Last week we blogged about a fatal accident at the toll plaza on Interstate 78 in Williams Township where a driver was killed, the toll both was damaged, and the highway was shut down for nearly 6 hours. An update on LehighValleyLive.com is now reporting that the driver of the…
A New Jersey man was killed earlier this week when his car was rear-ended by a tractor trailer as he was stopped to pay a toll at westbound interstate 78 in Northampton County. According to an article on NBCPhiladelphia.com, the rig slammed into the back of the man’s car, and…
Earlier this month, a Lehigh County woman was injured when a tractor trailer’s tires came loose and hit her car. Now, the driver of the truck is being charged with a vehicle code violation. According to an article on SouthWhitehall.patch.com, the truck was travelling west on Route 22 by the…
A tractor trailer crash in Baltimore in July that pushed a car off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). According to an article on the WashingtonPost.com, the driver of the truck was employed by a Canadian company and was on his first…
In a horrific accident over the weekend in New Jersey, a mother and two of her small children were killed when a tractor-trailer driver made an illegal U-turn and crashed into their SUV. According to an article on NBCPhiladelphia.com, a 9-year-old boy and a 3-month-old boy were killed along with…
A chain-reaction crash killed a truck driver yesterday when another truck lost its load on I-80 in Pocono Township. The driver of a rig lost control of his truck, causing two concrete forms to fall from his flatbed. One of the concrete forms landed on the interstate, causing a chain-reaction…
Two people were killed in an accident Saturday that involved a tractor-trailer and two other vehicles in Strabane Township, Washington County. According to an article on WTAE.com, the accident occurred Saturday morning on Interstate 70 near Interstate 79 when the tractor-trailer driver lost control of the rig. It went over…