Trucking Accidents

With the shortage of truck drivers, the United States is looking for ways to increase the truck driver population. One of the latest proposals to help the shortage is to hire teens to drive commercial trucks. While this may seem like a viable solution, there are several worrying aspects. Driving an 18-wheeler is a challenge…

We see them all over town and may not even give them a second thought, but when an unsuspecting motorist collides with a commercial box truck, the damage can be considerable. Because there are so many of these high-sided trucks and vans on urban roads on any given day, your odds of such a collisions…

Yesterday, a fatal trucking accident took place in Kansas City, Kansas when a semi-truck hauling orange juice drove over a guard rail and plunged from a bridge on K-32 at I-435. The driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the fiery crash is unknown at the time. One other…