ALEXANDRIA, LA – A tanker truck crashed and overturned on I-49 South, ending in an oil spill on Friday, Feb. 21, KALB reports. Louisiana State hazmat personnel, Alexandria firefighters, and Rapides Parish fire crews were all summoned to the scene. They shut down the southbound lanes for the oil spill cleanup process and the removal […]
SEMINARY, MS – One driver was trapped inside their semi-truck, extricated, and then sent to a hospital after a crash with another big rig on Highway 49 South on Friday, Feb. 21. WDAM said the events unraveled when one of the truck drivers crashed into a power pole and the other struck the downed power […]
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 30-year-old man driving a 2016 black Toyota RAV4 died after he rear-ended a parked 2020 red Freightliner semi-truck on Florida’s Turnpike shoulder Tuesday. The collision happened before 2 a.m. in the southbound directions, according to Local 10. Coconut Creek Fire Rescue and EMS hurried the North Miami Beach man to […]
KNOXVILLE, TN – Tennessee Highway Patrol has officially confirmed the reason behind why Tuesday’s fiery propane truck rollover crash happened. Troopers told WBIR that the driver traveling west on East Emory Road had gone over the edge of the road, prompting the motorist to overcorrect and drift across the road before crashing and overturning. As […]
KNOXVILLE, TN – Rural Metro Fire, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, and Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a propane rollover truck crash at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Fire crews told WATE News Channel 6 that the driver of the truck was able to escape the truck before it completely caught on fire and that firefighters were […]
HARTWELL, GA – Two tractor-trailer drivers and one pickup truck operator were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash that caused one of the big rigs to overturn Sunday. The wreck happened before 6 a.m., according to WYFF4. The pickup truck driver failed to maintain a lane on westbound Royston Highway and struck an eastbound tractor-trailer. That […]
SPRINGDALE, AK – Local fire crews were summoned to a multi-vehicle wreck that caused a Walmart semi-truck and another big rig to catch on fire on I-49 last Wednesday, Feb. 19. According to 5News Online, Springdale fire, Hickory Creek, Cave Springs, Lowell, and Johnson firefighters responded to the scene after 9 a.m. Crews shut down […]
GREENVILLE, VA – Virginia State Patrol said a driver of a tanker truck suffered a medical emergency, leading them to sideswipe another vehicle on I-81 South Monday. According to WHSV, the collision happened around 10 a.m. and ended in the truck crashing into the median, leaking ammonia from the tanker truck. The nature of the […]
BLACKSBURG, SC – A semi-truck driver and a box truck motorist were hospitalized after two separate truck collisions on I-85 South Friday. The first crash happened after 9:30 p.m. along Blacksburg Highway, according to WYFF 4. The Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department said this collision happened when one semi-driver rear-ended another big rig. In the second […]
FORT WORTH, TX – Two people were left in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash that ended in a semi-truck stuck under the TX 183 and TX 360 overpass Monday. WFAA said Fort Worth police and MedStar helicopter personnel arrived at the scene after 12 p.m. Authorities have not disclosed the events that led to […]