Freightliner Hits Tow Truck On I-270

A freightliner heavy truck hit a Florissant, Missouri resident on eastbound Interstate 270 on June 1, 2012. The accident occurred in the evening of that day at 8:20pm. The exact location of the accident was slightly east of West Florissant Road in St. Louis County…. read more

Woman Injured In Double Truck Accident In Missouri

Tameya C. Bibbs of St. Peters, Missouri was injured in a St. Charles Missouri truck accident on March 5, 2012. The afternoon accident involved three vehicles, including two large commercial trucks. The Missouri truck accident occurred on eastbound I-70 at Mid Rivers Mall Drive. Bibbs… read more

Four Suffer Personal Injury In Truck Crash In Missouri

A semi-truck crashed into two separate vehicles in a Missouri semi truck accident. A 2012 Kenworth semi-truck crashed into a 2003 GMC Envoy that entered into the intersection of Highway 54 and Highway 19. The GMC was attempting to turn left when the semi-truck hit… read more

U.S. DoT Shuts Down 26 East-Coast Bus Transportation Services

After a string of bus crashes on the east coast in the past few months, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced on May 31, 2012 that it is shutting down twenty-six (26) bus services. After a year-long investigation on… read more

Tractor-Trailer Accident Occurs On I-44

Two tractor-trailer occupants were injured in a Missouri truck accident on Interstate 44 in Webster County. The accident occurred on June 1, 2012 at 5:45am. Darrell E. Jones was in his 2004 Freightliner Tractor-Trailer driving eastbound on I-44 and roughly five miles west of Marshfield,… read more

Illinois To Increase Traffic Law Enforcement In 2012

The Illinois State Police recently announced that they will ramp up traffic enforcement in 2012. Specifically, they will focus on the most common traffic law violations that affect the safety of Illinois’s public roadways: failing to wear a seatbelt, driving while intoxicated speeding, and distracted… read more

Truck Accident Kills Pedestrian On Highway 61

A 49 year old Missouri man from Shelbina, Missouri died in a Missouri truck accident on July 12, 2011 at 3:15am. He was struck by a Freightliner tractor trailer while walking in the roadway. The Missouri trucking pedestrian accident occurred as Kevin W. Shipley of… read more

Two Motorcyclists Injured when Truck Runs Stop Sign

A Missouri tractor trailer accident sent a man from St. Joseph and a woman from Independence when a tractor trailer ran a stop sign. The Missouri truck accident occurred on June 7, 2011 at 2:06pm. The accident occurred at the Carmack Junction of US-169 at… read more

Double Semi Accident Injures Man On I-70

Two semi trucks narrowly avoided injuring other drivers when they collided on I-70 in a Missouri trucking accident. The Missouri truck accident occurred on May 9, 2011 at 4:41pm in the Cooper County trucking accident. Truck driver Edward S. Renwick lost control over his 2001… read more

FMCSA Shuts Down another Unsafe Trucking Company

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is the agency of the federal government that aims decrease the number of Missouri truck accidents. The FMCSA creates rules and regulations that improve the safety of motor carriers like tractor trailers. Congress has also given the FMCSA… read more