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Since 2011, the number of serious large truck crashes has increased 33 percent. Persistent supply chain issues since 2020 have accelerated this upward trend. Federal regulators have repeatedly watered down key safety rules. For example, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has relaxed the HOS (hours of service) requirement several times, thus allowing more drowsy …
Few details were available after a violent collision killed an 18-year-old high school senior and her 14-year-old sister. The wreck occurred on State Highway 4, at the intersection of Five Points Road. The two girls were declared dead at the scene after the car they were riding in pulled in front of an oncoming semi-truck. …
Although almost no details about the accident were available, investigators insist that a passenger car was responsible for a serious collision in the ATL. According to police investigators, a woman driving a blue car lost control of her vehicle as she traveled eastbound on the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. She crossed the center line and …
Despite opposition from safety groups, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently rolled back some key safety rules. The agency redefined a “short haul driver.” Previously, truckers who covered fewer than 100 miles could drive for only twelve hours at a time. Now, these limits are 150 miles and fourteen hours. Short haul drivers have …
A tractor-trailer slid into a Henry County police car as the driver tried to change lanes, sending the car hurtling off the highway. The wreck occurred near Mile Marker 206 on westbound Interstate 75. According to police and witnesses, both vehicles overturned after they struck a guardrail. Both people in the police car, as well …
Fully-loaded large trucks weigh at least 80,000 pounds. Moreover, these vehicles routinely carry hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel. This liquid burns at a different temperature than gasoline. That fact, combined with the massive weight, often causes catastrophic injuries, such as serious burns and wrongful death. The serious injuries are just one reason these wrecks …
