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A person died Saturday in a fiery accident on Interstate 40. the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
The person, whose name has not been released, was driving a tractor-trailer about 10:40 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 40 about four miles east of Sallisaw.
The truck went off the road and hit a concrete culvert, causing the vehicle to catch fire, troopers said.
The person was pronounced dead at the scene.
A driver was in extremely critical condition Sunday following a collision between two tractor trailers.
A semi-truck pulling an empty trailer was eastbound on U.S. Highway 40 about 4:30 a.m. when for an unknown reason the empty trailer veered into the westbound lanes, Utah Highway Patrol troopers said.
A second semi, pulling a trailer filled with an unknown liquid, collided with driver side rear axle of the trailer, troopers said.
The driver of the second semi was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital where he was listed in extremely critical condition.
A crash involving a car and an 18-wheeler shut down Interstate-35E in Carrollton on Tuesday morning, creating a major headache for commuters trying to get to work.
The crash happened just before 2:00 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the freeway, near the intersection of Whitlock Parkway. Officials with the Carrollton Police Department explained that the big rig clipped the back end of the car and then flipped, spilling its load of oil drilling pipes onto the freeway and the service road.
A Jasper man was killed when his car struck a semi-truck in Graysville.
The Deputy Jefferson County Coroner stated that 49-year-old Charles Maurice Rice died at the scene of the wreck Friday.
A Chief Deputy said a Toyota Camry that Rice was driving hit a tractor trailer that we being pulled by another truck. The tow truck had stopped at a red light.
The wreck remains under investigation.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 were closed in west St. Louis County due to a jackknifed tractor-trailer Thursday morning.
The incident happened on the interstate near Six Flags in Eureka around 6:20 a.m.
All lanes were shut down as the truck was spread out from median to shoulder. Crews responded to the scene and eventually got the tractor trailer off the interstate, though the roadway remained closed until about 8:20 a.m.
A multi-vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor trailer and several pickup trucks in southwest Yorkville left at least one person injured Friday morning on Route 47 and Walker Road.
The driver of a pickup ran a stop sign on Walker Road near Route 47 about 7:15 a.m. and was T-boned by a tractor trailer, which forced another pickup to crash, according to Illinois State Police.
Police said serious injuries resulted from the crash, though the exact number of people injured was not immediately available.
A tractor-trailer hauling molasses crashed in a rural area of Palm Beach County on Friday morning, injuring the driver.
At 5:41 a.m., emergency crews responded to the wreck in the 1000 block of County Rd. 827A.
The semi was upside down with the trailer partially in the canal, and the driver still inside the cab.
Firefighters had to cut the driver from the cab and transported him to Delray Medical Center by Trauma Hawk.
Officials said there was a minor fuel leak, but it was contained, and none entered a nearby canal.