Archive for the ‘accident’ Category
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 |
this weather is reeking havoc on the roads as well. It was a close call earlier today, when a semi and a tanker truck collided on Highway 20, five miles west of Reed’s dairy.
James Vanbeek, truck driver: “Just a bad deal. Bad roads. He was driving too close.”
So close in fact that when This truck was slowing down for a car that was running out of gas…
Vanbeek: “This other truck couldn’t see me or what and plowed into the back of me.”
The truck slid yards down the icy highway…while the tanker carrying what at the time seemed two trailers full of gas toppled over and slid down an embankment. Hazmat teams were called in, just to be safe…
Paul Summers, ISP Trooper: “When those tip over, they should hold but if it’s punctured then we could have a hazmat spill.”
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 |
A GEELONG West truck driver walked away unharmed after the tip truck he was driving overturned yesterday.
Police said the 38-year-old male was travelling east along Portarlington Rd in Moolap about 12.35pm when the truck left the road.
Senior Constable Darren Mighall, of Geelong police, said an entire load of sand spilled from two trailers.
No other vehicles were in the path of the oncoming trailer.
The driver suffered a sore leg but did not require an ambulance, he said.
Sen-Constable Mighall said the investigation would continue, but speed or alcohol were not involved in the accident. The clean-up operation lasted well into the afternoon, with the vehicle towed away.
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 |
A man from Missouri died Monday after a crash between two tractor-trailers near Strathroy, Ont.
Provincial police say Thomas Hart, 52, was driving eastbound on Highway 402 east of Strathroy at around 3 a.m. when he was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer carrying two brothers from Michigan.
Hart didn’t suffer any noticeable injuries but collapsed two hours later and was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the second truck, Bradley Schultetus, 26, was uninjured.
His brother, Christopher Schultetus, 27, was in the sleeping berth at the time of the collision and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 |
Spencer Morrison was a stickler for safety. The middle-school teacher had precious cargo to protect — his 4-year-old triplets, Ethan, Garret and Alaina. Only the best minivan and top-of-the-line car seats would do.
None of that mattered when a trailer — a 3-ton wood-chipper on wheels — broke loose from a truck and careened into oncoming traffic like an unguided missile on April 13, 2006.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 |
A pickup truck hit the side of the police building following a collision with a car Tuesday afternoon.
Capt. Rudy Beu said there did not appear to be any serious injuries.
The truck went out of control after colliding with a car at Sixth and Plum streets around 3 p.m., jumped the curb and hit the building.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 |
The southbound truck tunnel on Interstate 5 reopened Thursday, a month after a fiery crash killed three people and temporarily shut down the West Coast’s main commercial route.
The tunnel reopened 15 days earlier than expected, said Officer Patrick Kimball of the California Highway Patrol. Authorities initially warned that repair work could take months.
The contractor, Security Paving of Oxnard, will earn a $2.9 million bonus for completing the repairs in less than 33 days, Caltrans officials said. The work included replacement of slabs, concrete barriers and a metal guardrail.
Authorities determined that 31 vehicles — including big rigs and one passenger vehicle — were involved in the crash.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 |
Four men hijacked a UPS delivery truck at gunpoint on Cleveland’s east side today, taking off with the truck and damaging packages before police found the truck a few hours later.
Police have one adult and two juveniles in custody but are still sorting out what, if anything, was stolen or destroyed and how involved the suspects were. Names are not yet available.
Lt. Thomas Stacho said a driver for the delivery service had just completed a delivery on E. 101st Street neat St. Clair Avenue about 10 a.m. when he was approached by four males, two carrying handguns and three wearing masks.
The robbers took personal items from the driver as well as keys to the truck before driving away in it, Stacho said.
Police received a call about 1 p.m. that the truck was in the parking lot of an abandoned apartment complex at E. 101st Street and Folk Avenue.
“The contents were strewn about, packages ripped open.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 |
A driver is lucky to be alive after flipping his truck at a high rate of speed in west Houston.
The accident happened Tuesday as the truck was traveling west on Memorial. The Ford F-150 spun out of control and rolled, stopping at the gate and concrete pillars of a private residence.
Emergency responders worked for 15 minutes to cut the driver from the wreckage. The driver was said to be conscious and walking around but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Police do not think alcohol was a factor in the accident
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 |
Two auto-pedestrian accidents and a crash involving a car and a semitrailer truck killed four people on Utah roads over the weekend.
In Layton, a 15-year-old girl died about 11 p.m. Saturday while trying to cross I-15 on foot. The car that hit Chelsea Smith Peaslee didn’t stop, and police are hoping the public can help them find the driver.
Peaslee was trying to get from the west side of the freeway to Layton Hills Mall, according to Utah Highway Patrol spokeswoman Cori Start. She was with another 15-year-old girl.
Police are looking for a dark blue passenger car with front-end damage. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Davis County Sheriff’s Office at 451-4141.
In Ogden on Saturday evening, a 73-year-old woman died after being run over twice by the same motor home on 24th Street.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 |
A pickup truck that was involved in a collision Tuesday afternoon smashed into the side of the city police station.
the truck, a green Chevrolet, struck a black Hyundai at Sixth and Plum streets. The truck then hit the police station’s wall that runs south along Sixth Street.
Police did not say whether the accident was the fault of either of the drivers, whose names were not released.
Police staff said they felt the impact, including the street crimes unit, whose offices are closest to the spot where the truck hit.
The vehicle also knocked down a utility pole, which lay broken under its wheels as police officers swarmed the area to determine the damage.
An ambulance was called to the scene. No details on injuries or charges issued to either driver were immediately available.
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