Truck Accident

Fire engines report to emergency calls every day in the state, and when they do they race through city streets with their lights and sirens on. In most cases, they do so without injury. This past March, one D.C....

The trucking industry requires a lot from their workers. Not only do workers have horrible hours, but the pay is not worth the physical demands on the body. Furthermore, the lifestyle puts many truck drivers at risk for health...

According to McClatchyDC.com, the National Transportation Safety Board has urged bus and truck manufacturers to install data recorders on vehicles so that they can be studied in the event of a catastrophic accident.  The NTSB made the recommendations following...

On April 9, a mail carrier in Bowie, Maryland was critically injured when his postal truck overturned on a highway. According to WJLA-TV, the crash occurred on Maryland Route 450, at High Bridge Road. The mail carrier, who was...

Have you been involved in a truck accident? Have you lost a family member to a tractor-trailer crash? Make sure you have the accident thoroughly investigated, as you may be entitled to compensation. Sadly, nearly 700 people were killed...

There is no “one size fits all” for car insurance. Generally, people tend to opt for the “state minimum” for car insurance because it is the cheapest coverage available. However, this insurance only covers damage caused by a collision...

Sometimes one wonders what it will take to finally get people to stop driving drunk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that almost 30 people in America die every day in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver. This...

According to a report in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, the Walmart truck that flipped Tracy Morgan’s limo recently was ultramodern in its technology. The high-tech cab was fitted with sophisticated collision-avoidance systems, forward-looking radar and interactive cruise control, plus...

It appears that 35-year-old Kevin Roper—the Walmart truck driver in a crash which killed one and injured several others—was, incredibly, awake for over 24 hours before the accident. Roper is charged with vehicular homicide and assault by auto in...

A DC woman run was over by a dump truck at 6th and Indiana Streets Northwest in DC last week. The woman was in the crosswalk when she was struck. She was not initially injured, but then the driver...