The safety records of both the owner and the operator of a bus that overturned earlier this month in Texas, killing one and injuring 45 passengers, have come under close…
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A tractor trailer demolished a patrol car stopped on highway on New Year’s Eve, the only damage to the semi was a flat tire and a bent rim, the Quad-City…
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An Illinois truck driver was fatally impaled last week by a fence post when his semi veered off the highway, the Associated Press reports. The accident happened on March 4…
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A semitrailer truck that failed to slow down for an Illinois construction zone triggered a chain-reaction crash that killed at least three people in rural Illinois, the Rockford Register Star…
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Tired truck drivers aren’t the only ones who cause accidents. Fatigue also plays a role in bus crashes. On July 13, 2005, a tour bus carrying members of Eminem’s Anger…
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On July 9, 2007, Julieanne Kriens was on her way to an internship interview at Rockford College. The 20-year-old from Antioch, Ill. was driving on Route 173, a two-lane highway.…
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An East St. Louis, Ill. highway worker was killed Monday morning when a semi plowed through a construction site, Fox 2-St. Louis reports. The 39-year-old worker, Cedric Gasper, was sitting…
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Thirty-nine dangerous trucks were taken off the road last week after the Nebraska State Patrol conducted surprise inspections in Grand Island. Troopers pulled over commercial trucks at six sites on…
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Truck drivers were found to be in violation of multiple laws. Last week, the Nebraska State Patrol conducted surprise inspections on trucks traveling on Omaha roads. According to NBC-affiliate WOWT-6,…
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In early May, a Missouri man who struck and killed a Branson County public works employee after he lost control of his car was sentenced to four years in prison,…
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