Study Finds Large Trucks More Likely to Catch Fire in Crashes
While we talked about fires involving arson last week, the website Truckinginfo.com published an interesting story this week about a recent study that found large trucks are more likely to catch fire...
View ArticleTwo Unbuckled Motorists Killed in Collision with Tractor Trailer
The Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating a car-semi-tractor trailer crash in Tuscarawas Township that left two people dead on May 18, 2012. According to The Independent, the truck driver was backing a...
View ArticleNobody Hurt in Truck Accident, But Lessons Learned
A 2007 Dodge Caliber burst into flames last Tuesday on Interstate 475 in Sylvania Township after two wheels came off a tractor trailer before the truck smashed into the car. Fortunately, neither the...
View ArticleRemarkable Video Shows Runaway Truck Crashing Into Akron Gas Station
This astonishing video is courtesy of WGHP-TV in Cleveland and shows a potential disaster being averted by some quick, smart action and a little bit of luck. WGHP said the tractor trailer’s brakes...
View Article25 Accidents Along I-80 Raises Questions
The segment above from WFMJ-TV notes that there have been 25 accidents along a stretch of Interstate 80 running from Trumbull County to the Pennsylvania state line. In one truck accident on July 10, a...
View ArticleThree Overturned Semis Provides Lessons About Driving in Severe Weather
As WXIX-TV FOX 19 reporter Emily Wood says in the clip above, this July 27, 2012, situation on Interstate 275 near the Ohio-Indiana border certainly “could have been much worse.” Severe weather and...
View ArticlePolice Chase on Ohio 32 Ends in Tragedy
Two elderly women coming home from church were less than a quarter-mile from their destination when the minivan they were riding in was struck by a rental truck, WXIX-TV FOX19 reported on July 30,...
View ArticleMotorcyclist Killed in Collision with Tractor Trailer
A 32-year-old New Carlisle man was killed on the morning of September 4, 2012, when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on Interstate 70 in Clark County, Ohio....
View ArticleCar Crosses Center Line, Woman Killed in Head-On Collision
In this video, you notice that a minivan driver begins to slow down before swerving to avoid a fast approaching car that has crossed the center line. A 64-year-old New Philadelphia resident was not...
View ArticleOne Person Killed, At Least Three Others Injured After Car Collides With...
This video once again shows another motorist crossing into oncoming traffic and how close the car comes to causing a similar crash. On Monday, we discussed a fatal truck accident on State Route 39 in...
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