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Two killed after truck crashes off of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
The tractor-trailer collided with a van sending the semi over the guardrail and into the bay. More details on this accident here on Overdrive.
July 30, 2018
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Trucker falls asleep, destroys two homes in Washington state
After the truck left the highway it went down an embankment and through one house, then down another steep hill before making its way through the second house.
July 23, 2018
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NTSB: Corrosion likely caused electrical conduit to fall in crash that killed trucker on PA Turnpike
A report released this week by federal transportation investigators says steel straps holding electrical conduits to the ceiling of a Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnel had corroded before a portion of conduit fell, killing a truck driver in February.
May 3, 2018
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Tony Justice, band ‘a little sore’ but OK after tour bus wreck in Oklahoma
Around 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, driver-songwriter Tony Justice’s rented tour bus hit the back of a tractor-trailer on eastbound I-40 in Oklahoma, near the Arkansas state line. Justice tells Overdrive that no one was hurt in the incident.
August 7, 2017
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Young trucker hits low bridge, FMCSA issues GPS alert
It is unclear if the young trucker was following GPS directions, but the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an alert Wednesday, May 31, warning truck drivers to use professional-grade navigation systems that provide route restrictions.
June 1, 2017
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Small plane crashes into trucker on Ohio highway
Russ Street, who drives for South Shore Transportation of Sandusky, Ohio, said he thought he may have “blown a couple tires,” but instead found the landing gear of a light plane sticking out of the roof of his empty trailer.
May 15, 2017
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Trucker sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2014 crash that killed five
Francisco Espinal-Quiroz pleaded guilty in November to five counts of reckless homicide and falsifying logbook entries, the Chicago Tribune reports.
February 23, 2017
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel accident the result of driver error, police say
Police say trucker Joseph Chen had just passed another tractor-trailer on the bridge, and as he came back into the right lane, he drove over the curb and went airborne.
February 13, 2017
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NTSB blames fatal car-truck crash on tired motorist
NTSB’s report states that a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, occupied by an 18-year-old driver and three passengers ranging in age from 17 to 19, lost control of the vehicle, crossed the median on U.S. Highway 77 and collided with a 2009 Freightliner.
February 3, 2017
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I-83 open in Pa. following 50-vehicle pileup
A 50-car pileup on I-83 involving at least 10 tractor-trailers shutdown lanes in all directions on I-83 late Monday. The lanes have been reopened, the state has reported.
January 30, 2017
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Driver crashes truck while driving drunk, changing pants
The VSP report on the crash says Johnson’s truck was traveling 63 mph when “… he stood up from his driver’s seat and was attempting to change his pants in the front cab. Johnson was standing up vertically between the two front cab seats while his truck was in motion.”
November 3, 2016
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High profile California truck crash under federal investigation
Based on tire conditions NTSB said the bus was out-of-compliance with Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspection standards.
October 26, 2016
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