Truck Accidents

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Truck accidents arenot only frightening but many times result in severe injuries. Even if your injuries don’t seem too serious at the scene, it is extremely important that you seek medical attention following a truck accident as quickly as possible. A physician should do a full medical examination to ensure that there are no signs…

A tire blowing out while driving a truck can cause a serious accident. The resulting injuries can be just as serious and result in various complications, such as disability and missed time from work. If you were recently injured by a truck that suffered a tire blowout in Reno, NV and believe the incident was…

Accidents with commercial trucks are nearly always much more serious than accidents with passenger vehicles. Everything is worse – the intensity of the crash, the damage to your vehicle, and the severity of your injuries. When the accident wasn’t your fault, working out legal claims and financial compensation can be difficult and stressful, too. Depending…

In March of 2022, dash camera footage was released showing the driver of an 18-wheeler nodding off before crashing into two cars on the side of the road, and seriously injuring another individual who was changing a tire. That individual wound up pinned between his car and a concrete median. It was last reported that…

There’s no question that speed kills. It’s a leading cause of vehicle accidents, and just about every local news source in the country has been running stories about the increase in speed-related fatalities on our roadways. But it looks like the federal government is finally poised to do something about it. The Federal Motor Carrier…

Sharing the roads with tractor trailers can be incredibly intimidating, and for good reason. Their large, rectangular shape means they tower over passenger vehicles, and they never seem to be entirely in control. We have all heard horror stories on the news, of course: semis end up across highway medians or crushing every car in…

The roads are filled with all sorts of vehicles – from the very small to the very large. Semi-trucks and 18-wheelers are undeniably common and understandably intimidating. A crash with one of those, and you’re possibly looking at terrible injuries and huge hospital bills. One of the most dangerous types of crashes that can occur…

Big rigs, tractor trailers, sixteen wheelers, whatever you call them the one type of vehicle all motorists want to avoid driving alongside on the roadway is a commercial truck. Everything about a large truck that makes it unique also makes it dangerous. While some of us may marvel at the size and weight of commercial…