Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Three-Year-Old Killed on I-95 Wreck With Tractor-Trailer

  Eddie Farah | December 29, 2009 10:35 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  A three-year-old Pittsburgh boy died in a crash on Interstate-95 in McIntosh County, Georgia Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say a tractor-trailer, was heading at a high rate of speed before...

• Florida Trooper Three Others Injured In Pile-Up

  Eddie Farah | July 15, 2009 8:43 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper and three others were injured in an early morning crash on Interstate 4 Monday. Driver Jack Duran, 45, of Orlando, was behind the wheel of a...

• Trucking Regulations Will Keep Drivers On The Road Longer

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 3:17 PM | 9 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was an eleventh hour rule by the Bush administration that does not keep us safer on the highways. The administration in its waning days has decided to finalize rules on just how long truckers can...

• Chain Reaction Involving Tractor-Trailer Kills One

  Eddie Farah | October 11, 2008 8:58 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A driver from Kingsland, Georgia died Friday afternoon after a chain-reaction on the road involving a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer was hauling a load of beer, heading south near Pecan...

• Trucker Convicted Of Killing Two North Florida College Girls

  Eddie Farah | July 25, 2008 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A truck driver from Ponte Vedra is facing up to 25 years in prison after he was convicted Thursday night of causing a crash that killed two Flagler College students nearly three years ago. Miguel...

• Big-Rig and Bus Accidents and the Drivers Who Cause Them

  Eddie Farah | July 24, 2008 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Information about who is behind the wheel of a big-rig and bus might have you changing lanes to get away from them on the highway. A 30-page General Accounting Office study shows that more than a...

• Truck Driver Gets 7 Years for 7 Child Deaths

  Eddie Farah | June 14, 2008 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Truck Driver Gets 7 Years for 7 Child Deaths by Eddie Farah Thiswas one of the most horrible truck accidents this area can remember. On January 25th, 2006, a tractor-trailer driver reportedly...

• Big-Rigs May Get Ever Larger

  Eddie Farah | May 29, 2008 6:45 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Americans are frightened by big-rigs on our highways. at 80,000 pounds that is understandable. A poll taken byLake Research Partners, finds that 66 percent of drivers oppose a proposal to allow...

• Niceville Florida Turkey Crosses the Road, Causes Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | May 10, 2008 11:45 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Why was the turkey crossing the road? It's not a riddle, it was a real life nightmare this weekend for a truck driver. Defensive driving means you are ready for any situation. But a turkey...

• Head-On With Bi-Rig Kills Driver

  Eddie Farah | May 01, 2008 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  No one knows why 21-year-old James Rowland drifted his pickup trust into an oncoming lane just after midnight early Thursday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that Rowland was driving...