Posts tagged Trucking Accidents

• Truck Driver Not At Fault In Fatal Gambling Bus Accident

  Claude Wyle | December 10, 2007 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The CHP have determined that the pick up truck driver who was killed in last week's gambling bus accident was not the cause of the fatal collision. Although the truck driver had been driving aggressively before the bus crash, the deadly bus accident was caused by another driver who sideswiped the gambling bus, and then hit another car behind the bus. The tour bus, on its way back to San...

• San Francisco Bound Gambling Bus Crash With Truck; Kills Driver

  Claude Wyle | December 05, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  What started out as a peaceful bus ride to the Indian Casino for a bit of gambling, has turned ugly, with a bus crashing head-on into a pick up truck, and killing the driver of the pick-up. CHP investigators are still investigating last Sunday night's fatal bus crash, which killed one person and caused serious personal injuries for several more. There is talk of a side swipe and of dangerous...

• Gambling Bus Accident Causes Wrongful Death

  Claude Wyle | December 04, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A gambling tour bus from U.S. Asia Tours, bound for San Francisco on Highway 88, crashed head-on into a pick up truck on Sunday night, killing the driver of the pick-up. At first the CHP believed that the pick up driver's conduct was the cause of the crash, however now they believe that a second car which was trying to pass the bus, might have hit the bus and caused this deadly five car pile up....

• Deadly Motorcycle Accident Kills Tracy Man on Highway 238

  Claude Wyle | November 12, 2007 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Sad news for the motorcycling community, and a bit of a mystery for some motorcycle attorneys to unravel. Leopoldo Zaragoza, riding a 2001 R1, was killed at or around 5:25 a. m. on Interstate 238 early this Monday morning. Zaragoza, a 38-year-old Tracy resident was pronounced dead at the scene of this deadly motorcycle crash. Although no other vehicle is thought to be involved in this...

• The Dangerous Streets of San Francisco

  Claude Wyle | September 28, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Whether you are driving in San Francisco, or trying to walk across a busy street, you will always be risking personal injuries or wrongful death. Although it's never really been easy to negotiate the Streets Of San Francisco, this year marks a troubling spike in motor vehicle collision deaths, and drivers and pedestrians should be extra careful. San Francisco is on a course for roughly one...

• Big Rig Crash On San Mateo Bridge Injures Drivers and Pedestrians

  Claude Wyle | September 21, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  In yet another bizarre crash involving multiple trucks, three people suffered major personal injuries, including the driver of one of the trucks, a passenger in another truck and someone standing on the shoulder who was hit by flying debris. The truck accident on the San Mateo Bridge happened when one big rig truck rear-ended another truck that was parked on the shoulder. The third big rig then...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries From Car And Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | September 05, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Astoundingly, 1.5-2 million people a year sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) from motor vehicle accidents such as automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents, as well as bicycle accidents and pedestrian accidents and falls, sport injuries, and other traumatic events. 500,000 of these TBIs are severe enough to require hospitalization, and 50,000 people die from complications of head...

• Trucker Struck by Motorist While Chasing Hat.

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  This Monday, Rick Uvaney, a trucker, survived a freeway accident with relatively few injuries after being struck by a SUV in Canton, Ohio. Moments before, Uvaney pulled to the side of the road to secure his load when a gust of wind blew his favorite baseball cap into the median. Uvaney was struck by the SUF during his attempt to retrieve his cap. Luckily, he escaped with only a broken wrist...

• Verdict: 911 Dispatch "Grossly Negligent."

  Claude Wyle | August 04, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  San Francisco trucking attorneys prevailed in San Francisco Superior Court when a jury found CHP dispatch "grossly negligent" in their handling of a deadly 2003 trucking accident. The dispatch center failed to call an ambulance, yet reported one was on its way. The mishandling could have been a factor in the death of Richard Housley, who was crushed between the truck and trailer of the truck...

• San Francisco Motorcycle Accident With No Insurance

  Claude Wyle | July 29, 2007 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Riding a Motorcycle With No Insurance? Risks You Should Know About. Last Fall Joey Palmer, a San Francisco Richmond District resident, was riding his motorcycle through the Presidio when his brakes suddenly locked up, and he crashed. He was lucky to survive the motorcycle accident with only a broken rib, and no other serious bodily injuries. Palmer, who was not carrying health insurance at...