Latest Truck Accident News

A deadly accident occurred last Friday when a father and son were riding their motorcycles home from Oklahoma to Texas. The son, 15, of Lubbock, TX was killed when he tried to pass a tractor trailer and the truck veered into his lane, running into his motorcycle and eventually into a guardrail. Both the motorcycle…   Read More

If you’ve been seriously injured in an accident with a large truck, you know that treating that injury can be very expensive. You’ll have to pay for hospital bills and physical therapy, and you may have lost income if you’re unable to work.  You may be wondering who can be held responsible for that accident. …   Read More

Runaway truck ramps are ramps leading off highways or other roads that use both gravitational effect and additional friction to help slow down heavy trucks.  They are most often used by trucks that have lost control for some reason, generally because their brakes have malfunctioned.  There are more than 170 runaway truck ramps in the…   Read More

A Pennsylvania tractor-trailer driver was seriously injured when the box truck he was driving struck another tractor-trailer on I-85 outside Petersburg, Virginia early Wednesday morning.  The PA man was flown to the hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries, according to WTVR.com. According to the news report, the 3:15 a.m. accident occurred when the driver of a…   Read More

The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced recently that another round of fraudulent USDOT letters dated March 16, 2012, are circulating among motor carriers. According to the DOT announcement, the letter mimics the “U.S. Department of Transportation Procurement Office” official logo and is signed by a fictitious name…   Read More

We have reported several times on the dangers an alcohol or drug-impaired tractor-trailer driver can cause to himself and others on the highway.  One study by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) found that prescription drug use alone is an “associated factor” in 28.7% of all U.S. truck accidents. Now, in an effort to…   Read More

Most drivers who operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) are subject to HOS rules. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a commercial motor vehicle is defined as a vehicle that is used as part of a business and is involved in interstate commerce. It must also fall under these descriptions: Weighs 10,001 pounds…   Read More

Yet another commercial trucking company has been ordered to shut down as “an imminent threat to public safety.” On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered New Jersey-based J&A Transportation, Inc. to shut down its operations. The reason for the out-of-service order? Government officials found multiple hours-of-service, driver and vehicle…   Read More

Scranton, PA, April 12, 2012 — Pennsylvania truck accident lawyer Marion Munley has been invited to speak at the New Jersey Association for Justice’s Boardwalk Seminar 2012 later this month in Atlantic City. Munley, a board-certified civil trial lawyer with more than 24 years of experience in handling truck accident cases across the country, will…   Read More

According to a March 30 press release, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Utah-based Reliable Transportation Services, Inc. to immediately cease all transportation services. The trucking company and its principal were declared an imminent hazard to public safety, according to the FMCSA website. A review of the company’s…   Read More