Truck / big-rig accident news and information.
ARKANSAS – The family of a man who was killed in a devastating truck accident received a $7 million verdict for damages associated with his tragic death. The lawsuit claimed Dunaway Timber Company and their truck driver, Morgan Quisenberry, were responsible for causing the accident that killed Roger Reagan as Read more »
An Ohio family was awarded $15 million in damages for the death of Dimitry Karpov, one of four people killed in a 2005 truck accident on the Indiana Toll Road. A federal judge found Net Trucking of Burbank, Ill., acted negligently by allowing truck driver, Stanislaw Gil, to Read more »
The parents of a cyclist, who lost their son in a fatal big rig collision, reached a $1.5 million dollar settlement earlier this year with the truck driver who hit their son, Gabriel Vera, and his employer, Randazzo Enterprises. Paul and Maria Myslin also filed a lawsuit against the Read more »
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 – A 36-year-old Florida man visiting San Diego on business died in a head-on collision Tuesday near Ramona, authorities have reported. The crash, which involved a 2004 Chevy 2500 pickup truck and a 1988 Chevy 1500 pickup truck, occurred just before 12:45 p.m. on Wildcat Canyon Read more »
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 – A San Diego man died Thursday in a crash on the connector ramp from southbound Interstate 5 to eastbound Highway 78, authorities have reported. The crash, which occurred just before 7 a.m. Thursday, involved a 2002 Lexus IS 300 and a big rig truck towing a Read more »
AUGUST 23, 2009 – The California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a fatal head-on collision Saturday on Del Dios Highway in Escondido. The crash involved a Dodge pickup truck and a loaded cement truck that weighed 25 tons. According to reports, Jose A. Acosta-Alvarez, 32, of San Read more »
AUGUST 7, 2009 – Authorities have reported Ray Gibbons II, 45, of San Diego was killed in a crash on State Highway 3 in North Dakota Thursday morning. The accident occurred about 10 miles north of Harvey, at about 9:30 a.m. According to reports, Gibbons’ vehicle crossed the center Read more »
AUGUST 5, 2009 – A driver who suffered a medical emergency caused two collisions in North San Diego County, injuring himself and the driver of a delivery truck, authorities said. The first accident occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Palomar Airport Road and El Fuerte Street. That Read more »
JULY 31, 2009 – The California Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier and a box truck that killed a 70-year-old National City man on Interstate 8 in Alpine, authorities said. Dennis Conrad Wolf was a passenger in the Chevrolet Cavalier driven by his wife, a Read more »
JULY 14, 2009 – A San Diego Zoological Society employee was flown to Palomar Medical Center with serious injuries Tuesday morning after an accident involving a delivery truck, San Diego Fire-Rescue reported. The 40-year-old man, who was not identified, was pinned under the rear axle of the 12,000 pound Read more »