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Truck accident on Eastex Freeway almost cleared
- December
- 10
Crews have righted an overturned 18-wheel truck trailer along the Eastex Freeway near Interstate 10, authorities said.
The trailer, which was carrying scrap metal, overturned shortly after 5:30 a.m., blocking a lane of northbound traffic and the HOV, officials said.
Houston TranStar officials said the scene should be cleared by noon.
The accident marked the second day in […]
Five die in crash
- December
- 10
including three children — were killed Friday in a horrific crash involving a cement truck at the city’s southern edge.
Debris was scattered for several hundred metres.
The five victims, all travelling in one vehicle, died at the scene of the 7 p.m. crash on Macleod Trail at 194th Avenue S.E.
Though the investigation was in its […]
Ford in huge truck, SUV recall
- December
- 10
Ford will recall nearly 1.2m heavy-duty trucks and SUVs equipped with a faulty sensor that could cause the engine to stall, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The recall will cover Ford F-450 Super Duty trucks, Excursion SUVs and E-Series vans from model years 1997 through 2003. These vehicles are powered by a 7.3 […]
Elm Mott fire truck involved in crash
- December
- 8
An Elm Mott fire truck on the way to a car fire north of Waco crashed into a truck Friday.
State troopers said the accident happened around 9:00 Friday morning. The fire truck was heading northbound on the I-35 access road when, according to investigators, a truck pulled out in front of it.
The fire truck […]
2 dead after carjacker crashes in truck in Florida City
- December
- 8
An armed carjacker and his victim are dead after the suspect took the woman and her car and crashed into a truck in Florida City.
Authorities say a couple was pumping gas shortly before dawn Friday when the carjacker jumped in the car with the female passenger still inside. Neither were identified.
Authorities chased the car, but […]
One injured in truck, pickup collision
- December
- 4
One man was taken to Sterling Regional MedCenter and and traffic flow on U.S. Highway 6 at the South Platte River bridges was slowed this morning after a pickup truck and semi-truck collided.
According to the truck driver, the pickup drifted into the eastbound lane and collided with the truck. The accident is still under […]
1 dead in wintery accident south of Payson
- December
- 4
The Utah Highway Patrol on Saturday released the names of two men involved in a car accident Friday.
Shawn Hall, 20, of Nephi was driving north in a red and black Geo Metro on State Road 198 between Payson and Santaquin when the car was hit head-on by a Ford F-150 truck.
Hall’s brother Shane Hall, 24, […]
Man dead after van slams into truck on Hwy. 400
- December
- 4
A crash involving a five-tonne truck and a minivan on Highway 400 claimed the life of a motorist on Wednesday afternoon.
The collision occurred in the southbound lanes, south of Highway 89, shortly after 1 p.m.
The truck had been parked on the shoulder when a minivan lost control and slammed into its rear, Ontario Provincial […]
Polish train derails after hitting truck, killing 2 and injuring 13
- December
- 4
A Polish passenger train slammed into a truck and derailed on Thursday, killing two people and injuring 13 more, police said.
The train, traveling from Gdynia on the Baltic Sea cost to Zielona Gora in the southwest, rammed into the truck north of Bydgoszcz, in central Poland, police spokeswoman Katarzyna Witkowska said on TVN24 television.
The train’s […]
Highway Truck Tunnel Reopens After Crash
- December
- 4
he southbound truck tunnel on Interstate 5 reopened Thursday, a month after a fiery crash killed three people and temporarily shut down the West Coast’s main commercial route.
The tunnel reopened 15 days earlier than expected, said Officer Patrick Kimball of the California Highway Patrol. Authorities initially warned that repair work could take months.
The contractor, Security […]