Truck Accident Attorneys

Truck drivers have grueling, demanding jobs that require them to drive for long hours down long highways under strict timelines. Some truck drivers might feel that the pressure or the boredom is more than they can bear, and they take drugs that help them get through awake and alert and on time. However, everyone knows…

Speeding trucks are the cause of a significant number of large commercial truck crashes in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), vehicle speeds are a crucial factor in traffic safety, and it is estimated that speeding is involved in approximately 31 percent of fatal motor vehicle crashes. But what…

Road construction on I-77 in Chester County created stop-and-go traffic conditions that resulted in a fiery six-car pileup in early September. The multi-vehicle wreck closed the highway for more than 8 hours while first responders worked to literally put out fires and save more than a dozen victims. The accident was so large that the…

Truck accidents are always serious. The underlying cause varies; truck drivers can be distracted, fatigued, drunk or unlicensed, but the overriding cause is always the same. Big trucks cause big accidents. Commercial vans and small trucks can outweigh passenger vehicles by almost 10 times, while fully loaded tractor-trailers can be 40 times heavier than a…

A devastating accident on I-77 has changes the lives of local families forever. The circumstances are still being investigated, but our hearts are heavy to learn that two people have died and 10 people have been seriously injured, including a 3-year-old toddler whose seat was ejected from the vehicle, as a result of the crash.…

On June 20, two people were injured when a pickup truck rear-ended a tractor-trailer on I-77 just north of LaSalle Street. Both were transported to different medical facilities, one with very serious injuries. Just two days later, another pickup truck rear-ended a different 18-wheeler on I-77, this time near mile marker 73. The driver of…

Cargo spills aren’t something that many of us consider when we leave on a morning commute or run to the store for a gallon of milk. While many truck crashes slide under the radar, some crashes are always newsworthy; some for circumstance (a bread truck colliding with a deli truck in New Jersey, a beer…

“Flash spudding” was the trending topic on Twitter on May 6 after a tractor-trailer hauling 25 tons of potatoes overturned on I-77 in North Carolina. The Twitterverse reacted promptly, describing the hundreds of yards of spud-covered highway as a scene of “mash destruction”. One user suggested renaming the stretch of road the “hashbrown highway,” while…

When we talk about big rigs on the road, we use lots of statistics to illustrate the dangers they pose. The numbers don’t do the issue justice; 3,413 people died in large truck crashes in 2010, 72% were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles, 9 percent of all motor vehicle crash deaths involve large…

A head-on crash between a logging truck and a van in early March killed both drivers and left the roadway littered with flaming wreckage. The full scale of the destruction is difficult to comprehend; both vehicles were traveling at or above the 55mph speed limit when they collided. First responders encountered an accident scene strewn…