March 19, 2010 NewsOn6.com TULSA, OK – The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Spirit Aerosystems worker who died Friday in an industrial accident outside the company facility at Tulsa International Airport. TCSO says the man was 58-year-old Roger Brooner. The accident happened at about 9 a.m. when Brooner was under the cab of a semi truck working on its air [...]
Posted November 30, 2009 By: WNCT.com A tractor-trailer carrying 45-thousand pounds of hydrochloric acid overturned on a Kansas City interstate Monday morning (11/30), snarling traffic and prompting the city to open its Emergency Operations Center. Clouds of hazardous gas escaped from the trailer and an unknown amount of acid spilled from the tank. [...]
Posted November 13, 2009 By Jessie-Lynne Kerr, jacksonville.com A Circuit Court jury in Flagler County Thursday returned a $5.1 million verdict in a wrongful death case stemming from a 2006 fatal collision between a fully loaded tractor-trailer and a Honda minivan. Ingrid Falkenstein, 67, who had just retired to Palm Coast with her [...]
Published on August 25, 2009 by stltoday.com ST. LOUIS — A man severely injured in a pileup that killed three people on Highway 40 (Interstate 64) last year is entitled to more than $13.8 million from a truck driver and his company, a federal magistrate judge has ruled. The man’s wife has been awarded [...]
You are stopped at a red light and you hear a bang and your car lurches forward. Or, maybe, you are driving down the road and a car comes out and hits your car in the side. Do you know what to do? More importantly, do you know what you should not do? [...]
In my opinion, one of the most enjoyable and relaxing experiences you can have is to take a leisurely ride on your motorcycle. The scenery can be beautiful and motorcycles get excellent gas mileage. However, if you are involved in an accident while on a motorcycle, this enjoyable experience can turn tragic very quickly. [...]
We have all seen the images on television. There is a traffic jam on the interstate because of an accident involving a tractor trailer. Maybe the driver was tired and didn’t notice traffic slowing down. Maybe the car was in his “blind spot” when he tried to change lanes. Whatever the reason, when [...]
