Blog Category - Truck Accident

Oct

Hazardous Materials Crash Closes I-95 in St. Lucie County

According to CBS12, authorities recently closed all northbound lanes of I-95 in St. Lucie County. This closure was due to a hazardous materials crash involving a vehicle carrying dangerous substances. Traffic backed up for miles as crews cleaned the crash site. They safely dispos...

Oct

Fuel Tank Accident Causes Serious Crash in Florida Panhandle

A 100-gallon fuel tank, unsecured in the back of a pickup truck, caused a severe accident recently in Southport, Bay County, in Florida’s Panhandle. The fuel tank flew off the truck and created a hazardous situation. According to a report, after the tank fell, it formed a puddle...

Oct

Trucking Accident and Fire on I-595 Halted Traffic For Eight Hours

Recently, a truck crashed and burst into flames on westbound I-595 in Davie, Broward County. The truck accident brought westbound traffic to a standstill for over eight hours while first responders cleared the scene. According to a local NBC news affiliate’s report, the truck, ca...

Oct

Tractor-Trailer Incident in Ocala: Rock-Form Sulfur Spill and the Dangers of Negligence

A recent incident in central Florida’s Ocala area involved a tractor-trailer transporting rock-form sulfur, a common ingredient in agricultural chemicals and fertilizers. This event unfolded with the tractor-trailer merging into a passenger vehicle, causing damage to an I-75 ramp...

Oct

Semi-truck accident kills man turning left in Royal Palm Beach

A Semi-truck accident kills man turning left earlier this year. A thirty-year old man was killed and another person were injured in a recent early-morning collision involving a passenger vehicle and a semi-truck in Royal Palm Beach on a recent early morning. According to Palm Bea...

Oct

Semi-Truck Drives Through Warning Gate and Straight Into Train

An accident between a semi-truck and a train in rural Hendry County in central Florida occurred early on a recent Monday morning and resulted not only in the death of the truck driver but also in the closure of a major road in both directions. According to a report from a local m...

Oct

10 Hospitalized after Accident Involving Van Carrying College Team

Right before Thanksgiving, a van carrying a college cross-country team from Oregon was involved in a serious, multi-vehicle accident on I-75 in southern Alachua County. Ten people were ultimately injured and had to be hospitalized as a result of those injuries from the crash. An...

Oct

Truck Driver in Jacksonville Falls Asleep at the Wheel, Causing Massive Accident

A recent trucking accident in Jacksonville serves as yet another reminder of just how dangerous it is when drowsy drivers are behind the wheel, particularly when the drowsy driver in question is at the wheel of a truck. According to an article regarding the accident from News 4 J...

Oct

Are There Special Rules in Florida Governing Trucks and Truck Drivers?

Everyone has been in the situation where you are driving on I-95 or another highway when a tractor trailer, seemingly swerving back and forth onto the dividers between lanes and with its driver barely in control, blows past like you are parked. This is unfortunately an everyday o...

Oct

Liability Can Be Elusive in a Florida Trucking Accident

Imagine you are injured in Florida trucking accident with a tractor-trailer carrying a heavy load. Miraculously, you are not killed when the driver of the 18-wheeler plows into your car while changing lanes on I-95. Like they often are, the driver appears tired and not altogether...

Oct

Fort Myers Fatality Shines Spotlight on Florida Hit-and-Run Accidents

A fatal accident in Fort Myers recently brought the issue of hit-and-run fatalities into the Florida news yet again. The accident involved a motorist who killed a mother of eight and then fled the scene of the accident on foot. Thankfully, police were able to catch the individual...

Oct

Tampa Collision Highlights Truck Dangers on Florida’s Highways

Anyone who has ever driven on a highway in the Sunshine State knows that Florida has a problem with large trucks on its highways. More than in many other states, the highways in Florida are clogged with large trucks that endanger drivers on our highways and cause accidents all ov...

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