There probably isn’t a day that goes by when the top of a truck trailer doesn’t hit the bottom of a bridge or overpass somewhere in the country. These types of accidents not only cause physical damage, but they also tie up traffic and have been known to cause injuries and fatalities too. Cargo can …
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Dump trucks have different design characteristics than other types of trucks. They’re typically used to carry loose materials like sand, gravel, dirt, asphalt or broken up concrete chunks. Hydraulics are used to dump all or part of a dump truck’s load at a designated location. A large dump truck can carry up to 30,000 pounds …
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Big rigs are dangerous, even when parked. Their size and mass put every other car at a disadvantage when the two collide. If a tractor-trailer plows into your car, and it’s the driver’s fault, then the trucking company or the driver is going to pay for your damages. But what if you hit a tractor-trailer …
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There are two scenarios that separate tractor-trailer rear-end crashes, and that is whether the big rig is doing the rear-ending or is getting rear-ended. However, in both cases, the occupants of the other vehicle are at a great disadvantage. Driver of Pickup Dies in Collision with Tractor Trailer in Camden The 72-year-old driver of a …
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Most of us have only seen them in a news story or video, but for those who have experienced them, large pile-up crashes can be frightening, deadly and leave lasting memories. They can start for just about any reason, but the have one thing in common and that is the inability of upcoming vehicles to …
According to a NBC news article, a standard flat tire appears to have been the cause of a chain reaction that resulted in four trucks and their passengers being seriously harmed in early August in Philadelphia. The driver of a pickup truck stopped along the side of the highway to repair a flat tire, prompting …
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Last October a Vietnam Veteran was killed during a tragic crash when a 31,200-pound truck on a turnpike struck his truck. This January the driver of the 31,200-pound truck, a Conshohocken man, was indicted for homicide in the death of the war veteran, who was also a Pennsylvania Turnpike maintenance worker. Deaths like these, while …
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Earlier this year, a 35-year-old man was cited for illegally backing his truck into a parked vehicle and a pedestrian, 22-year-old Sarah Campbell. She suffered injuries and was taken for treatment at a local hospital. It was a common type of accident that could have occurred at a thousand different locations throughout Philadelphia. In fact, …
In 2010, the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration ranked Philadelphia County as the number two county in Pennsylvania for motor vehicle fatalities. Also in Philadelphia County, fatalities from accidents involving large trucks were among the highest in the state. With five major highways including Interstate 95 and Interstate 76 crosscutting the Philadelphia region, truck …
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