Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Can we prevent another fatal crash on Bay Bridge?

  Claude Wyle | November 16, 2009 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Most of us have heard the tragic news of the big rig driver who failed to negotiate the recently installed “S” curves in the Bay Bridge. A truck driver from Hayward died on Monday...

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

  Claude Wyle | December 05, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  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...

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

  Claude Wyle | September 21, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  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...

• Trucker Struck by Motorist While Chasing Hat.

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  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

  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...

• Passenger Killed; Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck

  Claude Wyle | July 20, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  This Sunday, the death of a young woman could have been avoided had the driver of the van she rode in paid attention to traffic ahead of him. Instead, at approximately 9:54 p.m. Pakom Lengrichaem sped along I-5 just south of the Herndon crossing at 75 mph. Lengrichaem failed to notice traffic slowing ahead and struck the rear of a tomato truck driving at approximately 15 mph. Lengrichaem...

• Marin Truck Accident Kills Innocent Goats!

  Claude Wyle | July 10, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Truck accidents can be just as deadly to animals as people. On July 8, 2007, a truck carrying approximately 400 goats overturned in San Rafael, California, when the truck driver attempted to make a sharp turn. Fearing a secondary auto accident, the CHP refused to free the goats from the trailer. Unable to escape, 243 of the goats suffocated to death after this big rig accident. Does this...