Chicago, IL
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Wed, 02/19/2014At least 20 vehicles were involved in a crash that shut down northbound I-57 near Peotone between Manhattan-Monee Road and Wilmington-Peotone Road, officials said.
Truck Accident
Trucks are heavier than cars, and although they are a small percentage of the total number of accidents on the road, the increased mass means that many accidents involving trucks cause a great deal of damage.
Johnstown-Altoona, PA
Accident Date:
Wed, 02/19/2014State police said a woman and her 2-year-old son died when their car collided head-on with a pickup truck that was hauling a trailer Thursday in South Huntingdon Township.
The deadly crash on Route 981 happened just before 7 a.m., according to state police.
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
Accident Date:
Wed, 02/19/2014The eastbound lanes of a section of Route 460 have reopened following an early Thursday morning tractor trailer accident that closed them for nearly 10 hours, a city spokeswoman said.
Salt Lake City, UT
Accident Date:
Tue, 02/18/2014A crash and inclement weather have shut down Daniels Canyon in Wasatch County.
Hartford & New Haven, CT
Accident Date:
Tue, 02/18/2014Two men were injured this morning in a construction accident in South Windsor.
South Windsor Police said the injured men work for Folsom Construction, according to police, and they were on company property in the area of 140 Rye Street when the back of the dump truck went up into live wires.
Champaign & Springfield-Decatur, IL
Tractor-trailer crashes into house, knocking out power in a small area of St. Clair County, Illinois
Accident Date:
Tue, 02/18/2014A semi truck slammed into a home in Cahokia Wednesday morning. Authorities say the driver of the truck was traveling in the area of Rte. 3 and E. 5th St. around 8:15 a.m. when he lost control and crashed into the house.
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC-Asheville, NC-Anderson, SC
Accident Date:
Tue, 02/18/2014A 29-year-old man has died after a head-on crash in Anderson County.
The accident happened at 7:24 a.m. on White Hall Road at Keasler Road.
A delivery truck out of Greensboro, N.C. and a car out of Georgia were involved, according to the Anderson County Coroner.
Johnstown-Altoona, PA
Accident Date:
Tue, 02/18/2014A chain-reaction crash involving an estimated 50 vehicles continued to close the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in western Pennsylvania, though eastbound lanes in the same area have reopened.
Washington, DC
Accident Date:
Tue, 02/18/2014Three tow trucks are working to pull a tractor-trailer back onto the road after it went through a guardrail and into a ditch on the Beltway's Outer Loop.
Eugene, OR
Accident Date:
Mon, 02/17/2014Oregon State Police are investigating a log truck accident that sent logs tumbling across Highway 126W, west of Noti in Lane County on Tuesday.