bilkis

A 19-year old woman has died in a car crash last Thursday. The woman struck the rear of a Volkswagen tractor-trailer as it had stopped in preparation to make a left turn into a private drive off U.S.190 at approximately 5:30pm. The Louisiana State Police trooper at the scene commented that apparently the woman did not notice that the truck had stopped in order to make a turn and then smacked into the rear of the trailer. The trooper went on to add that her Mitsubishi Galant came to rest beneath the trailer. The St. Landry Parish Coroner pronounced the woman dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured in the crash.

As part of a routine investigation, toxicology samples were taken from both the truck driver and from the deceased 19-year old woman and sent out for analysis. The investigation is continuing and may take a few weeks to get the toxicology reports back from the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab. This would be the procedure in Manhattan, NYC. A Lawyer will also file to obtain a copy of the accident report when it becomes available so as to discover the rest of the particulars of this accident, especially as to whether the lights on the rear of the trailer were operative and whether there was a turn signal activated prior to the truck accident.

Firefighters on the scene told a reporter that they had a difficult time in untangling the two vehicles, as they had to pull the mangled wreckage of the car out from beneath the rear of the trailer. Although most first responders must maintain a certain emotional distance from those involved at accident scenes in order to do their jobs, in reality most have children themselves and are never prepared when bad things happen to those who are the same age as their own children. Theirs is an often thankless and unrecognized job that is at times filled with sadness and heartache.