Illinois Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

Justice News Flash recently reported on a terrifying truck accident involving two of the largest vehicles on the road: a school bus and a flat bed semitrailer.

The collision struck on Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of two state highways. A school bus was carrying elementary students home from a special needs school that they attend. While traveling, the bus attempted to turn right at the intersection, which was covered by a traffic signal. At the same time, a semi flatbed trailer was traveling through the intersection on the road to which the bus was turning.

The semi driver failed to stop at the intersection, running a red light, slamming into the bus as it was turning. The damage from the collision between these two large vehicles was substantial. In total ten people were rushed to hospitals suffering various injuries—including the bus driver, truck driver, a school aide, and seven elementary students.

The negligent truck driver was owned by K & L Trucking. Police are still investigating the matter to determine any criminal citations.

Our Chicago truck accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti encourage all those injured in accidents where a semi is involved to ensure that their legal rights are protected. The nuances of the possible legal matters involved require a trained lawyer to explain how your case fits into the legal framework. Many different possible areas of law may be involved following these accidents: personal injury, product defects, the legal liability of an employer for the actions of his employee, among many others. Handling the aftermath of these accidents is not something that you should do alone. Please contact a truck accident lawyer to ensure that you are protected.

A community is still in shock after two high school boys were killed following a truck crash involving a semitrailer last week. As reported at WAFF 48 News, two 17-year olds were traveling in a 2002 Chevy Cavalier on rural roads on Tuesday afternoon. At one point the Chevy failed to stop at a stop sign near an intersection where a Peterbuilt logging truck was traveling.

The collision caused extreme damage to the smaller Chevy car. Both teens were wearing their seatbelts, but that protection was still not enough. Each was pronounced dead at the scene when emergency personnel arrived.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens. The numbers of teen driving death are startling, with around ten drivers between 16 and 19 years old killed every day in auto accidents. In particular, the most frequent accidents involve teenage males driving with other teenage males in the car—just like in this recent tragic crash. Teens are less experienced behind the wheel and unable to recognize potentially hazardous circumstances.

While teens are more likely to get into accidents, crashes that involve trucks are more likely to cause severe damage to vehicles involved. Obviously the sheer size, weight, and force behind semitrailers make them menacing vehicles on the roadway. Any impact where that force is involved is likely to cause immense damage. Our Chicago truck accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti continue to learn about semi crashes that involve severe injury and death. Be sure to remain extra vigilant when sharing the road with these machines.

Often in fatal vehicle accidents, the cause of the crash is a blatantly obvious driving mistake that everyone knows should never be made but that occur all the time. For example, the Evansville Courier & Press reported last night on a tragic truck crash in Illinois caused by a young driver’s failure to stop at a stop sign.

The accident occurred early on Friday afternoon in rural Clay County. The young driver of an SUV was traveling on a sparsely used country road when he failed to stop at a stop sign. While traveling through the intersection, he was broadsided by a large flatbed semi. The impact of the vehicle caused the SUV to careen off the road, ending up in a cornfield. Shortly after stopping in the cornfield, the vehicle burst into flames.

The semi also caught fire after the incident, but its driver and passenger were able to get out of the vehicle with only minor injuries. The truck driver and passenger valiantly attempted to rush to the SUV to help remove the driver before the flames engulfed it. However, there was too little time, and the driver ended up stuck the SUV. He was ultimately burned beyond recognition.

Hopefully all drivers know that all traffic signs must be obeyed intimately. Stop signs in particular can never be ignored. At stop signs in rural, unpopulated areas it is often tempting to perform only a partial yield or fail to stop all together, because it is assumed that if a driver does not see any other vehicles around than there must not be any risk to driving through. However, while behind the wheel our perceptions are never flawless. We often glance around the road so quickly and casually that we subconsciously feel that the road is empty, when in reality another vehicle is actually barreling down. Our Chicago truck accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti offer sincere condolences to the victims in this tragedy and urge drivers throughout the state not to take any risk while on the road. The consequences of being on the wrong side of that risk are too great.

Tragedy struck twice yesterday in two separate truck accidents on Interstate 57. As noted in The Herald-News, the first semi-truck accident occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m about 30 miles south of Chicago. A truck was traveling southbound on the highway when it slammed into another truck in front of it. The impact caused the large vehicle to burst into flames. The driver of the engulfed truck was killed in the crash, while the truck driver who was rear-ended was brought to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

That fatal morning truck accident was not the only destruction on I-57 yesterday. About an hour after traffic resumed following the first crash, a second semi accident struck the roadway. About 4:30 p.m. a northbound semi struck the rear of another semi that was slowed on the roadway only a few miles from the morning crash. A third semi then struck the wreckage created by the collision. One of the drivers of this second crash was also killed, though at the time of the report it was unclear which driver had died.

Failing to properly stop in time to prevent a collision is an extremely common form of highway accident. This is especially true with large semitrailers. The size and speed of these large machines makes it difficult for them to stop quickly when necessary. It is for that reason that warnings are often posted about not following these vehicles too closely or in blind areas. They simply do not maneuver as well as normal vehicles and therefore are more susceptible to accidents when road conditions require them to stop suddenly.

Our Chicago truck accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti have been involved in many forms of semitrailer accidents, including rear-end collisions. We encourage all drivers, including semi drivers, to take extra precaution whenever traveling near big rig vehicles. Many of our highways are currently undergoing construction work, requiring many stop and start construction zones. These locations in particular pose dangerous risks to large vehicles that cannot change speeds as easily as small cars. Please pay particular attention to surrounding vehicles at these locations to best lower the risk of being involved in a tragictruck accident.

Another tragic freeway crash this week proves once again that slowed traffic from one accident often leads additional crashes as on-coming drivers fail to notice the stand-still. As reported by Fox 2 Now, the combined accidents in the latest crash involved several semitrailers and claimed the lives of two individuals.

The destruction began early in the morning last week when a big rig that was too tall for the road hit an overpass, tipping over and loosing is seafood cargo all over the highway. The incident did not harm anyone, but it caused traffic to jam behind the accident. As traffic built up, the line of stopped cars grew behind the scene of the first distressed truck.

One semitrailer that came upon the stopped traffic was caught off-guard by the stoppage and was unable to slow down in time. As a result, the rig slammed into the back of another semi that was stopped in front of it. This truck crash caused a chain-reaction, with four more cars bouncing off one another. The semi that started the second crash by failing to stop ended up bursting into flames from the impact. The driver of the rig and his passenger were trapped inside the vehicle when it combusted. Both were killed.

Witnesses to the accident were incredibly shaken by the drama. One driver who was directly in front of the truck accident explained, “The fire was so hot and the smoke was just rolling out, that you just couldn’t get close to it. I really wanted to do what I could to help the victims inside, but I knew it was too late.”

This is the second truck crash that we have posted this week involving a driver’s failure to stop when coming upon slowed traffic on the freeway. Our Chicago truck accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti have been involved in several legal cases where similar accidents have occurred. Slowed freeway traffic spots are some of the most dangerous locations on the road. Please contact our offices if you or someone you know has suffered injury as the result of one of these vehicle accidents.

Please click here to read more about this tragic crash.

An Illinois man is in critical condition following a tragic accident in Southern Illinois. The Evansville Courier Press reported on the truck accident yesterday morning.

Dennis Smith was on his motorcycle westbound on the two lane highway, Route 13. At some point during his ride, Mr. Smith crossed out of his lane and entered the eastbound side of the highway. It was then that the motorcycle crashed into the front of a tanker headed in the opposite direction being pulled by a semi-truck.

This type of crash is one of the most devastating on our roads: a head on collision between a tanker truck and a motorcycle. However, our highways constantly present risks and driving hazards that make these types of accidents all too common.

Most of us have driven on old two lane roadways that do not provide much extra security room to avoid traffic going in the opposite direction. On these roads even the smallest swerve from one side of the lane to the other can have consequences like the one here. It is therefore imperative that all drivers maintain constant focus on the roadway during their travels. That challenge is made even more important if weather conditions or other factors complicate the driving effort.

Trucking accidents are some of the most devastating crashes on roadways today. Our truck accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti understand the harm caused by these wrecks. We represent all those affected by them, seeking to ensure that the rights of those involved are protected. Please contact our office if you would like to learn more about your rights following a similar accident.

WDEF News reported yesterday on deadly trucking accident that took the life of the driver and snarled highway traffic for hours.

Shortly after 9:30 in the morning on Thursday a tire blew on a semitrailer traveling along the freeway . The tire went out just as the truck was rounding a curve in the road, and the driver of the vehicle was unable to control it following the blowout. Eventually the out-of-control truck hit a guardrail, flipped over the rail, and careened down a ravine on the side of the road. Almost as soon as the trailer hit the bottom of the ravine, it burst into flames.

Witnesses saw the accident and rushed to the scene. However, with the flames rising instantly, no one was able to get to the driver in time. The flames were so intense for so long that the driver's body, the trailer, and all the material inside were virtually unidentifiable.

Our trucking accident attorneys at Levin & Perconti have decades of experience understanding the legal implications of these vehicle crashes. The size of these large moving machines and the speed at which they travel on our highways mean that they possess the potential to do immense harm. Fortunately in this case, the semi did not snare other vehicles in its wake. However, more often than not, when drivers loose control of these trailers, other cars, pedestrians, and property are devastated in their trail.

The potential for damage makes it all the more important for semi owners and drivers to take all possible precautions to ensure that safe driving is always practiced. From driving at the appropriate speed for conditions and making lane changes in a safe manner, it is imperative for semitrailer drivers not to make potential deadly driving mistakes.

Please contact a trucking crash attorney if you or a loved one have been involved in a harmful semi accident caused by someone else's mistakes.

A truck crash that occurred on the morning of July 31st on I-80/I-94 left seven people injured. The accident occurred when a car was slowing down for traffic and a semi-truck struck the back of the passenger car. Another passenger car also became involved in the accident, and in all seven people, including the truck driver, had to be taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries. Luckily, everyone involved in the accident is expected to be okay, but according to WGN TV, one of the passenger cars as well as the truck were totaled in the accident. To read more about this weekend trucking accident, please click on this link.

Accidents like this occur all the time, when drivers fail to pay attention to other cars on the road and do not allow themselves enough time or space to slow down behind traffic. This accident shows the importance of always maintaining an appropriate distance behind other vehicles, so when you do need to slow down quickly you will have enough space to slow down without striking another car. In addition to this being important to keep you from getting into an accident, usually when accidents occur for a slowdown in traffic, they lead to a chain reaction crash due to the close proximity of other cars. Illinois injury attorneys ask drivers to always make sure to leave adequate space between your car and the car in front of you and to always stay focused on the road so you will be immediately aware of a quick slow down in traffic.

A trucking accident occurred earlier today in which a semi-truck crashed into the side of a Metra train at the extremely accident-prone intersection of Nagle and Avondale. This exact intersection has been the location of five train accidents over the course of four years and has been named one of the most accident prone intersections in northeast Illinois. The cause of the accident, according to Chicago Breaking News, was that the semi was struck in traffic passing through the intersection and when the truck driver realized the train was coming he was unable to move forward and was also unable to back up because of the traffic behind him. Luckily, no one suffered any serious injuries as a result of this train-truck accident. To read more about this Illinois trucking crash, please click on this link.

Interestingly enough, this specific intersection had just been named one of the most dangerous in Illinois, and the article was published shortly before this accident occurred. Chicago Breaking News, earlier this morning and prior to the accident, posted an article discussing the most dangerous railroad stops in Illinois and specifically discussed how dangerous the Nagle and Avondale crossing had become. The main reason that many believe this intersection is so accident prone is that traffic is often stopped, waiting for a light next to the intersection to change to green, in the middle of the tracks. While this seems like an obvious danger and not something drivers would subject themselves to, many drivers are found waiting on the tracks all the time. A better system for traffic in this area, or at least stronger deterrents against waiting in the intersection, are not only greatly needed but would hopefully prevent more of these types of truck crashes in the future.

Sleep apnea is a serious problem for truck drivers and may be an underlying cause of many trucking accidents. According to Trucking Info, around three out of every ten truck drivers suffers from some level of sleep apnea, which leads to high rates of truckers driving while tired. Given the prevalence of this disorder among trucking drivers, many believe that sleep apnea will become a factor in proving negligence in trucking accident lawsuits. Plaintiffs attorneys could even use health reports to show that the trucker had symptoms of sleep apnea to help further their clients case against the trucking companies. Chicago injury attorneys remind companies that this could be a major problem for them and encourages letting this information lead them to address the severity of the problem and implement some kind of testing or regulation to ensure that their drivers are not on the road overly fatigued. One company that has taken this problem into their own hands reports that in a study done before and then after a fatigue management system was put into play, the percentage of crashes went down thirty percent. The way that this company handles the issue is by screening all applicant drivers and it they test positive for any level of sleep apnea to get them treatment and follow up with them for up to ninety days, if that amount of time is necessary given their issue. To read more about the connection between sleep apnea and trucking crashes, and what can be done to help fix this unnecessary problem, please click on this link.

A tragic accident that occurred earlier this year and left a six-year-old Edwardsville girl dead, has been ruled an accident. The accident occurred when a pickup truck was pulling out of a driveway and backed up over the young girl as she rode her bike near her home. The young girl did not die immediately following the accident, but died shortly after in a local hospital. According to The Chicago Tribune, the investigation into the tragic trucking crash has been closed, after a coroner’s jury ruled the death an accident. The driver of the truck has not yet and is not expected to face any criminal charges. It is unknown at this point whether the family of the victim will file civil charges against the driver. If you would like to read more about this terrible trucking accident, please click on this link.

Even though this specific accident was determined to be an accident, it shows us what can happen when a driver fails to pay enough attention to the road or fails to be extra cautious when driving in a neighborhood with children. Chicago injury attorneys want to remind readers of the importance of always looking around and being aware when driving. Small children are not going to be as cautious as adults and may dart out into the street to retrieve a ball or toy, so it is always worth taking the extra few seconds to look around especially when you are driving in an area which has small children around.

Videotape has been released showing the trucking accident in which an Amtrak train crashed into a fire truck. This accident occurred while the train was traveling to Chicago on March 1st and a fire truck was stopped on the train tracks. According to NBC’s website, the fire truck and a police car were in the area because they were responding to another trucking accident that had occurred in the area. The videotape shows that that a warning siren went off before the crash occurred and that the police car was moved just in time to avoid the accident. While luckily no one suffered any serious personal injuries as a result of this accident, an investigation is underway as to why the firefighters parked the truck on the train tracks instead of somewhere else in the close area.

It is important for safety and emergency vehicles to be careful and aware when dealing with other drivers in the same way that any passenger vehicle driver would. Emergency vehicles should make sure they are stopped in a spot that is not directly in the way of other vehicles that will not be able to avoid an accident. Emergency vehicles can obstruct traffic when they need to park somewhere to get to an emergency but should always try to stop in the safest spot that they can, given the situation. In this case, little information is known as to why the firefighters chose to stop on the tracks directly rather than somewhere else nearby, but it is likely that less destruction would have occurred had they parked the fire truck off the tracks. To read more about this trucking crash and the ongoing investigation, please click on the link.

A Chicago trucking accident occurred early on the morning of March 5th in which a semi-truck and a passenger car crashed. There is video footage of this accident which show the car being stuck between the semi-truck and the barrier of the Bishop Ford Expressway. One of the people involved in the accident had to be extricated from the car, however luckily according to Chicago Breaking News, the personal injuries were minor. To read more about this Illinois truck crash, please click on the link.

If certain precautions are taken, often times trucking accidents that could be fatal or at least result in personal injuries, can be much less severe. Truckers should always make sure that they are following the speed limits, not driving when they are fatigued, always remaining alert and paying attention to other drivers on the road and always wearing their seat belt. Additionally, drivers of passenger cars need to follow these same precautions as well as remaining a safe distance from trucks. If you are in a passenger car and involved in a trucking accident please remain calm and stay focused on the road and wait for emergency personnel.

An Illinois woman was killed in a terrible trucking accident in Champaign County that occurred on February 5th. The trucking accident occurred when the pick up truck in which the victim was riding crossed the median of I-74 and crashed head on into a semi-truck that was traveling in the opposite direction. The semi-truck then crashed into another passenger vehicle. According to PJ Star, the only person that died in the accident was the passenger of the pick up truck that originally struck the semi-truck. To read more about this terrible accident, please click on this hyperlink.

The winter months can cause dangerous driving conditions, so it is important to always make sure to be extra cautious when driving when it may be either snowy or icy. It is always best to drive slower when the roads are icy because it can be very hard to maintain control if your vehicle hits a patch of ice.

A fatal trucking accident occurred on January 20th when a Red Cross truck and a semi-truck crashed on Illinois Route 3. According to The Southern, the victim was a passenger in the Red Cross truck which caused the trucking accident when the truck crossed the center lane and crashed into the semi that was traveling in the opposite direction. The Red Cross driver has been cited with improper lane usage. If you would like more information on this fatal accident, please click on this link.

A truck accident in Wabash County resulted in the death of two people. The truck accident which occurred on January 10th occurred when a car crossed the center lane on Illinois Route 1 and crashed into a head-on into a pickup truck. The drivers of both of the vehicles involved in the truck accident were pronounced dead at the scene. According to The Courier Press, both of the victims were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the truck accident and the crash is still under investigation. To read more about this fatal truck accident, please click on this hyperlink.

An Aurora trucking accident that occurred on January 4th left an Illinois man with serious facial injuries. The accident occurred when the man was driving down Butterfield Road and a semitrailer in front of him passed under an underpass and knocked ice into the windshield of his car. According to The Chicago Tribune, the man was able to stop the car, move the ice and get out of the vehicle. The victim underwent surgery at Provena Mercy Medical Center, and is expected to recover from his personal injuries completely. Many people are concerned that there needs to be more awareness of this dangerous area of Butterfield Road because other trucking accidents of this type have occurred in this exact same location. To read more about this Illinois accident, click on this link.

A teenage boy that was visiting his family in Lake County for the holidays was killed in a tragic truck accident on December 26th. According to Chicago Breaking News, the truck accident occurred on Illinois 60, when the boy’s uncle was driving his truck and lost control of the car. The accident killed both the young boy and his uncle. If you would like more information on this fatal Lake Forest truck accident, please click on the link.

An Illinois truck accident occurred on December 20th causing three people to be sent to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries. The truck accident occurred in Illinois 96 when the driver of a pickup truck lost control of his vehicle and drove into the lane of oncoming traffic crashing directly into a car. According to the Daily Dem, the driver of the truck was charged with driving while his license was suspended, for having no insurance and for using lanes improperly. For more information on this Illinois truck accident, click on this link.

Recently, a 26-year-old man was killed, and an 8-month-old baby was seriously injured after a tractor-trailer collided with their vehicle. Two other passengers in the SUV suffered critical personal injuries and the truck driver suffered minor injuries. According to Justice News Flash, the driver stopped his vehicle in the center lane of the busy interstate and turned on his flashers. He exited the car for a brief time, and the semi-truck slammed into the back of the SUV just as he was getting back in. The report did not indicate why he exited his car. To read more about this fatal trucking accident, click on the link.

Recently, a semi collided with a school bus, a car and another tractor-trailer in a trucking accident that sent the truck driver and school bus driver to the hospital. According to Justice News Flash, the semi driver failed to slow down as he approached slowing traffic. His vehicle collided with the school bus; however there were no students on board. After hitting the bus, the semi barreled on and hit the car and tractor-trailer. The driver was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign in critical condition. Follow the link to read the full account of the trucking accident.

A father and daughter Plaintiff were awarded $6 million in connection with a truck accident that occurred in 2006 in Joliet. The father and daughter were riding a motorcycle when the driver of a pickup truck tried to turn left at a stop sign and struck the motorcycle. The two victims filed a personal injury lawsuit in connection with the truck accident and just recently were awarded damages by the Will County court. For further information on this truck accident lawsuit, please click here.

A trucking accident that occurred near Farina on November 9th, involved two semi-trucks. The trucking accident occurred when one semi ran off I-57 and hit a parked semi. According to The Sand Mountain Reporter, both of the truck drivers suffered serious personal injuries and were taken to local hospitals. For more information on this Illinois trucking accident, click here.

A Carlyle man was killed in a one-vehicle accident that occurred on I-64 in Washington County on October 23rd. The truck accident was caused by the front tire on the dump truck blowing out and then the truck crashed into the median and rolled over. According to The Belleville News-Democrat, the driver was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and was ejected from the vehicle. The driver was taken to a local hospital but quickly died as a result of the severe personal injuries sustained in the truck accident.

Friends and family of the victim of a fatal bike/truck accident gathered at the cite of the crash to remember her. The bike accident occurred in the Lakeview area of Chicago when the victim was riding her bike and tried to pass in between a truck and a bus and fell of her bike and was then run over by the bus. According to The Daily Herald, no citations have been issued at this point in connection with the fatal truck accident.

Driver in fatal hit-and-run truck accident has surrendered and has since been released and no charges have been filed. The victim was a Chicago resident that was living in Baltimore and was a student at John Hopkins. According to The Chicago Tribune, the truck accident occurred on October 16th and the victim died the following day as a result of the personal injuries that she sustained in the fatal truck accident.

A fatal truck accident occurred in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette early on the morning of October 18th. The driver was from Portage Park and was ejected from his pickup truck on the Edens Expressway, dying from personal injuries sustained in the accident. According to CBS 2 Chicago, the driver veered into the right lane, hit the right shoulder and rolled over and the driver was ejected because he was not wearing his seatbelt. At this point the Wilmette truck accident is believed to have been caused by the driver’s excessive speeding.

A trucking accident occurred this past weekend, on October 10th, in which a garbage-hauling truck failed to slow down with traffic and hit a pickup truck on I-65. According to the Post-Tribune, no one was injured and the truck accident occurred when the garbage truck driver temporarily fell asleep at the wheel. At this point it is unknown whether the garbage truck drive was issued any citations. For more information on this I-65 trucking accident, click here.

A LaPorte County truck accident occurred on October 11th, in which a woman and her three children were seriously injured. According to the South Bend Tribune, the Westville truck accident occurred when the car the woman and children were in was stopped to turn left into a pumpkin patch and a pickup truck struck the car. The driver of the truck told police that he took his eyes off the road for a minute and this is what caused the accident. No one in the accident suffered life-threatening injuries and are expected to recover fully. For more information on this pickup truck accident, click here.

The family of the victims of a tractor-trailer accident that occurred in June of this year have filed lawsuits against the driver and his employer. According to Google, the family members of the ten people killed in the trucking accident seek compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $10,000. The trucking accident attorneys could not be reached for comment. For more information on this trucking accident lawsuit, click here.

A garbage company faces up to five lawsuits following a truck accident in which one of the garbage company drivers sped through an intersection, flipping his truck and crashing into a car and a motorcycle. According to Courthouse News, this truck accident occurred last summer and resulted in serious injuries to two adults and the death of two children. Lawsuits are to being filed by the driver of the car in respect to her permanent personal injuries, a lawsuit filed by her husband for loss of companionship, a claim filed by each parent over the wrongful death of their children and a claim filed by the motorcycle driver for his serious personal injuries. For more information on these lawsuits in connection to the truck accident, click here.

A Chicago man was killed on September 22nd after his car crossed the median on I-94 and crashed into a truck that was carrying cars, that was travelling in the opposite direction. The truck accident occurred near New Buffalo in Berrien County and the truck driver was not injured in the accident. According to WSJM, heavy rain may have been a cause of the accident. For more information on this fatal truck accident, click here.

A settlement has been reached in connection with a 2007 truck accident in which a teenage woman from Lawrence Park Township was left permanently disabled with a moderate brain injury. According to Go Erie, the truck accident occurred when a minivan collided with a tractor-trailer in Harborcreek Township at Nagle Road and Iroquois Avenue. The victim was a passenger in the van at the time of the truck accident and was not wearing a seatbelt. The settlement involved both driver’s insurance companies agreeing to pay a total of $450,000 with neither party admitting any wrongdoing. For more information on this truck accident settlement, click here.

A truck accident occurred early on October 3rd that left a Rushville man dead. The single-truck accident occurred when the truck rolled over and landed in a ditch. The driver was taken to a local hospital, however his personal injuries were so severe that he was pronounced dead shortly after the truck accident. According to the PJ Star, there is no further information as to what caused the driver to crash the truck. For more information on this Rushville truck accident, click here.

A truck accident in Vigo County on September 29th resulted in the death of one Indiana woman. According to My Wabash Valley, the truck accident occurred on State Road 63 and Durkees Ferry Road and occurred when the victim’s truck struck a van crossing State Road 63. No one else was seriously injured in the truck accident. For more information on this fatal Vigo County truck accident, click here.

A settlement has been reached with VH1 and the family of a West Side college student in connection with a fatal truck accident that occurred downstate last year. The truck accident was between a “Rock of Love with Brett Michaels” truck and a passenger car in which two college students were driving. The truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and struck the car killing both students. According to the Chicago Tribune, the family of one of the victims sued VH1, the parent company behind the show, and earlier this week the Judge approved a settlement agreement for $6.5 million. For more information on this fatal truck accident, click here.

A Morton truck accident that occurred last week and injured 12 people, 4 of which were children, is believed to have been alcohol-related. According to the Pekin Times, the truck driver that caused the truck accident was driving very fast and passing cars while in a no-passing zone. The driver also had his driver’s license suspended for a previous DUI and following the truck accident his blood alcohol content was more than 3 times the legal limit in Illinois. The driver has been cited with a DUI, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license and at this point criminal charges have not yet been filed. For more information on this drunk driving accident, click here.

According to the Contra Costa Times, a young man who was seriously injured in a truck accident in 2007 has been awarded more than $49 million in damages in connection with a truck accident lawsuit in which he was the plaintiff. The truck accident attorney for the Plaintiff convinced the jury that the truck drivers has been reckless, causing the truck accident that left the Plaintiff requiring medical care round-the-clock for the rest of his life. For more information on this truck accident settlement, click here.

According to the Chicago Tribune, on September 24th a Paw Paw man was seriously injured in a truck accident in which his motorcycle slammed into a semi-truck. The truck accident occurred on I-94 when the motorcyclist tried to exit the highway and ran into the side of a truck. The truck driver did not suffer any personal injuries but the Paw Paw man is listed in serious condition. For more information on this Lawrence Township truck accident, click here.

An Illinois woman is facing drunk driving charges after she rear-ended an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) truck early this morning. According to the Chicago Sun Times, the IDOT truck was stopped on I-57 with its lights on to help a stranded motorist when the drunk driver hit the back of the truck. The driver was temporarily pinned inside her car but was rescued and taken to a local hospital for treatment of her broken bones. The IDOT driver an the stranded motorist that the driver was helping were not injured in the Chicago truck accident. For more information on this Cook County truck accident, click here.

An Illinois woman was seriously injured when the car she was driving was struck by a truck in the South Loop of Chicago on September 24th. According to Chicago Breaking News, the impact of this Chicago car accident caused the victim’s car to fly about 15 feet in the air and then hit a metal pole and flip over. The victim is currently in Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she is being treated for her serious personal injuries. For more information on this Chicago truck accident, click here.

A former Peoria woman was killed on September 17th when a tire blew out on her pick-up truck and her vehicle was then struck by a semi-truck. According to the PJ Star, this Logan County truck accident occurred on the I-55 when the tire blew, the pick-up hit a barrier and then crossed into oncoming traffic where the other truck then hit the pick-up. For more information on this Logan County truck accident, click here.

A young boy was seriously injured after he was struck by a truck on September 16th in Lake County. According to the Mundelein Review, the young boy was walking on the shoulder of the road on his way to school when he darted out onto the road and was hit by a landscaping truck. The boy was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his severe personal injuries, including severe breaks all over his body including a broken pelvis and skull fracture. The driver of the truck does not seem to have been impaired and therefore no charges were issued at the time of the truck accident. For more information on this Lake County truck accident, click here.

A truck driver has filed a truck accident lawsuit in connection with a truck accident he was involved in back in 2007. According to the West Virginia Record, the complaint alleges that the truck driver was driving a truck that his company, Frito-Lay, knew had tires that were probably illegal and definitely unsafe at the time of the truck accident. Plaintiff is suing for costs incurred as a result of the personal injuries received due to the truck accident as well as compensation for any loss that workers’ compensation does not cover and well as other relief be may be entitled. The Defendant’s truck accident attorney claims that the Plaintiff is not entitled to any relief beyond what workers’ compensation is covering because there was no deliberate intent. Because the company is a Delaware Corporation (and the truck accident occurred in West Virginia) and the amount sought is higher than $75,000 the Defendant removed the case to federal court. For more information on this truck accident lawsuit, click here.

A Gallatin County truck accident occurred very early this morning and involved three tractor-trailers. For unknown reason a tractor-trailer crossed over into oncoming traffic and when another truck tried to avoid a truck accident he was unfortunately not able to get out of the way in time and the trucks collided. A third trucker tried to avoid the collision and ended up crashing into an embankment on the side of the highway. Luckily, no one was injured in this three-truck accident but all three trucks were very seriously damaged. For more information on this Gallatin County truck accident, click here.

A truck accident that occurred on September 19th left two with severe personal injuries. The truck accident occurred when a pick-up truck and car crashed and the pick-up truck flipped over, causing both passengers of the truck to have to be cut out of the vehicle. At this point the details of what caused the truck accident are unknown, but a witness mentioned that they believed that one of the vehicles involved in the truck crash had run a red light. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident earlier today involving a car that crashed into a tractor-trailer caused severe personal injuries to one woman and left several of the highway lanes closed for several hours. The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and hit the tractor-trailer truck from behind. The driver of the car was trapped in the car and had to be extricated from the car by the fire department. Luckily, her personal injuries were treated and she has already been sent home. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

The driver of a car that was involved in an accident with a truck was killed as result of the truck accident that occurred on September 17th. The driver of the car crossed over the center line of the road and hit the dump truck, causing the dump truck to overturn and slide over an embankment. The driver of the car suffered fatal personal injuries, but the truck driver was fine. The roads were rainy and wet at the time of the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident in Quincy on the morning of September 11th left the driver suffering serious personal injuries. The truck crash occurred when the driver had to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting a deer and the truck went off the side of the road and overturned. Luckily, the truck driver was wearing a seatbelt so his injuries were less serious than they could have been. For more information on this Hancock County truck accident, click here.

A truck accident near Sun River Terrace that occurred in the early morning hours of September 16th caused a section of Illinois Routes 1 and 17 to be closed for nearly six hours after a truck with a huge load of flammable ink overturned. The area where this truck accident occurred is known to be accident prone and a local resident said that she sees a couple of truck accidents in that exact spot every year. For more information on this Illinois truck accident, click here.

A young man received major personal injuries after a truck accident that occurred on September 14th. The truck accident occurred when the victim experienced a tire problem and lost control of his car, went over the median and struck a semi-truck. The truck driver did not receive any serious personal injuries. This was the second truck accident that occurred on the same highway, I-57, that day. All lanes of traffic had just reopened when this second truck accident occurred. At this point no citations have been issued and the truck accident is still under investigation. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

The family of a Wood River man who was killed following a truck accident last November has sued the truck driver and two transport companies. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in connection with the truck accident that occurred when a tractor-trailer came up behind the car the victim was driving and hit the car. The car was then forced across the median into oncoming traffic, causing another collision and killing the victim. According to the truck accident attorney on the case the victim’s family is seeking damages in excess of $50,000 from each defendant on each of several counts, including negligence and traveling at excessive speeds. For more information on this Madison County truck accident, click here.

A formerly convicted felon was given a job as a truck driver, but immediately after starting was ticketed twice for driving for too many hours in a row, then immediately received another citation for running of the road and then one for lack of rest. Following the pressure he was receiving from the truck company, the driver ran a red light and got into a truck accident while he was trying to get his delivery done as quickly as possible. The driver now faces a truck accident lawsuit, brought by the daughter of the driver of the vehicle involved in the truck accident, for gross negligence. The truck accident lawsuit also names the truck company, stating that they rushed the driver onto the roads without adequate preparation as well as not assuring that he could actually comprehend the street signs due to a language barrier. The truck accident attorney for the Plaintiff states that the driver himself is not as big of a problem as the huge negligent mistakes that the trucking company is making in letting unprepared drivers make these trips. For more information on this truck accident lawsuit, click here.

A young child was killed in Mt. Carroll on September 11th after he was struck by a semi dump truck. The young boy was taken to a local hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. The truck accident is still under investigation and the Carroll County police are not sure what caused the fatal truck accident. For more information on this tragic Carroll County accident, click here.

A teen was killed in a truck accident in which he was thrown from the bed of a pickup truck after it was struck by another vehicle. Four teens were in the truck, however only the one teen was killed from his personal injuries resulting from the crash. The driver of the other car was previously charged with driving while impaired and careless and reckless driving. For more information on this tragic truck accident, click here.

A truck accident lawsuit was settled in favor of the Plaintiff and he was awarded $5.5 million. The truck lawsuit resulted from a 2005 truck accident in which the Plaintiff was walking and was run over by another trucker while he was out of his own truck inspecting his load. His car accident attorney was able to get him a settlement this high because of how severe his personal injuries were, including permanent brain damage, loss of sight, smell, taste, crushed facial bones as well as other horrible injuries. For more information on this truck accident settlement, click here.

A Romeoville young man was killed earlier today when his car was struck by a semi-truck. The truck accident occurred in the early morning hours and the victim was pronounced dead shortly after the crash occurred. At this point the Illinois police are still investigating the cause of the truck accident. For more information on this Will County truck accident, click here.

An automobile driver was killed in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer truck in the Chicago suburb of Woodridge. The 19-year-old driver was pronounced dead after the truck accident. A preliminary investigation shows that the driver of the car lost control of his vehicle and crossed the center line, striking the truck. The truck driver hit his break, but did not have time to avoid the collision. Drugs or alcohol do not appear to have been involved in the truck accident. To read more about the truck accident, please click the link.

A Granite City man has received a 28 year sentence for pleading guilty to aggravated drunk driving in connection with a February truck accident that killed an Illinois couple and their unborn child. The truck accident occurred when the man crashed into the victim’s car going approximately 91 miles per hour while he was more than three times over the legal alcohol limit for the State of Illinois. The Defendant had five prior arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol. For more information of this fatal truck accident settlement, click here.

A recent truck accident settlement resulted in the Plaintiff receiving over $1 million dollars for her personal injuries. The truck accident lawsuit was over an accident that occurred in 2006 when a gas tanker ran a red light, colliding with Plaintiff’s vehicle. Due to damage caps for non-economic damages the pain and suffering compensation that the jury awarded the victim will be reduced somewhat. Before trial, the truck company offered to settle for only $25,000.00 and the Plaintiff declined to accept that offer. For more information on this truck accident settlement, click here.

A DeKalb County truck accident on August 30th occurred when a police officer was involved in a crash while attempting to pursue an intoxicated driver. The drunk driver was driving his pick-up truck dangerously and had hit a sign and then continued to drive around. A police officer was driving behind the truck trying to apprehend the driver when she crashed into a different pick-up truck. The truck accident resulted in no serious injuries but remains under investigation. For more information on this DeKalb County truck accident, click here.

A Johnson County truck accident left the driver with minor personal injuries. The truck accident occurred after the driver fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the median and oncoming lanes and finally ended up crashing into an embankment. Another small truck was clipped during the truck accident, but the driver was not injured. For more information on this Johnson County truck accident, click here.

A Collinsville woman was killed in a truck accident on August 26th. A tractor-trailer struck a car which triggered a multi-vehicle accident which resulted in a fire. The driver of the original car that was hit is in critical condition but the passenger of the car was killed in the truck accident. Four other people involved in the crash were also hospitalized. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A Chicago truck accident that occurred on August 27th on the Dan Ryan Expressway left all northbound lanes of traffic closed for several hours. The reason for the closure was so the Illinois State Police and Illinois Department of Transportation could clean up the diesel fuel that spilled from the truck following the truck accident. Luckily, no injuries resulted and rain is believed to have contributed to the truck accident. For more information on this Chicago truck accident, click here.

A lawsuit over a truck accident that occurred last summer has been settled for over $18 million. The truck accident involved a truck driver who got distracted by his phone and then caused an accident that killed three and permanently injured another. The lawsuit was filed by the permanently injured victim and his wife after he was left unable to talk or walk as a result of the truck accident. The driver was originally cited for driving longer than the maximum hours allowed in eight days. For more information on this truck accident lawsuit settlement, click here.

Two people were killed in a truck accident on I-65 after their car blew a tire and hit a semi-truck. The truck accident occurred on August 29th and the police are still trying to figure out exactly what occurred, but it appears that the car blew a tire and then crossed the median and hit the truck. The truck then burst into flames. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A judge has awarded more than $18 million to a couple after the husband was permanently disabled in a fatal truck accident. The accident occurred after the truck driver was reaching for his cell phone. The 53-year-old man was severely personally injured in the truck accident which killed three people and personally injured 14. The crash was caused by a 49-year-old who now faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Prosecutors claim that the truck driver got distracted while reaching for a cell phone and that he was in violation of truck driving regulations because he drove longer than the maximum hours allowed over an eight-day period. As a result of the personal injuries, one man was left permanently disabled and unable to walk or talk. After a bench trial, the judge awarded $13.8 million to the man and another $4.2 to his wife. The judge found that the truck driver’s negligence was the most likely cause of the truck accident, awarding the damages against the truck driver and the company he was driving for. To read more about the truck accident, please the link.

A tanker truck accident that occurred on August 28th left an Illinois man dead. The victim was killed when his car drove into the back of a tanker truck which was stopped for a train to cross. The truck accident occurred on US 41 and the highway was closed for a little while following the fatal accident. The truck driver was uninjured in the crash. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois woman was killed on August 28th when the motorcycle she was a passenger on crashed into a tractor-trailer. The motorcycle driver was hospitalized following the crash but is expected to be fine. The truck accident is believed to have been caused by a trash can that was in the road that the motorcycle driver had to swerve to avoid, causing the bike to hit the truck. For more information on this fatal motorcycle accident, click here.

A truck accident on August 25th left a truck driver dead after his truck left the road and struck a concrete pillar. The one-vehicle accident occurred when a UPS semi-truck that was pulling two trailers crashed for unknown reasons, and the fatal crash is still under investigation. State Road 31 had to be closed for most of the day following the fatal accident. For more information on this Fulton County truck accident, click here.

A recent study shows that many motor carrier companies, that in total represent over 200,000 trucks in the United States, are currently violating safety laws in their operation which can lead to truck accidents. Some of the violations that have been found on trucks that are currently in operation are things such as defective brakes, bad tires, exceedingly heavy load and drivers with inadequate training or even dependency problems. All of the these violations are likely to be the cause of many truck accidents and are easily preventable. For more information on how these violations can be fixed and hopefully truck accidents can decrease, click here.

A Chicago truck accident on the Dan Ryan Expressway earlier this morning shut down the northbound local lanes, after a truck jack-knifed and spilled fuel on the roadway. The truck accident occurred when the truck driver lost control on the rain covered highway and then crashed. The reason that the lanes had to be closed following the truck accident was because of the diesel fuel spill and the danger that created. The lanes have since been reopened to all traffic. For more information on this Chicago truck accident, click here.

A raised speed limit for trucks in Illinois is leading to questions as to what will result from this change. The goal is to create a smoother traffic flow, but many wonder if it will just end up leading to more truck accidents. The new law allows trucks to drive at the same speed limit as the cars. Many truck drivers already drive at these higher speeds, which leads to truck accidents with the trucks that obey the lower speed limit. The goal is that the uniform speed limit will help the traffic flow and keep the passing of vehicles down. For more information on this truck issue, click here.

A recent report shows that Illinois roads are most dangerous and accident prone late at night when the roads are virtually empty. The report points out that due to a combination of drinking and driving and failure to use seatbelts, these late night empty roads can prove to be much more dangerous than crowded rush hour streets. In order to try and help combat this problem, Illinois and local police are planning to step up traffic enforcement during these later hours. For more information on this car and truck accident study, click here.

An Illinois truck accident occurred this past weekend when a tractor-trailer collided with a car on I-95. The truck driver is in intensive care, and the four people that were in the car involved in the truck accident are in less serious condition. The truck accident occurred when the car was attempting to change lanes and hit the truck, causing the truck accident. The investigation is still being conducted and the police are asking for any witnesses of this 1-95 accident to please contact the local police. For more information on this Westbrook truck accident, click here.

An Illinois man was struck and killed by a semi-truck on the Northwest side of Chicago on August 22nd. The truck accident occurred when the pedestrian was crossing the street and was struck by a tractor-trailer. At this point no citations have been issued in connection with the truck accident. The truck accident is still under investigation. For more information on this Chicago pedestrian accident, click here.

A Chicago man died in a truck accident on Highway 142 on August 17th. The truck accident occurred when a semi-truck hit a four-wheeler and then crashed into a ditch. The victim that died as a result of the truck accident was the driver of the ATV and was from Chicago. The semi driver was trapped in his truck after the accident and had to be flown to a local hospital following the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A St. Charles woman was killed in a truck accident while she was headed back to the Chicago suburbs on August 19th. The truck accident involved three vehicles and also resulted in the death of two children and the driver of the car the children were riding in. The truck accident may have been caused by the weather and seems to have occurred when the Illinois woman lost control and crossed over the center line and struck a semitrailer. For more information on this three vehicle truck accident, click here.

One man was killed and three were injured in a Canton truck accident on Illinois Route 9 on August 9th. The victim was walking back to his truck and was struck by the driver of a van. The victim had gotten out of his truck to retrieve some items that had fallen out of his vehicle, and was walking back when the driver of a van failed to slow down in time and clipped another car and then hit the walking man, his friend and the victim’s truck. Both men were taken to a local hospital following the truck accident and one was pronounced dead while the other has been listed in critical condition. For more information on this Canton truck accident, click here.

A 67-year-old Chicago, Illinois man was killed over the weekend after his motorcycle slammed into the rear of a pickup truck in southwest Morris, Illinois. The man died in a Peoria Hospital after the truck accident at 2:45 p.m. at West US Route 6. The man died of multiple personal injuries. If you have been personally injured in a truck accident, find an Illinois lawyer. To read more about the truck accident, please click the link.

One person was critically personally injured in a truck accident involving a Tollway Authority HELP vehicle and a pickup truck on the Regan Memorial Tollway in Lisle, Illinois. The pickup truck struck the HELP truck while it was parked on the shoulder to assist a motorist with a tire change. The Tollway worker was not personally injured, while the driver of the pickup truck was taken to the hospital in critical condition. To read more about the truck accident, please click the link.

A West Chicago truck accident that occurred on Route 59 on August 9th trapped the driver of the car in his vehicle until help arrived. At this point it is unclear whether the truck or the car was at fault for the truck accident. Airbags in both the car and truck were deployed, but both drivers still suffered minor personal injuries and were taken to local hospitals to be checked. The driver of the car had to be extricated from his vehicle following the West Chicago truck accident. The crash caused the road to be closed for about an hour. For more information on this DuPage County truck accident, click here.

A truck accident that occurred in Joliet on I-80 on August 12th resulted in the truck driver being cited with driving under the influence, improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed and failure to wear a seat belt. The truck accident occurred when the truck entered the entrance ramp at too high of a speed, causing the truck to overturn onto the shoulder of the road. The truck accident caused a closure of the westbound ramp for seven hours. For more information on this Jolliet truck accident, click here.

A two-vehicle accident occurred on August 11th in Illinois, injuring one person. The driver of a passenger vehicle was merging onto the highway and was moving slowly, when the car was hit by a semi-trailer. Luckily both drivers involved in the truck accident were wearing seatbelts, but the car driver did still suffer minor personal injuries. The truck driver has been cited with failure to reduce speed in order to avoid the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident earlier today left the driver of the truck with injuries. A local resident was able to free the truck driver from the cab of his truck following the truck accident. The truck accident occurred after the truck entered the I-80 and then rolled over onto its side. The trucker was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his personal injuries. The truck accident caused a leak, however the product that the truck was carrying was non-toxic. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A construction worker was killed earlier today when his brother accidently backed up a pickup truck over him, The worker was pinned between the truck and the garage of the home they were working on after the truck accident. An emergency crew managed to unpin the worker but he died later in the hospital as a result of his personal injuries following the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

On August 3rd, a truck driver got into a truck accident when he lost control of his logging truck. He was trying to turn onto a highway but the truck flipped twice and landed upside down. The truck driver was killed from the truck accident and the truck was not equipped with seatbelts. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois man was killed in a truck accident that occurred on August 6th in Illinois. The truck accident occurred when the driver of a passenger vehicle swerved across the center lane of traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer. The driver of the passenger car was killed in the truck accident and the truck driver suffered minor personal injuries and was taken to a local hospital following the accident. The highway was closed for several hours following the accident to clean up. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A firefighter died on August 6th when he was responding to a car accident. The incident occurred when the driver of the fire truck and the victim decided to move the truck in order to allow room for the ambulance that was one its way to the scene of the car accident. The driver did not see the firefighter behind the vehicle when he started backing up and found his body behind the vehicle once he had moved it. At this point it is not clear whether the truck hit the victim or the victim collapsed due to something else. For more information on this fire truck accident, click here.

A two vehicle accident occurred on Route 59 in the suburbs of Chicago on the morning of August 10th. The truck accident occurred when a passenger car and a box truck collided, causing the highway to be closed for close to an hour and a half to clean up the mess created by the truck accident. Both the car driver and the truck driver were taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries, and are considered in pretty good condition. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A two vehicle accident occurred on Route 59 in the suburbs of Chicago on the morning of August 10th. The truck accident occurred when a passenger car and a box truck collided, causing the highway to be closed for close to an hour and a half to clean up the mess created by the truck accident. Both the car driver and the truck driver were taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries, and are considered in pretty good condition. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois man was killed in a truck crash earlier today. The truck accident resulted from the victim crossing the center line and veering into the path of a semi-truck. The driver of the car suffered serious personal injuries including blunt force trauma to the chest, and died shortly after arriving at the local hospital. The victim was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. The truck driver was also wearing his seatbelt at the time of the truck accident, and was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his personal injuries. For more information on this fatal accident, click here.

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit relating to a truck accident in which a woman was killed. The wrongful death lawsuit is a result of a 2008 incident in which equipment fell off of a truck, killing a woman that was driving behind the truck when it crushed her car. The complaint stated that the load was not properly secured and the driver was not legally qualified to operate the truck at the time of the truck accident. A settlement of $16 million was reached during trial. For more information on this wrongful death lawsuit settlement, click here.

A truck accident occurred on August 2nd in Illinois in which an Illinois woman was killed when a pick-up pulling a trailer was struck by her vehicle after she crossed the center line. The driver of the car was an elderly lady that was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the truck accident and later died of injuries sustained during the truck accident. The truck driver and the passengers in his vehicle did not suffer any personal injuries during the crash. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident earlier this morning in Illinois caused road closures and the residents of nearby homes to have to be evacuated after it was discovered that the truck that had rolled over contained 7,000 gallons of gasoline. The truck accident occurred when the driver tried to turn onto a street and the truck ended up rolling over on its side, because either the driver was going too fast or the driver lost control. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A battery truck accident occurred on August 1st in Illinois when the truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and lost control, causing the truck to roll over on the side and block both of the southbound lanes of the I-57. The driver was ticketed with driving while fatigued and was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his personal injuries. Once the truck was removed, the lanes were still closed for hours in order to clean up all the batteries that were spilled in the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A man who was killed in a motorcycle/truck accident on July 30th has been identified. The fatal accident occurred when the motorcycle driver lost control and struck the back of a truck. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime, as a result of his multiple injuries. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois man pled guilty to three counts of aggravated driving under the influence and has been sentenced to 45 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections, of which he will have to serve at least 85 percent of that time. The truck accident occurred last fall when the victim was a passenger in her family’s pick-up truck which was travelling down I-90 and was crushed when it was struck by a semi. The truck driver had failed to brake and tested positive for marijuana in amounts that are shown to severely impair his judgment at the time of the accident. Chicago truck accident lawyers Levin & Perconti represent the family of the victim in the civil case against the driver. For more information on this fatal truck accident, click here.

A truck driver was killed earlier this morning in the Chicago suburbs, while he was standing outside of the truck attempting to reattach his trailer to the cab of his truck. There were no running lights on the rear of the trailer, and there is a report stating that the truck driver was trying to put out flares, but this report is not confirmed. The driver of the car that hit the truck driver swerved to avoid the truck accident but was not able to avoid the accident. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the truck accident. The driver of the car was not injured in the crash. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck driver was arrested after fleeing from a crash that he allegedly caused on the morning of July 26th in Chicago. This truck accident injured three people, which were taken to local hospitals and at this point none of them seem to have life-threatening injuries. When the police apprehended the truck driver, he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs, possession of a controlled substance and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Excessive speeding by passenger car drivers leads to many truck accidents. Trucks’ blind spots are large and when cars are going fast and swerving in and out of traffic the chance of an accident is greatly increased. A recent truck accident on the 1-75 was due to speeding and swerving and left one person dead. While the car was attempting to pass the truck, the truck hit the car while it was in its blind spot and the car ended up underneath the truck. The driver was injured and has been charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness and driving with a suspended license, after the accident left his passenger dead. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

The driver of a passenger car was fatally injured when he crossed the median on I-90/94 and hit a semi-trailer truck that was heading in the opposite direction. The accident occurred early this morning and the truck driver was left uninjured. The car driver suffered serious head injuries and was trapped in this car following the truck accident and died shortly after the accident. At this point no citations have been issued, and it is unknown if the car driver had been drinking. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois man was killed on July 22nd when his truck ran off the road and crashed, ejecting the driver from the truck. The truck caught fire and exploded after the truck accident. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Puppy missing after truck accident has been found safe. A truck accident occurred on the morning of July 14th when a semi-truck collided with a minivan in which a family and their puppy were traveling. The puppy jumped through the window after the truck accident and was missing for a few days. The puppy was found about a mile from the scene of the truck accident and returned to the family. Both the puppy and the family did not suffer serious personal injuries. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A fatal truck accident occurred in which a sports utility vehicle entered the highway on the exit ramp, causing the driver to drive into oncoming traffic. The car struck the back of a truck and then the SUV went into the air and struck another semi-truck. The driver of the SUV was ejected from the car and was pronounced dead immediately. There is currently no information as to why the driver entered the highway going the wrong way and toxicology reports are still pending. Neither truck driver involved in the truck accident were injured. For more information on this fatal accident, click here.

A car collided with a semi-truck earlier this morning in Chicago, injuring six people including three children. The car involved in the crash did not merge properly as it entered the highway and was struck by another car, which was then struck by the truck. The truck accident blocked lanes for a short while but all of the lanes have since reopened. No one that was injured seems to have suffered life-threatening personal injuries. For more information on this Chicago truck accident, click here.

A truck carrying a load of vegetables crashed on the highway and burst into flames, killing the truck driver. The truck accident occurred when the truck struck into a construction divider, hit a concrete median and then a light pole. A witness pulled the driver from the truck, but the driver was already dead. At this point there is no evidence as to what caused the terrible truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A semi-truck carrying a full load of beer crashed on the highway, causing the truck to turn onto its side and the beer and diesel fuel to spill out the back of the truck. No one was injured in the truck accident, but due to the blockage of three lanes of traffic, traffic was backed up for three hours. The driver has been cited for failing to control his speed. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A semi-truck driver was killed following truck accident on I-80 early in the morning of July 18th. The truck accident occurred when the truck struck a construction barrier and light pole and then burst into flames. The truck driver was declared dead at the scene of the accident, and even though a witness pulled the driver from the flames he was already dead. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois man was killed after being hit by a pick-up truck early in the morning of July 16th. The bicycle accident occurred when the victim was riding his bike and fell off, and the truck driver hit him. After the accident the truck driver drove around the block but then returned to the scene and submitted to a breathalyzer test. The test results were not available, however, the truck driver was arrested for misdemeanor driving under the influence. The truck accident is still under investigation and the truck driver is set to appear in court in August. For more information on this fatal bicycle accident in Urbana, click here.

A lawsuit has been filed against two individuals and a trucking company in connection with a Granite City truck accident that injured two women. The suit alleges that the truck failed to stop and that was the cause of the truck accident. The Illinois truck accident occurred on Route 203 in August of 2007 and is apparently the result of a truck and a tractor-trailer both failing to stop and colliding with the vehicle in which the women were traveling. The truck accident caused one of the women to suffer severe and permanently disabling personal injuries and both women suffered mental anguish. For more information on this truck accident lawsuit, click here.

A major truck accident occurred when a truck crashed and exploded on July 15th. The truck accident ignited a bridge that it was passing under when it caught on fire. At this point the police are not sure if something collided with the truck or what exactly caused the fiery accident. Luckily, at this point, it seems that all people involved have not been seriously injured and are being treated at a local hospital for their minor personal injuries. The damaged bridge overpass is not only wrecked but is blocking part of the highway. They cannot determine the extent of the damage until the firefighter have completely extinguished the fires. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A Stockton truck accident killed one man on July 8. The victim was driving on US-20 when he lost control of his vehicle and entered the oncoming lane of traffic, causing his car to be struck by a tractor-trailer. The truck driver suffered minor injuries in the tractor trailer accident and refused medical treatment. At this point, no citations have been issued in connection with the accident. For more information on this truck accident in Stockton, IL, click here.

A two vehicle accident killed an Illinois man early this morning in Knox County, IL. The truck accident involved a flatbed truck that crossed into the passing lane and into the path of a box truck. The flatbed truck rolled over and the driver was killed. The box truck driver only suffered minro personal injuries. Reports show that both drivers were wearing their seatbelts and that the highway was closed for a couple hours for cleanup. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident that involved a truck and two cars injured six people on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the afternoon of July 10th. Four of the people injured in the Chicago truck accident were listed in serious to critical condition, one in fair to serious and one in good condition. Four other people involved in the truck accident refused medical attention at the scene. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A car rear-ended a semi-truck carrying 9,000 pounds of Chinese food, causing the food to spill out and block the southbound lanes of the Tri-State Tollway early in the morning of July 7th. The Chicago Tribune reports that two of the four lanes had to be closed temporarily for about 4 miles behind the truck accident. No one was injured as a result of the truck accident. For more information on this Chicago truck accident, click here.

A truck accident that occurred on July 9th left one Illinois man injured and in fair condition. The truck accident occurred when the victim turned left and struck the back of a semi on Highway 59 and became trapped under the semi-truck which then ended up in a ditch. The driver of the car has been charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

One Illinois man was injured when his car hit a semi-truck on Route 47 in the early morning hours of July 9th. The truck accident is likely to be a result of the driver of the car being under the influence of alcohol and improperly changing lanes. The driver involved in the truck accident has been charged for these actions as well as for driving without insurance. The injured man was taken to a local hospital by helicopter and the semi-truck driver was not injured. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

On July 7th, a truck accident occurred when several boys that were riding their bikes thought they could pass a semi before it turned into a truck stop. The truck driver did not have enough time to brake and stop and the truck ended up hitting the boy head on. The boy suffered severe head injuries and died as a result of these injuries. The driver seems very distraught as a result of the truck accident and says that he could not see the biking boys before the truck accident occurred. For more information on this terrible accident, click here.

A truck driver was injured when his semi went on the interstate in Illinois and rolled into a ditch on the evening of July 7th. The truck accident resulted in the spilling of the trailer’s load when the semi rolled onto its side. At this point there is no word as to what caused the crash, and the driver has been taken to a local hospital for treatment on his non life-threatening personal injuries. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

The family of a man that was killed in a truck accident last summer is suing the driver who they believe is responsible for the wrongful death of their family member. The truck accident occurred when the victim, who was driving a tractor trailer, drove off a bridge while attempting to avoid a car in which the driver has fallen asleep at the wheel. At the time of the truck accident, the car driver was cited for several misdemeanor charges and was fined, and while there were slight traces of alcohol in her system there was not enough evidence to prove that she was under the influence of alcohol when the fatal truck accident occurred. For more information on this suit involving a fatal truck accident, click here.

A suit has been filed against a truck company and one of its employees following a truck accident that occurred on May 23rd in Illinois. The crash occurred when one pickup truck was driving north on Illinois Route 3 and another pickup truck that was puller a trailer for a rental company lost control of the trailer and collided with the original pickup truck. The truck accident resulted in the death of the passenger of the pickup truck and serious personal injuries to the driver. The complaint against the rental company and the driver asserts that the driver of the truck pulling the trailer was driving too fast considering the size and load capacity of the trailer. For more information on this suit over a truck accident, click here.

The truck driver that was involved in a tragic truck accident has admitted to falling asleep at the wheel while driving. The driver fell asleep and crashed into a van that was caringly a family of four, all of which were killed in this fatal accident. The truck accident involved the truck hitting the van, pushing it into the intersection and then driving onto the can. The driver has not been charged with anything at this point. For more information on this tragic accident, click here.

An Illinois man was killed when the rental car he was driving was struck by a truck that was crashed into by a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle that struck the truck that hit the victim’s car was not seriously injured. The family of the victim, of the truck accident, that were passengers in the rental car were also not inured. The family was from Illinois and the loss is being felt strongly within the community. For more information on this tragic truck accident, click here.

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 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.

One man was killed when his pickup truck hit a dump trailer. Both vehicles caught fire and the driver of the pickup truck died after he was ejected from the vehicle as a result of the truck accident. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene and was not wearing a seatbelt when the truck accident occurred. The driver of the dump truck was flown to a local hospital and is listed in critical condition. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A tractor-trailer accident resulted in the death of the truck driver. On the morning of June 20th a freightliner hauling a trailer ran off the interstate, struck the guardrail, hit a number of trees, then caught fire. The driver died as a result of the fire caused by the truck accident. Local traffic was backed up for hours so the firefighters could put out the fire. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident involving a log truck and a freight train occurred in the morning of June 18th. Luckily, no injuries have been reported at this point, but the highway was blocked for several hours following this truck accident. The reason for the long shutdown following the truck/train accident was because of the cleanup of the debris and spillage from the tankers. Nothing that spilled is reported to be toxic unless it catches on fire. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident late in the evening of June 18th resulted in the death of a motorcycle driver. The fatal accident occurred when a truck struck a motorcycle while the motorcycle was stopped going westbound waiting to make a left hand turn and was struck by the truck which was headed eastbound. The intersection was closed down for investigation and very little information is known. The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet, but his name has not been released and will not be until the family is notified of the fatal truck accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Verdict reached in suit over negligently overloading flatbed trailer. The court found that a tractor-trailer was negligently overloaded and that the overload was the cause of the truck accident in which a container from the truck fell into the highway and caused the truck to swerve into a second truck and then propel off the roadway. The truck accident resulted in the death of one, after he suffered severe head and internal injuries, slipped into a coma and died 35 days later. There was also pain and suffering damages sought in the lawsuit, for the emotional distress of the daughter who was the backseat passenger in the vehicle in which the fatally injured victim was the driver. The court came back with a $29.4 million dollar verdict. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Early this morning near Chicago, a semitrailer tipped over on the ramp that goes from the southbound I-294 to the eastbound I-290. At this point there is no news as to the cause of the truck accident but the police were still investigating. No other vehicles were involved in the truck accident, and the truck driver only suffered very minor personal injuries. The truck had been carrying beer products and the beer leaked out onto the road. This one-vehicle accident did not cause severe delays in traffic. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Earlier this afternoon a semi truck lost control and crashed into a pick-up truck. Luckily, this two-truck accident left no one fatally injured because the semi just missed the driver of the pick–up truck and personally suffered some injuries but the extent is unknown. This truck accident blocked all four lanes of traffic right as it was beginning to slow down for rush hour, leading to lots of traffic problems. The driver of the semi was charged with reckless driving and failure to maintain control of his vehicle. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A truck accident left one tractor-trailer and three passenger vehicles seriously damaged when they were involved in a serious traffic accident. The tractor-trailer was leaking diesel fuel following the truck accident but the leak was quickly contained. Two people involved in the crash were taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries. There is no report as to what caused the accident at this point. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

On June 8th, a semi truck jackknifed blocking the northbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway for several hours. This Chicago truck accident left no one seriously injured. The cause of the truck accident is not known but is likely to be due in part to the slippery road conditions resulting from the heavy rain. For more information on this Chicago car accident, click here.

A truck accident that left the truck driver dead is believed to have occurred after the driver lost consciousness while driving. The truck accident occurred when the truck swerved, crashed into a guardrail and then into a bridge wall. The impact of the truck hitting the wall caused the truck to overturn and burst into blames, causing the death of the driver. The reason that authorities believe that the driver was unconscious at the time of the fatal accident is because a witness of the accident said they observed the tractor-trailer gradually slowly and then once it started to veer off the road there was no evidence of the driver trying to correct the truck. The reason why the driver was likely unconscious is unknown at this point in the investigation, but it is noted that the driver had a previous heart condition, which he was taking medication for. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A fatal truck accident occurred on June 10th that resulted in the death of a toddler due to multiple blunt force trauma. The fatal accident occurred when a car that was stopped waiting to make a right turn and a pick up truck did not notice it in time and then swerved around the car and into the lane that was going in the opposite direction striking a sports utility vehicle head on. The toddler that was fatally injured was a passenger in the truck. No one else was seriously injured but several passengers were taken to the hospital for treatment of their minor personal injuries. No citations have been issued at this time and the truck accident is still under investigation. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Early this morning the driver of a passenger car, that was driving behind a semi, lost control of the vehicle because of wet pavement and hit a guardrail and was then knocked back into the road. The truck accident occurred when the car went back into traffic it collided with the truck and got stuck underneath the semitractor-trailer. This truck accident left no serious injuries but the two people in the passenger car were taken to local hospitals to treat their personal injuries. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A Chicago area man was charged in a tractor-trailer accident when the cargo in the truck that he was driving struck an overpass and the cargo was knocked off and landed on a sport utility vehicle, killing the driver. This fatal accident occurred because the truck driver exceeded the height limit that was set for the overpass. The truck driver says that he did not know how high the container was or how fast he was going when the fatal accident occurred. The victim’s family has filed a lawsuit against the truck driver. For more information on this fatal truck accident, click here.

On June 6th a tandem semitrailer in Southern Illinois overturned on I-57 and stopped traffic for nearly three hours. This Illinois truck accident occurred when the semi-trailer made contact with a small passenger car causing the truck to overturn and completely block traffic. The truck driver received only minor personal injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The driver and passenger of the car were not injured at all. For more information on this truck accident in Illinois, click here.

Last month the driver of a truck, that had collided with a station wagon killing two men, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs. The driver involved in this truck accident pled not guilty to two counts of driving under the influence of drugs. The fatal accident occurred on May 6th when the driver allegedly ran a stop sign and crashed into the car in which the two victims were riding in. The driver claims that he tried to stop but was unable to. The cops that were at the scene of the crime thought that the driver looked like he might be under the influence of drugs so they asked him if he had smoked any marijuana and he told them that he smoked the night before. The cops then arrested him for an aggravated DUI and tested him for THC and the test came back positive. The driver argues that truck accident was caused by the fact that the truck would not stop when he hit the brakes, and the cops reported that there was evidence of a skid making the driver’s story feasible. The court did find probable cause to proceed with charges and since the driver pled not guilty he requested a jury trial, which will proceed later this month. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An elderly woman was killed in the northwest suburbs of Chicago when she was crossing the street and was hit by a truck that was driving down the street. This fatal accident left the pedestrian dead but no one else was seriously injured. The crash is still under investigation and both the north and southbound lanes of Elmhurst Road were closed for several hours following the fatal truck crash to allow for further investigation. For more information on this truck accident near Chicago, click here.

A truck accident occurred early on the morning of June 2nd when the driver of a passenger car fell asleep at the wall striking the side of a semi-truck. The semi then hit a concrete barrier wall and then overturned onto the roof of the car. Luckily, this tractor-trailer accident did not result in any serious personal injuries. Both the driver of the car and of the truck suffered minor personal injuries and were taken to local hospitals for treatment. The driver of the passenger car was charged with failure to drive in a single lane. For more information on this tractor-trailer accident, click here.

Over 200,000 accidents occur each year involving a truck and at least one passenger car. The best way to avoid truck accidents is to always leave as much space as possible between a truck and your car and never try to squeeze in next to the truck. Trucks have more blind spots than passenger cars and it is good to be aware of these in order to avoid serious accidents. If you have to drive near a truck try to make sure you are in a spot that the driver can view your car. When driving a passenger car behind a truck on an incline it is best to make sure that you leave extra space in case the truck rolls back slightly when its starts to move. If a truck is passing you, make sure to drive slowly because the spray from the truck can often reduce visibility. If you are attempting to pass a truck remember that they are much longer than a regular vehicle so allow extra time to be able to pass. Also make sure to never drive too closely behind a truck because it can be very difficult to stop in time if they stop short. For more helpful tips in avoiding a truck accident, click here.

The driver of a passenger vehicle was injured in an Illinois truck accident when she lost control of her car and it went partially under a tractor-trailer, causing it to spin out of control and end up in the median. The driver of the car was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor personal injuries and the driver of the truck was not injured at all. There have been no tickets issued pending further investigation. For more information of this Illinois truck accident, click here.

A young man was killed when he was the passenger in a car that swerved off the road into a tractor-trailer. The passenger was killed in this truck accident, but the driver of the car suffered only non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital. There is no word as to the cause of the truck accident and the local police are still investigating. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

An Illinois woman is in critical condition following a truck accident in which her vehicle was struck by a semi-truck when she failed to yield and the truck driver was not left with enough time to brake to avoid the truck accident. The victim’s car was struck on the passenger side of the vehicle and was pushed into a ditch. The car driver is in critical condition but the truck driver was not injured. For more information on this Illinois truck accident, click here.

A car and tractor-trailer were involved in a Champaign truck accident when the driver of the semi-truck did not realize that the car in front of it was braking, not allowing the driver even time to stop once he realized that the car was slowing down. The truck swerved out of the way of the car, but the trailer part of the truck struck the vehicle. Several other cars behind the tractor-trailer tried to stop in time to avoid the truck accident but several vehicles hit each other while attempting to stop. No one was seriously injured in the accident. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Two people are hospitalized with life-threatening injures after their car struck a semi-truck while they were fleeing from the police. The two victims were involved in a possible burglary and when the police tried to stop them, they tried to get away and the truck accident occurred when the driver of the car made a turn onto a highway ramp going the wrong direction and struck the tractor-trailer. The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to the hospital, but has since been released. The truck accident blocked three lanes of the interstate causing a back up in traffic for hours. For more on this truck accident, click here.

The driver of a passenger van was driving down the highway and switched lanes and then was immediately hit by a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer landed on top of the van and both vehicles caught on fire. The driver and passenger of the passenger van were killed when their van caught fire, but the truck driver suffered only minor injuries as a result of the truck accident. All three people involved were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

A tractor-trailer accident claimed the lives of a family of four after the truck hit their passenger car causing it to burst into flames. The families of the victims have sued the truck driver for wrongful death resulting from the driver’s negligence and seek punitive damages (damages for pain and suffering). A local state law allows only the parents of the children to sue for punitive damages and therefore the counts involving the two boys would need to be dropped (because the parents of the child victims were killed in the truck accident as well), but many people are opposed to this logic and feel that it is unfair to deny the family the right to recover for the loss felt by the death of the two young boys. For more information on the damages in this truck accident, click here.

A police officer was on his way to the scene of a car accident when for unknown reasons his police car swerved into the guardrail and then into the middle lane, hitting a tractor-trailer. A witness said that he saw the police car skidding and then witnessed the truck accident and then pulled over to check on the people involved. He said that the police officer had no signs of any physical injuries but was not able to speak. The police officer was then taken to a local hospital and is listed in stable condition. For the full story on the truck accident, click here.

A pedestrian was killed earlier today in a tractor-trailer accident. The pedestrian had car trouble, pulled over and exited his car and then the truck accident occurred. The driver of the truck did not notice the pedestrian standing next to his car and struck him from behind, instantly killing him. The truck driver suffered no injuries. For more information on the tractor-trailer accident, click here.

A truck accident on May 14 sent two people to the hospital with personal injuries. The accident occurred as the truck driver was following another semi. The driver began to exit the highway and then realized it was not his exit. He jerked the truck back into the ongoing lanes, causing the truck to topple over. The driver and his passenger were both injured in the accident; however the report did not reveal the extent of their injuries. Read more about this truck accident.

A couple from St. Charles, IL was involved in a serious truck accident while driving out-of-state. The husband died in the crash and his wife was hospitalized with injuries. The accident involved four vehicles- two semi-trucks, a car and a van. Along with the St. Charles couple, a woman from Milan, IL was also killed in the truck accident. The accident happened when one of the trucks slammed into the other three vehicles as they all approached a construction area. Follow the link provide to learn more about this tragic trucking accident.

The family of a 26-year-old man killed in a recent accident has filed a lawsuit against the truck driver that allegedly caused the truck accident. A passenger riding on the victim's motorcycle also filed a complaint. According to the lawsuit, the truck driver caused the accident by operating his truck in a reckless manner. He allegedly pulled his truck in front of the victim’s motorcycle, causing a collision that killed the motorcycle driver and injured his passenger. The report does not note whether the truck driver was injured in the crash. The plaintiffs have also named the trucking company in the lawsuit. Read more about this trucking accident.

A ten-year-old girl is being treated at the University of Chicago Medical Center after suffering serious injuries in a truck accident near Chicago. The girl was riding with her mother who lost control of the vehicle, causing it to hit a barrier. The vehicle then spun across traffic and became lodged under a tractor trailer truck. The truck drug the vehicle for a short time before colliding with another semi-truck. The girl was pinned in the car and suffered a broken femur and other internal injuries. The mother was taken a local hospital with minor injuries. Read more about this truck accident near Chicago.

Chicago Breaking News reports that a truck accident in McHenry County closed all eastbound lanes of the Jane Adams Tollway in McHenry County Illinois on May 8. The accident occurred near Huntley, IL. The semi-truck fell onto its side and blocked lanes on the highway. The article did not say what caused the accident or whether any other vehicles were involved in the truck accident. Follow the link to read more about this Illinois truck accident.

The family of a 19-year-old man killed in a truck accident in August 2008 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck’s driver and owner. The complaint alleges that the accident occurred after the truck driver illegally made a U-turn in an emergency crossover. The truck drove out of the crossover at dangerously slow speeds, causing the victim to crash into the back of the truck. The victim was killed in the accident. After the accident, the driver was fined for using the crossover illegally. Read more about this truck accident.

In the early morning of April 28, a truck driver ran off the road and slammed his semi into a bridge construction site along the Tri-State Tollway near Libertyville, a Chicago suburb. The truck accident sent bridge beams onto a Metra track, delaying commuter trains for over an hour. According to a report in the Lake County Sun, the truck accident was caused when the driver fell asleep. He was taken to a local hospital with no serious injuries. Read more about this suburban Chicago truck accident.

A 17-year-old driver was injured on April 27 when his van crashed into a semi-truck on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago. Chicago Breaking News reports that the injured driver possibly was driving in the wrong direction on the highway when the accident occurred. Police continue to investigate and he may be charged with driving in the wrong direction. The van driver was taken to Loyola University Hospital near Chicago with serious, but not life threatening, personal injuries. The driver of the truck was not hurt in the accident. Read more about this Chicago truck accident.

A chain-reaction truck accident in Franklin County, IL closed Interstate I-57 for over three hours and left one man dead. According to a report, the truck accident involved three semis and one pickup truck. The chain-reaction collision occurred when a truck carrying a load of steel pipes crashed into another tractor-trailer truck. This impact caused the second truck to crash into a third, which then rear-ended a pickup. The driver of the first truck carrying the steel pipes was killed on the scene. One other truck driver was taken to a Benton, IL hospital with minor injuries. If you are interested in reading more about this Illinois truck accident, follow the link.

A couple from Marissa, IL (St. Clair County) recently filed a complaint against a driver, a truck driver and trucking company for injuries that the husband sustained in an accident. The plaintiff was a passenger in the defendant driver’s SUV. According to the complaint, the negligent driver collided with the tractor trailer driven by the defendant truck driver. The plaintiff and his wife allege that both the SUV driver and truck driver failed to maintain proper control of their vehicles, failed to yield, and failed to break to avoid an accident. They also allege that both defendants were traveling too fast. The plaintiff suffered extensive personal injuries in the accident. Read more about this Illinois truck accident lawsuit.

According to a report on Chicago Breaking News, a propane truck was involved in an accident on April 20 in the Chicago suburb of Addison, IL. The accident happened after the driver lost control of the truck while getting on an entrance ramp to I-355. This caused the truck to rollover and block the ramp to the busy expressway. The driver was able to get out of the truck on his own and did not suffer serious injuries. No other vehicles were involved in the truck accident and no propane leaked from the tank of the truck. Visit the link to read more about this Chicago truck accident.

Former star football player, Barry Brueggeman, from Quincy University in Quincy, IL was killed recently in a tractor trailer accident. The ex-athlete died on April 16 when the tractor trailer he was driving overturned. According to a report in the Quincy Herald Whig, he was attempting to turn his truck when the load shifted, causing the truck to topple. Brueggman was pronounced dead at the scene of the truck accident. There were no other vehicles and no other injuries reported in the crash. Follow the link to read more about this Illinois truck accident.

In the early morning of April 17, two teenage girls were killed when the motor home they were riding in crashed into a semi-truck. Both were pronounced dead at the scene of the truck accident. Two other people were taken to a local hospital for injuries. The girls were riding in the motor home with five other people when it collided with the truck. The two deceased passengers were thrown from the motor home upon impact. No word on whether the truck driver sustained any serious injuries in the accident. To read more about this tragic trucking accident, follow the link provided.

A truck accident involving three tractor-trailers occurred on April 16. The accident shut down a highway roughly 70 miles south of Chicago for several hours while crews cleaned up hazardous materials that spilled onto the road during the crash. According to a report on CBS 2 Chicago, the accident was caused when the three trucks rear-ended each other. One of the trucks involved in the accident was carrying Pyridine. The report did not indicate whether anyone involved in the accident was injured. Read the full story of this trucking accident by following the hyperlink.

A truck driver has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for a tractor trailer accident that killed three people last July. According to the Chicago Tribune, the driver is being held in a St. Louis prison on $250,000 bond. The fatal truck accident occurred when the truck driver collided with several vehicles, eventually coming to a stop with one car stuck under his truck. A driver from Caseyville, IL and two Amish people were among the victims of the horrific crash. Read more about the truck accident by following the link.

A 57-year-old man and a toddler were both injured in an accident on April 14 when their Jeep SUV collided with a truck. According to police reports, the driver was traveling southbound when his vehicle crossed the center line and hit the tractor-trailer head on. Emergency workers extricated the man from the SUV and took him to a local hospital. The toddler was removed from the vehicle by his mother and also taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The truck driver suffered no serious injuries in the accident. The report did not elaborate on what may have caused the driver to drift into the path of the truck. Click on the link to read the full story of this truck accident.

A 50-year-old truck driver was killed in an accident after he lost control of his vehicle. According to reports, police suspect that he had a heart attack prior to losing control of his truck. The truck drifted off of the highway, over a ramp and eventually stopped in a ditch alongside the road. No other cars or trucks were involved in the accident and no one else was injured. Read the account of this fatal trucking accident by following the link.

An accident involving a box truck and two cars resulted in one death and several injuries. The accident happened at an intersection, when two cars were waiting at a stop light. The box truck driver did not notice that the vehicles were stopped and rear ended one of the cars. This collision sent the car crashing into the car in front of it, causing it to burst into flames. The driver of the middle car was killed and two people in the front car were hospitalized. The road was closed for five hours after the truck accident. Read the full account of the accident by following the link.

An accident in southern Illinois on April 9 left one man dead. The accident occurred when the deceased driver hydroplaned and lost control of his vehicle. His car ran into the median and then swerved back into traffic in front of a tractor trailer truck. The truck slammed into the car, killing the driver. The truck driver was not injured in the accident. According to a report in the Belleville News Democrat, traffic on the highway was backed up for over two miles and it took three hours for normal traffic to resume. Read more about this Illinois truck accident by clicking through the link.

Over the past several years, the United States has seen a shortage in skilled truck drivers. At Levin & Perconti, we have handled a number of truck accident cases where long hours and overworked drivers were often to blame. However, the economic recession plaguing the nation has created a surplus, rather than a shortage, in truck drivers. This surplus is attributed to the closure of many trucking companies and also due to a decrease in the amount of goods being shipped by trucks. According to a recent article, in the last three months of 2008, the amount shipped decreased by over six percent. Because of this, companies are laying-off truckers and lowering costs. To read the full account of how the recession is affecting the trucking industry, follow the link.

A 23-year-old man driving a motorcycle was killed instantly when his bike collided with a truck. The truck pulled out of a truck stop and into the path of the northbound motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle attempted to break and skidded for over 300 feet. Unfortunately, he could not stop fast enough and he was run over by the back tires of the tractor trailer. The driver of the truck was not injured in the accident. Read the full story of this tragic trucking accident by following the link.

The Bolingbrook Sun has reported that a truck accident occurred in the early morning hours of April 9. According to the report, a semi-truck and a sports utility vehicle were both traveling in the eastbound lanes of I-55. The collision was near the Bolingbrook Drive exit of the expressway. No serious injuries were reported and the accident did not affect traffic. The article did not reveal the cause of the crash. Read more about the Chicago truck accident by clicking the link.

A truck carrying thousands of pounds of pork bellies rolled over on April 7 on the Tri-State Tollway. The accident occurred after the truck was cut off by a car traveling on the tollway. According to the Lake County News Sun, police are searching for the vehicle that cut off the truck. The driver of the truck was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening personal injuries. Crews were called in to clear the road of the truck and pork products. Follow the link to the read the full account of this Lake County trucking accident.

Attorneys representing a family whose son was killed in a truck accident in St. Clair County, IL filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family. The lawsuit names the truck driver and Enterprise Leasing Company, the company who rented the truck to the driver, as defendants. According to the lawsuit, the truck driver rented the truck from Enterprise Leasing Company and was traveling west bound on a bridge when he illegally tried to pass a tractor trailer. He came into the eastbound lanes of the bridge and collided with the victim’s vehicle. The Madison St. Clair Record reports that the lawsuit alleges the truck driver was driving at a high rate of speed in a no passing zone. They are suing Enterprise for not determining if the driver was fit to drive the truck according to traffic laws before they rented him the vehicle. Follow the link to read the entire report on this tragic St. Clair County truck accident.

Two passengers in a Jeep were killed in a truck accident on April 4 after a semi-truck slammed into their Jeep. The truck then crashed into two other cars, leaving one person with minor injuries. According to police, most of the cars on the road were traveling slowly because of white-out conditions. However, the truck was traveling at 55 mph and slammed into the Jeep, causing it to go off the road and catch fire. The truck then collided with the other two vehicles. Police arrested the truck driver and charged him with vehicular homicide. Read more about this truck accident.

Two people from Arcola, IL were taken to the hospital after being involved in an accident near Mansfield. The accident occurred as their Ford Taurus attempted to pass a semi-truck in the westbound lanes of the highway. The truck veered into the left lane, forcing the victim’s car off of the road, where it hit an embankment, flipped and slid into the eastbound lanes. The victims had to be cut out of their car and were taken to a local hospital. Neither was seriously injured and both were released. According to an article in the Danville News Gazette, the truck driver was cited for “improper lane usage.” Read more about the truck accident.

A major truck accident occurred around 1 p.m. on April 2, closing a busy turnpike as crews worked to clean up the mess. Two trucks were involved in the accident with no serious injuries reported to the two truck drivers. A truck hauling lumber rear-ended another truck, causing the lumber truck to overturn and spill its contents onto the road. The truck then caught on fire. To read the full story of this truck accident, follow the link.

A man was killed in the early morning of March 28 in Carrollton, IL after being struck by tractor trailer carrying anhydrous ammonia. The truck accident occurred on a curvy stretch of road and truck was severely damaged as a result. The truck driver did not suffer any injuries. According to the report, Illinois State Police are still investigating the crash to determine the exact cause of the accident. The road was closed for several hours as police worked to reconstruct the accident to help determine the cause. Read the full account of the truck accident by clicking on the link.

A 61-year-old jogger was killed as he was attempting to cross a roadway in the early morning hours of March 26. The man was struck by a truck that was turning north onto the road. The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead from accident-related injuries. There was no mention of the truck driver in the article or if drugs or alcohol played a role in the truck accident. According to the article, the road was closed for some time as police investigated the accident.

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On March 24, a truck driver was killed in a trucking accident. According to the report, the truck driver who passed away was not wearing his seat belt. The truck accident occurred when the victim’s truck rear-ended another truck that was traveling in the right lane very slowly. The driver of the second truck did not sustain any personal injuries.

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A jury in Will County, IL recently awarded the victims of a trucking accident more than $23 million. The victims of the accident brought the lawsuit against the driver of a truck hauling potatoes and the trucking company.

The accident, which occurred in Joliet, IL, was caused when the defendant driver’s tractor trailer collided with the first victim’s car as it slowed for an unrelated accident. This caused a chain-reaction crash involving two more tractor trailer trucks and three cares. The truck accident left two people dead and five others injured. According to the report, the truck driver was cited for false entries in her log book and driving with a suspended driver’s license.

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Two truck accident lawsuits have been filed on behalf of a tow truck driver who was killed in a 2008 crash. The tow truck driver was assisting a broken-down tractor-trailer when a semi hit him from behind. Both the driver of the semi and it's owner, Double D Express, have been sued in regards to this truck crash death. Read more about this trucking accident.

A truck accident has recently claimed the life of a 24-year-old man. The man had been thrown from his Toyota sedan after a car crash and was lying injured in the road when a tractor-trailer hit the man, claiming his life. The driver of a box truck had stopped to help the injured man, and the tractor-trailer also collided with the box truck. It is yet unknown whether a lawsuit has been filed. Read more about this truck accident.

A recent truck accident, involving five vehicles and an 18-wheel tractor-trailer headed to Chicago, has left one man dead and three others in jail. Three men, including the truck’s driver, owner, and the garage owner who allegedly sold an inspection sticker for the truck without inspecting it, have been charged with vehicular homicide. The truck had been given several warnings about the quality and safety of its breaks during regular inspections by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration along its route. The owner, however, pressed the driver to continue on. It is unknown whether a civil wrongful death lawsuit has been filed.

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A truck accident between a tractor-trailer and a tour bus has killed 11 people and injured 16. The truck driver, who lost control of his tractor-trailer and collided with a bus coming in the opposite direction, was reportedly intoxicated and will be charged with involuntary homicide. The tour bus was operated by Viva Mexico Tours, a company based in Texas. The accident left 7 Americans dead and 9 injured. It is yet unknown whether any of the victims or their families will file lawsuits. Read more about this truck crash.

In a recent truck accident, a tractor-trailer hit an overpass and jackknifed. The crash caused debris to spill across both sides of the highway. There were no reports of crash-related injuries, but an exit off of the interstate was closed for hours. Read more about this truck accident.

A collision between a tractor-trailer and a car has caused the death of one woman and injuries to a man and a child. The truck accident occurred when the woman’s car crossed the median and crashed into the truck. The woman, from Lawrenceville, Georgia, died in the hours following the crash, while the two passengers are being treated in the hospital. The accident occurred during a rain storm and police officers say the truck driver did not have time to stop. Read more about this truck crash.

An Amtrak train travelling from St. Louis to Chicago struck and killed a woman in her pickup truck in Hartford, Illinois recently. The 31-year-old train crash victim was pregnant with her second child, said the Coroner’s Office of Madison County, Illinois. Witnesses who saw the truck accident said that the train did not sound its horn and was not able to reach a complete stop until it was about one mile past the intersection. Witnesses were concerned that the train crossing had no signal lights or crossing signs and many had deemed it a hazard for years. Read more about this truck-train collision.

Another dangerous truck accident between a tractor-trailer and highway traffic has occurred, sending one victim to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Although it is unclear what caused the accident, the crash involved at least four cars and the tractor-trailer. Read more about this tractor-trailer accident.

The driver of a tractor trailer involved in an early-evening trucking accident suffered serious personal injuries. The truck driver was taken to the hospital after the accident for treatment. According to reports, the tractor trailer collided with a pick-up truck, causing both vehicles to overturn. The person driving the pick-up truck suffered no serious injuries; however emergency personnel had to pull the semi-driver from his vehicle after the accident. He evacuated from the scene of the truck accident by helicopter. The highway was shut down in order to land the helicopter and remained closed for several hours after the accident. To read the full account of this truck accident click on the link.

A trucking accident left a busy highway jammed on after a tractor trailer overturned in the middle of rush-hour traffic. The tractor trailer was carrying steel and officials were forced to shut down the highway for four and a half hours in order to clean up the mess. There was no indication of what caused the trucking accident. When the truck overturned, the driver was momentarily trapped and was taken to a local hospital. Reports indicate that his from the truck accident were not life-threatening. To read about this overturned truck accident click on the link.

Two accidents involving five vehicles- two tractor trailers, two cars and an SUV- occurred within minutes of each other. The truck accidents led to multiple personal injuries and four people were taken to the hospital. The first accident occurred when a car and tractor trailer collided. This resulted in a back-up of cars and trucks and another accident occurred shortly after involving three more vehicles.

The driver of the car in the first accident was suspected of driving under the influence and was arrested. He, along with several other people, suffered injuries and were taken to local hospitals. Several lanes of the highway were blocked following the truck accidents.

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A tour bus collided with a tractor trailer on March 6 after the tour bus changed lanes and clipped the truck. Fortunately, none of the 48 passengers on board the bus were seriously injured. Authorities credit the cable barriers that divide the east and westbound lanes of the highway with potentially saving lives. The truck accident could have been a lot worse if the vehicles had traveled into oncoming traffic.

As traffic backed up shortly after the accident occurred, another truck accident took place. A pick-up truck slammed into a tractor trailer truck whose driver had stopped to help direct traffic. The driver of the pick-up truck suffered injuries.

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The driver of a minivan and his passenger both suffered injuries in an accident involving a tractor trailer truck. According to local police, the truck was attempting to pull out of a private drive and became stuck in the driveway. The trailer portion of the truck was sticking out onto the road when the 83-yr-old minivan driver ran into the truck. Both the driver and his 75-yr-old passenger sustained personal injuries and were each taken to local hospitals. The condition of the truck driver was not listed. Read coverage of this truck accident.

The driver in a fatal truck accident that claimed the life of a high school student in July has been indicted on charges of manslaughter. The 17-year-old driver lost control of his Toyota Tacoma truck, causing it to flip after going airborne. One of the passengers in the truck, another 17-year-old high school student, was killed immediately. Two other minors were hospitalized after the truck crash. The driver faces 3 to 12 years in prison. It is currently unknown whether the family of the teen killed in the crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in civil courts. Read more about this fatal truck accident.

A truck accident in southern Illinois left a highway closed for several hours as hazmat teams responded to the threat of a chemical spill. The truck was carrying a hazardous chemical used in insecticides and crashed into the median of I-57. The truck was the only vehicle involved in the accident and no major injuries were reported. The accident occurred when the driver of the semi-truck fell asleep and the truck collided with the median. The road was opened several hours after the truck accident after hazmat teams transferred the truck’s load into another trailer. Read more about this truck accident.

A man sustained serious injuries to his arm, chest, head and pelvis after being pinned beneath a large truck that was struck by a train. The man was trying to help move a tractor-trailer truck that was stuck on train tracks, but unfortunately the train struck the truck before the man could move.

Emergency workers freed the man, who was pinned under the tractor-trailer, after the train drug the truck for 30 feet. The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Read about this truck accident by following the link.

An elderly man was killed instantly when he drove his car under a tractor trailer on February 22. The driver of the tractor-trailer was pulling out of a parking lot when the accident occurred. The older man did not see the truck pulling onto the road and drove his Buick Century underneath the trailer of the truck. Upon arriving at the scene of the truck accident, police pronounced the 88-year-old man dead. Click on the link to read about this tractor trailer accident.

Interstate 57 in Franklin County, IL was closed for hours after a tractor trailer truck carrying hazardous materials wrecked on Sunday. The driver of the semi-truck felt tired and consequently lost control of the truck, causing it to capsize into the highway’s median. Because the truck was transporting hazardous materials, hazmat teams as well as local fire companies were called in to help clean up the accident. The highway was closed for five hours. No serious injuries were reported. To read further coverage of this tractor trailer accident, follow the link.

In the early morning hours of February 19, a tractor trailer crashed and caused a road to be closed for most of the day while crews worked to clean up from the truck accident. Authorities did not disclose what materials the truck was carrying, however hazmat crews were on the scene assisting with the clean-up of a minor fuel spill.

The truck accident occurred when the driver lost control after hitting an icy patch in the road. The truck slid, hitting a stone wall on the side of the road. The truck driver was a taken to a local hospital for treatment after sustaining injuries in the accident. The extent of his injuries was not revealed. To read about this truck crash, visit the link.

According to a press release from the American Trucking Association that cites a recent Federal Highway Administration study, fatalities from accidents involving large trucks were down by 5.8 percent in 2007. This may be attributed to limits on Driver Hours of Service that went into effect in 2005. Truck drivers are limited to drive only 11 hours in a 14 hour timeframe to ensure they receive the respite needed to operate their trucks properly. Since the new rules were put into place, there has been a 10 percent decline in truck-related accidents resulting in fatalities.

Despite this decline, it is still important for truck and passenger vehicle drivers alike to practice caution on the roads. If you or a loved one have suffered significant personal injury in a trucking accident, please contact Levin & Perconti at 312-332-2872 to speak with one of our lawyers who can review your case.

A truck accident involving four tractor trailers occurred on February, 13, causing both sides of a busy interstate to be shut down. One of the trucks involved in the accident was hauling cattle. This truck was believed to have started the chain-reaction crash when it overturned. Many of the cattle in the truck escaped onto the highway. Some were hit by passing vehicles while others fled the scene. After this truck capsized, it caused a chain reaction in which three other tractor trailers crashed. Fortunately, there were no major injuries involved. Read the full story of this truck accident.

A 58-year-old man was killed when his Ford F-150 ran a red light and was broadsided by a tractor trailer truck. After the initial collision, both vehicles collided with two other passenger vehicles. The driver of the pick-up sustained serious injuries in the collision and later died as he was being transported from the scene of the accident. The tractor trailer operator, along with the drivers of the other two vehicles did not suffer serious injuries. Police officers reported that the deceased was not wearing a seat belt when the truck accident occurred. Read more about this fatal accident.

A Fed-Ex tractor trailer that was hauling butane lighters was involved in an accident that closed a major highway for several hours on February 10. According to reports, the trucking accident was a result of a blown tire. This caused the truck to overturn.

Since the truck was carrying butane lighters, hazardous materials crews were called onto the scene of the truck accident to assist with the clean-up. There were no report injuries in this accident. Read more about this capsized tractor-trailer.

A wrongful death lawsuit has recently been filed after a truck accident caused the death of a 19-year-old college student. The truck, a Toyota Tundra, was driven by an intoxicated driver working for a wholesale flooring distributor when it hit the student. The driver was charged with negligent homicide in the criminal case. The wrongful death lawsuit names the driver and the flooring distributor as defendants. Read more about this truck accident lawsuit.

After a truck accident where negligence is suspected on the part of the truck driver or the trucking company, it is important to contact an attorney as soon as possible. If the victim of a truck crash wishes to pursue a personal injury lawsuit, lawyers can obtain data from a truck’s Electronic Control Module (ECM) or “black box”. These devices can provide important information regarding the truck’s operation that could prove useful in a lawsuit when they reveal problems such a truck driver fatigue or negligence by the trucking company. Most ECMs record data for 30 days but after that begin to write over old data, making it necessary to act quickly in the aftermath or a trucking accident. Read more about ECMs and trucking accidents.

Traffic was blocked on a Chicago highway off-ramp after a UPS truck flipped on its side. According to Illinois State Police District Chicago Sgt. Tufenkjian, the truck accident probably occurred because the truck was travelling too fast on the ramp. Although no one was injured, this motor vehicle crash serves as another reminder of the dangers posed by negligent truck drivers on the roads. Read more about this Chicago truck accident.

A jury reviewed a 2003 truck rollover accident this week, awarding $1 million to the survivor and an additional $200K in personal injury damages. The jury found that the driver who struck the victim’s truck was 100% at fault. The jury found Ford Motor Company at no fault in a pickup truck rollover accident that resulted in personal injuries and a wrongful death.

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Early this morning, all outbound lanes were closed on the Kennedy expressway in Chicago after a vehicle struck a semi truck and then rolled over. Two people received personal injuries in the truck accident. Lanes on the expressway have since been reopened.

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A 42-year-old man was killed recently in a truck accident on the Borman Expressway near the Illinois-Indiana border. The man was killed when his GMC truck collided with a semi-tractor. A spokesperson for the Lake County coroner’s office said that the man was pronounced dead at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago. It is unknown whether this accident occurred as a result of the negligence of either driver involved in the auto accident. Read more about this truck crash.

The outbound lanes of the Stevenson Expressway were moving slowly after a rollover automobile accident shut the time. The truck crash occurred in the evening on the Chicago expressway. Three people were in a red pickup truck that hit a concrete barrier and flipped. All three people were responsive, but they were pinned inside the truck and firefighters had to extricate them. They were all taken to the hospital with personal injuries and are in serious condition. To read more about truck accidents, click here.

Multiple people were being treated at hospitals for personal injuries sustained this afternoon after a CTA bus crashed in Chicago. The victims were passengers on a No. 126 bus when it collided with a car. One passenger was in serious to critical condition, six were in fair condition, and two were in good condition.

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Kane County, Illinois by Levin & Perconti’s John J. Perconti. The lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a woman who was killed last fall in a serious trucking accident. The 32-year-old woman, along with her husband and 3-year-old son, were struck by a truck, causing their car to crash into the Illinois Department of Transportation dump truck in front of them. The woman’s husband and son were both seriously injured in the car crash. Allegedly, half of the brakes on the semitrailer that crashed into the family were not properly functioning and the truck driver had marijuana in his system. The personal injury lawsuit has been filed, but although the death was ruled a homicide, criminal charges have yet to be made.

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Recently, two deaths have been caused by truck accidents at monster truck shows. A 41-year-old man was killed after being crushed when one of the trucks crashed into him. Apparently, the man was struck after stepping in front of a truck. Eight days earlier, a 6-year-old boy died when flying debris at a separate monster truck show hit him. Both families have yet to file wrongful death lawsuits. Read more about these truck accidents here.

At least five personal injury lawsuits have been filed as the six month anniversary of a tragic truck accident and ten car pile-up near the Illinois-Missouri border approaches. The truck driver who caused the automobile accidents was reportedly distracted by a cell phone when he ran into a line of 10 vehicles injuring 15 motorists and causing the wrongful death of three other victims on July 15. The family of Charles Cason, 55, of Caseyville, Illinois has filed a civil personal injury lawsuit in response to Cason’s death immediately after the truck accident. At least four other victims have filed lawsuits against the truck driver and the truck company. For the full story, click here.

CNN posted a video today of a truck crashing into a car during a high-speed chase. The truck accident scene is quite frightening.

A recent article highlighted the risk facing truck drivers that trucking jobs appear to carry added risks of lung cancer. That risk for truck drivers grows incrementally each year that workers remain in jobs as drivers and other roles that involve regular explosure to diesel fumes and other pollutants.

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Heavy winds can be just as dangerous as icy conditions for truck drivers. When driving truck drivers need to take precautions to prevent truck accidents that can result in their own truck accident injuries or truck crashes with other drivers on the road. Recently, a truck carrying a supply of office equipment was hit by a gust of wind causing the supply to fall off on the highway almost causing a highway accident. However, luckily no cars or people were hit by the truck’s load. To read the full story click here.

Icy roads are prone to create truck accidents and car accidents. As Chicago, Illinois faces heavy snowfalls drivers need to be extra careful to follow the speed limits and take extra precautions. Regardless of how careful a driver can be snow and ice can cause multiple car crashes on toll roads. A recent truck accident caused a death toll of four dead accident victims and other car accident injuries on an Indiana toll road. Two of the four dead individuals were Marines. As winter conditions worsen drivers are cautioned to drive slowly and to stay away from large trucks and semitrailers who may easily spin out of control and cause injuries or death. To read the full story on this recent car and truck accident click here.

A tractor trailer was carrying 5,000 gallons of liquid fertilizer when it rolled-over at the intersection of 95th Street and South LaGrange road in the Chicago suburb of Hickory Hills. The truck driver was heading south on LaGrange Road when he swerved to avoid a truck accident with an eastbound car as the traffic light changed. The heavy load shifted inside the tanker when he took evasive action which caused the truck to roll in the truck accident. The truck driver was “shook up” by the truck accident but nobody else was personally injured. Chicago suburban firefighters cleaned up a minor leakage from the truck accident. The truck driver was taken to the hospital to check for personal injuries. Police did cite him for failure to reduce speed to avoid an automobile accident. The car that the truck driver swerved to avoid in the automobile accident fled the scene. The cab and trailer of the tanker both overturned which caused a “very small leak” of sewage. At this time, no truck accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.

The American Association for Justice has recently updated the litigation packet on Interstate Trucking: Regulations, Discovery, and Damages. It includes discussion and guidance in truck accident lawsuits.

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An 11 year-old was killed in a tragic truck accident in a Christmas parade this weekend. She fell from a truck and was run over by a parade float. She was pronounced dead after suffering severe head wounds.

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Attorneys for a defendant in a truck accident lawsuit are arguing that their client cannot get a fair trial in five nearby counties. The truck accident occurred in July when the defendant allegedly lost control of his tractor-trailer, slamming into an SUV, killing one and injuring four others. A wrongful death lawsuit and a personal injury lawsuit have also been filed in regards to this truck accident.

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Worshipers at St. Gertrude’s Catholic Church in Chicago mourned two longtime parishioners always looking to volunteer after they were killed when their car crashed into a semi-truck. The truck accident also personally injured two other parishioners, ages 70 and 75. Police said that their car most likely hit an icy patch in southern DeKalb, Illinois, lost control and drove onto oncoming traffic in the truck accident. The truck’s driver tried to avoid hitting the car but since the roads were snow-covered and icy he could not avoid the automobile accident. The two women are currently in serious and critical condition with personal injuries at the hospital. The two others were pronounced dead at the scene. At this time, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.

A truck accident occurred last week when a man was driving a pickup truck and crossed the center line, striking another truck. A passenger was killed in the truck accident and another individual was injured.

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Last weekend, a truck carrying oil veered off the road and into a ravine. The driver of the truck was killed in the truck accident. The driver, a 63 year-old man, was driving a truck-trailer combination on a gravel road at the time.

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A collision yesterday between a pair of pickup trucks resulted with three truck accident victims being sent to the hospital. One passenger suffered back and neck pain. Luckily, all injuries were seemingly non-life threatening injuries.

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A personal injury lawsuit filed after former firefighter crashed a fire truck has been settled for $175,000. The former firefighter who caused the fire truck crash tested positive for cocaine an hour and fifteen minutes after the crash. The settlement was approved by a city council.

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The family of an 11 year old boy killed in a church bus wreck earlier this year has reached a $450,000 settlement with the insurance companies who represent the driver of the bus. The young boy died from injuries he sustained after the bus rolled down an enbankment and crashed into a tree. The bus driver was cited for driving too fast for the wintry conditions on the highway. For the full story, click here.

A recent truck accident raises some important questions. Truck drivers driver massive vehicles in and out of traffic daily and sometimes even carry extremely hazardous materials. The question raised asked do truck drivers receive enough training time? A 2007 Chicago Tribune article highlighted that there were thousands of drivers who obtained their licenses under suspicious circumstances.

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A woman was seriously injured when her car collided with a gravel truck in Mundelein, Illinois. The truck accident occurred at Route 83 and Hawley Street. Fire crews called a helicopter, which took the driver of the car to the hospital with personal injuries. The driver’s exact condition and personal injuries were not yet known, but the driver was seriously injured in the truck accident. No one else was personally injured in the truck accident. As the investigation continues, no truck accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.

A 50-year-old truck driver died Monday after he was crushed in Midlothian, Illinois by a trailer carrying 70,000 pounds of rocks. The Illinois truck driver was pronounced dead approximately 5 hours after the truck accident. He was crushed by part of his truck at T.H. Davidson & Co., a concrete delivery company located at 3932 W. 149th St. in Midlothian, Illinois. The victim was at the concrete lot unloading thousands of pounds of rocks at the time of the accident. The truck was parked, and he was seated in the driver’s seat when the trailer part of his truck collapsed in the unfortunate truck accident. The cause of the collapse is still unclear, but police do not suspect foul play. The trailer may have collapsed because the hydraulics gave out or the load was unbalanced. Fire officials did try to rescue the victim, but he died from the personal injuries sustained in the truck accident. At this time, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.

At least five firefighters, a woman and a child were personally injured on the Near North Side of Chicago when a car and a fire truck collided at the intersection of Division and Wells Streets. The fire truck caught fire after the truck accident. Five firefighters and the woman were taken to the hospital with personal injuries. The child was taken to the Children’s Hospital with personal injuries. None of the personal injuries were life-threatening. The crash caused the fire truck to slam into a condominium complex. Division Street was closed in both directions while a tow truck and at least six emergency vehicles attended to the injured and the debris from the truck accident. At this time, no lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.

Two children, aged 2 and 5, were killed and two more severely injured in a Texas truck accident caused in part by a distracted truck driver. The truck driver lost control while reaching for a cigarette, causing the 18-wheeler loaded with frozen chickens to flip. Moments later, a car carrying six passengers crashed into the overturned truck. A two-year-old and a five-year-old died at the scene and a one-year-old and fourteen-year-old were airlifted to an Austin, Texas hospital with serious injuries.

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A man was critically injured when he slammed into a semi-truck on the Southwest Side of Chicago and was pinned underneath the truck. The truck accident happened at 73rd Street and South Cicero Avenue. A Nissan automobile was heading southbound on Cicero at a high rate of speed while the frame-type semi truck, the kind used to haul shipping containers, was turning onto Cicero. The automobile ran into the semi-truck and became pinned underneath it. Fire crews responded to the scene immediately and the driver of the automobile was taken to the hospital with personal injuries. He is currently in critical condition with personal injuries. While the man was critically personally injured, the police chief stated that it was a wonder he was still alive at all, judging by the wreckage of the automobile. At this time, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.