Last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released safety data from 2011, including the following: One-third of truck occupant fatalities occurred when occupant was not wearing a seatbelt; 64% of large truck fatal crashes occurred on rural roads; of the 530 fatal crashes in work zones in the country, 27% — or 144 […]
georgia truck accidents
Train, Tractor Trailer Collide in Homerville, GA
A train engineer and a truck driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries when their vehicles collided in Homerville, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 9. According to a report by WALB.com, the tractor trailer, which was hauling a load of mulch, was crossing the CSX tracks on Highway 441 when it pulled into the path of the train. TRUCK […]
Woman Struck, Killed by Tractor Trailer in Brunswick, GA
A woman on her cell phone, reporting a single-vehicle crash in which she was involved, was hit and killed by a tractor trailer on Interstate 95 in Brunswick, GA, on Tuesday, April 3. According to Jacksonville.com, the woman was standing in a traffic lane on I-95 just after 3 a.m. near her car, which had […]
Woman Killed in Crash with Tractor Trailer in Atlanta
Two passenger cars collided in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 20, sending one into an oncoming tractor trailer and killing the driver of one of the cars. According to WSBTV.com, the two passenger cars were traveling on Camp Creek Parkway when they collided, sending one vehicle into the path of the tractor trailer. The driver of […]
Truck Accident Causes Chemical Spill in Georgia
A truck hauling formaldehyde in a double trailer overturned on Interstate 75 in Dalton, Georgia, spilling chemicals across the freeway and spurring a series of chain-effect accidents in its wake. According to OnlineAthens.com, southbound I-75 was closed after the FedEx truck flipped. Two other wrecks occurred in backed-up traffic following the accident. One motorist was […]
