Illinois Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

A truck accident that resulted in faulty brakes resulted in the death of one man and endangered several others. the driver of the tractor-trailer involved in the truck accident has admitted to knowing that his truck had no functioning break at the time of the accident. He had pled guilty to charges of homicide by motor vehicle. Two other defendants are also involved in the case, the owner of the trucking operation and the owner of the auto service business who had sold inspection stickers without properly inspecting vehicles. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Two truck accidents occurred on the same stretch of highway within two days. The first truck accident occurred when the driver of a pick-up truck stopped short in order to avoid some construction. The driver of the pick-up as well as the semi-driver behind her lost control of their trucks and hit a guard rail. The second truck accident occurred when another truck swerved and then over-corrected, hitting another vehicle and tipping over. No one in either accident was seriously injured, but traffic was stopped for several hours following each accident. For more information on these truck accidents, click here.

An Illinois truck accident occurred when a semitrailer was heading west and a pick-up truck hit the semi head on after coming to a stop in the median next to the eastbound lane. One of the drivers involved in the truck accident was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy is pending. The police are still investigating the accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Early in the morning of June 30th, a truck accident occurred when a delivery truck collided with an empty railroad car outside a chemical depot. The driver of the truck was taken to a local hospital by helicopter and an ambulance took a second person involved in the truck accident to a local hospital. At this point neither injured individual has been identified. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A woman paralyzed in a tractor trailer accident in Illinois in 2008 has filed a suit against 12 parties, including people and companies in connection with the truck accident. The complaint alleges that the drive of the tractor-trailer failed to break in time and hit a car causing that car to hit another car and then a trailer. The vehicles were stopped on the side of the interstate and the defendant ended up colliding with the trailer, because she could not see the trailer in time to avoid the truck accident. The defendant contends that the rear impact guard that the trailer was required to be equipped with was not functioning properly and that is why the defendant’s car slid underneath the trailer when her car crashed into the trailer. She further contends that she would be unlikely to have been paralyzed in the truck accident if the rear impact guard had not been all corroded and had been functioning properly. The defendant’s seat belt was fastened and the airbags deployed, and the defendant says that these safety precautions should have been enough had the guard worked. The defendant is seeking a judgment of over $500,000 from all of the parties involved in the truck accident suit. For more information on this Illinois Truck accident case, click here.

A man was killed when he was riding his bike and was struck by a truck. This truck accident occurred on June 26th when the victim was riding his bike to work and a truck struck him on his way. The victim had begun riding to work a few days a week to improve his health and is survived by his wife, four children and seven grandchildren. There is no more information as to the cause of the accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident involving a semi-truck and a bus resulted in only minor injuries. The accident occurred early on Friday morning when the bus struck the back of a semi-truck on I-80. Reports show that the bus driver was the only person who suffered injuries, but several other people were taken to the hospital as well just to make sure that they had not suffered any personal injuries as a result of the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident left a family of five dead after the truck they were riding in was pinned between two semi-trucks. The truck accident occurred on 1-65 early Friday morning when traffic was backed up because a car was being towed from the highway and stopped oncoming traffic. One semi could not stop in time and crashed into the pick-up truck the family was riding in and caused the pick-up to crash into the semi-truck it was stopped behind. The pick-up caught fire and killed all the members of the family that were riding in the truck. No one aside from the passengers of the pick-up truck were injured. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck carrying farm goods tipped over when it swerved in order to avoid a car that had cut into the driver’s path. Luckily, no one was injured as a result of this truck accident, but traffic was backed up for several hours. When the truck tipped over it covered all lanes, and removal of the truck is what caused the long delay. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A year after a three-truck accident occurred that killed one man in Barrington Hills, one of the drivers has finally been charged. One of the drivers involved in this truck accident has been issued citations in connection with the crash that include driving under the influence of drugs, following too close, operating a commercial vehicle with a license subject to disqualification, improper suspension, inadequate brakes and failure to reduce speed to avoid an crash and failure to wear a seatbelt. The man who was issued the citations was driving one of the two gravel trucks that the victim got into an accident with while driving his pickup truck. The gravel truck drivers were not seriously injured. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A teenage girl was seriously injured and flown to a local hospital with life threatening injuries after the van that she was a passenger in was t-boned by a tractor-trailer. In the truck accident, the teenage girl that was seriously was sitting behind the driver of the car and one other passenger was injured as well. The other passenger that was injured suffered only minor personal injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The truck accident seems to have occurred after the driver of the van proceeded into the intersection after stopping at a stop sign, but into the path of the truck. At this point the accident is still under investigation and no citations have been issued. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Earlier today, on I-80 in the Chicago area a tractor-trailer accident occurred involving four semi trucks, leaving one of the drivers dead. The driver that was killed was driving the semi that started the chain reaction truck crash. All lanes remained closed and were still closed as on 10:20 this evening and are believed to be closed for awhile longer because of the extent of the clean-up required from all the truck contents that were spilled following the truck accident. The name of the victim has not been released, and will not be until the family of the victim has been notified. One other person was injured in the truck accident and was taken to a local hospital and his condition is unknown. For more information on this truck accident, click here.