An 18-wheel tractor trailer hit a woman riding her bicycle in the New Bedford Business Park in Dartmouth on Wednesday, March 21. According to SouthCoastToday.com, details were not available of the accident that sent the woman to a Rhode Island hospital with serious injuries. Dartmouth police are continuing their investigation of the circumstances that led to the accident.
TRUCK ACCIDENT FAST FACT: According to TruckAccidents.org, truck accidents cause 2.3 deaths and 60.5 injuries for every 100 million miles that trucks drive on U.S. road ways.