Four Ways to Prevent Truck Accidents
The idea of being in a truck accident is frightening. A fully loaded tractor-trailer generally weighs around 80,000 pounds. The average car weighs just 4,000 pounds. Of the 37,133 fatal accidents in a recent year, over 13 percent of them...
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Why Do Truck Accident Cases Take So Long to Settle?
Accidents between large trucks and passenger cars are often challenging to handle. Since commercial trucks, such as tractor-trailers, can weigh up to 80,000 pounds and compact cars weigh around 3,000 pounds, it's an instant mismatch. The smaller vehicle occupants typically...
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Firefighters pull 2 men, dog from crash on I-44 in Meramec Twp
MERAMEC TWP, MO - Firefighters with the Eureka and Fenton Fire Departments pulled two men and a dog from the wreckage of a truck crash on I-44 southwest of St. Louis earlier this month. Leader Publications reports that firefighters were...
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Kentucky woman dead after being dragged by semi-truck on Hwy W
FORISTELL, MO (ST. CHARLES COUNTY) – A woman from Kentucky was fatally hit and dragged by a truck on Highway W in the Foristell area this morning, according to information from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened at...
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3 dead following collision involving firetruck near Broadway Blvd and Westport Rd
KANSAS CITY, MO - A crash between a fire truck and an SUV near Broadway Blvd and Westport Rd left three people dead last week, Fox 4 reports. Jennifer San Nicholas, 41, was driving the SUV when it collided with...
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Driver rear-ends semi-truck on I-44 near Bowles Ave
FENTON, MO - A driver was hurt after they rear-ended a semi-truck on eastbound I-44 east of Bowles Ave Monday, according to MSHP. At 7:55 a.m., Charles D. Lewis, 67, was driving east on I-44 when he collided with the...
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3 injured in 3-vehicle collision on Telegraph Rd near Tenbrook Rd
ARNOLD, MO - Three people were injured in a multi-car collision on Telegraph Rd near Tenbrook Rd Monday, according to My Leader Paper. Tatyana V. Kozlova, 22, was driving a Toyota Corolla south on Telegraph Rd when her vehicle strayed...
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Trucker injured after rear-ending SUV in traffic
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO - A truck driver was injured yesterday afternoon when he became distracted and collided with an SUV stopped in traffic, which caused his semi to run off the roadway and overturn. State troopers say the crash happened...
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2 injured when speeding car hits trailer in Farmington
FARMINGTON, MO - A speeding driver injured himself and his passenger when he drove into a semi-towed trailer on US 67 in Farmington, MSHP reports. State troopers say that 30-year-old Trevor Biri was driving too fast for conditions, which caused...
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Infant, girl, and 2 men injured in multi-vehicle crash on I-44 near Oakland
OAKLAND, MO (ST. LOUIS COUNTY)  – Four people, including an infant boy and a 10-year-old girl, were hurt in a crash involving a semi-truck on I-44 near the Oakland area this afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The...
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