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Kentucky Semi Truck Accident on I-75
May 28, 2009A truck driver was killed following a Kentucky truck accident on Interstate 75. The trucker’s tractor-trailer crossed into oncoming traffic and hit another tractor-trailer.
The tragic tractor-trailer accident occurred at approximately 11:00 AM Monday, May 18, 2009. Anthony Hill, a 47-year-old man, was driving in the northbound lane near the 14 mile marker when his truck crossed the grass median and collided with a tractor-trailer in the southbound lane. Hill died from “thermal injuries” caused by the cab burning, according to Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley.
The driver of the other tractor-trailer was airlifted from the crash scene. He was reported as being in stable condition at University of Tennessee Medical Center. The driver’s name had not been released.
Witnesses of the wreck said that it was unbelievable and that the tractor-trailer just burst into flames. Emergency responders from Williamsburg and Corbin areas arrived to the scene to help with the wreckage. A portion of southbound I-75 was shut down from exit 25 in Corbin to exit 11 in Williamsburg. The highway was closed most of Monday while the wreckage was cleaned up by crews.
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Kentucky Truck Driver Killed at Coal Mine
May 27, 2009Jeremy L. Stewart, a 32-year-old Jenkins resident, was killed when the rock truck he was driving ran over an embankment at the site of an eastern Kentucky coal mine and overturned.
According to U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere, the fatal accident occurred at approximately 8:00 AM eastern standard time on Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Letcher County.
Stewart was transported to Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His death is the second coal fatality this year in Kentucky and the sixth in the United States. All of the deaths took place at surface mines.
Investigators from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety are looking into the cause of the accident. Interviews were supposed to be conducted in Whitesburg on Friday to determine the circumstances surrounding the accident.
The coal mine, which is licensed to J & A Mining, Inc., was closed until further notice was given. Stewart was listed on the license as the mine foreman and mine superintendent.
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Kentucky Semi Truck Accident Sends 9 to the Hospital
May 20, 2009A broken-down tour bus carrying a Christian gospel group was hit by a tractor-trailer on I-65 northbound north of Elizabethtown on the morning of Thursday, May 7, 2009. The Kentucky truck accident caused nine people to be sent to the hospital, including three children, according to officials.
None of the truck accident victims suffered life-threatening injuries, but one person may have been in serious condition following the 4:15 AM tractor trailer accident involving five vehicles, said Greg Lowe, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office executive officer.
There was a traffic jam for about two miles after I-65 was closed for approximately one hour. Authorities later opened one lane on the highway for traffic.
According to Lowe, the semi truck hit one of the two tour buses owned by the Morgan family, a Christian musical group. The tour bus was pulled over onto the side of I-65 after it broke down. Following the truck collision, the cab of the trailer burst into flames.
“At this point we don’t know if it was foggy, (the driver) fell asleep, or what,” said Lowe.
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Man Killed in Accident Involving Flatbed Truck in Kentucky
May 12, 2009A Kentucky man was killed following an accident involving a flatbed truck at a lumber yard on Buffalo Road in Cerulean. The man died the morning of Thursday, May 7, 2009 from his injuries, according to a report by Trooper Dean Patterson, a public affairs officer for the Kentucky State Police Post One.
The accident took place at about 7:52 AM on Thursday. The victim, Weaver W. Shirk, a 45-year-old Cerulean resident, was loading lumber onto a flatbed semi-trailer truck at the lumberyard located on Buffalo Road, when the semi hit an I-beam. As a result, the lumber fell toward the truck, said Patterson.
Shirk became pinned between the load and the flatbed semi-trailer truck when he attempted to stop the load from hitting the truck. He sustained fatal injuries from the accident, according to Patterson.
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Trucks Crash in Front of Kentucky State Police Post
May 07, 2009Two trucks collided last week at the intersection of KY 80 and U.S. 25 at the London Kentucky State Police post shortly after noon. The driver of the Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, Ian G. Mounts, a 32-year-old Palm Bay, Florida resident, was injured and transported to St. Joseph Hospital in London for treatment for his injuries and was later transferred to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, according to a report from the Kentucky State Police.
The S-10 had collided with a Sterling dump truck driven by Isaac Stanley, a 56-year-old Richmond resident. KSP Trooper Greg Hill was in charge of investigating the accident and said that Mounts entered the travel path of the 2007 dump truck. Witnesses said that the dump truck was traveling westbound on KY 80 and had the green light as it moved forward into the intersection. According to witnesses, Mounts came from an unknown direction and was hit on the passenger’s side by Stanley.
At the time of the accident, Mounts was not wearing his seatbelt. Stanley was not injured in the crash.
The press release regarding the Kentucky truck accident stated that alcohol was not believed to be a factor in the accident.
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Truck Accident On I-65 Sends 9 To Hospital
May 07, 2009From the Courier-Journal.com:
"A tractor-trailer that struck a broken-down tour bus carrying a Christian gospel group on I-65 northbound just north of Elizabethtown this morning sent nine people to the hospital, including three children, officials said.
None suffered life-threatening injuries, but one may have been in serious condition after the 4:15 a.m. accident involving five vehicles, said Hardin County Sheriff’s Office executive officer Greg Lowe.I-65 was closed for about an hour, but authorities have since reopened one lane to traffic, he said. Traffic is currently backed up for almost two miles.
Lowe said the semi struck one of two tour buses owned by the Morgan family, a Christian musical group. The bus was on the side of the road after it broke down. After the accident, the cab of the trailer caught fire."
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New Information Released About Fatal Pepsi Truck Collision in Kentucky
Apr 27, 2009New information has been released regarding a crash that killed three people in eastern Kentucky earlier this year. According to the Kentucky State Police accident report, details of the fatal accident are different than what the Pepsi truck driver had told investigators.
The fatal crash occurred on US 460 in February 2009. Anthony Patrick, Dustin Rodriguez and Daniel Pennington were killed when their pickup truck hit a Pepsi truck and burst into flames.
According to the report, Kentucky State Police have come to the conclusion that the evidence at the crash scene does not support the claims made by the Pepsi truck driver, Rick Brown. Brown had told police that the pickup truck crossed the center line and he ended up hitting it while he swerved to avoid a collision. There is currently a wrongful death lawsuit pending in this case.
Another accident involving a truck occurred on Friday, April 17, 2009 at approximately 2:40 AM. A truck driver from Ohio was killed in a crash on Interstate 71 in Gallatin County, according to Kentucky State Police.
According to reports, 49-year-old Robbin Daniels was driving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 71 when it flipped over in the median. Daniels, who was from Urbana, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. It was reported that he was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident.
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Five Vehicle Accident Involving Semi Truck in Kentucky
Apr 20, 2009A five-vehicle accident involving a semi-truck shut down lanes on Interstate 65 last Tuesday afternoon. Four people were taken to area hospitals, as a result of the truck accident.
The vehicles involved in the crash had been traveling in the northbound lanes. Four of the ten occupants in the vehicles were transported to various hospitals for treatment for their injuries. A woman and a child, who is believed to be around 2 years old, were airlifted to University Hospital in Louisville. Six of the other individuals involved in the accident were treated for minor injuries at the crash scene and were released.
The conditions of the people injured in the truck crash were not available at the time of the article.
According to Kentucky State Police trooper Ryan Johnson, a semi-truck from Texas hit four other vehicles, which were from Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio and Georgia. Johnson said that it was still unclear what caused the accident.
The Kentucky State Police, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement and the Harding County Sheriff’s Department all worked the accident scene.
Traffic was forced off Interstate 65 in both directions at exit 81 in Sonora.
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Apr 09, 2009From the Chicago Tribune:
"A Will County jury has awarded nearly $24 million to families of two people killed and another seriously injured when a truck crashed into a line of cars on Interstate Highway 55 near Plainfield in April 2004.
Jurors on Friday issued the judgment—the highest verdict amount in a civil case in Will County in at least 50 years—against C.H. Robinson Worldwide, a Minnesota freight broker that had contracted with the truck driver, De An Henry of Utah."
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The law firm of Franklin Gray & White represents the victim of truck and auto accidents. If you or a loved one were injured in an accident involving a truck, semi, and/or commercial vehicle, protect your rights. Contact the experienced legal team at Franklin Gray & White for your free consultation.
For further information on truck and auto accidents please see here, or see our online library.Franklin Gray & White
The Speed Mansion
505 West Ormsby Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40203
Tel: (502) 637-6000
Toll-Free: (800) 637-6033
Fax: (502) 637-1413
email: mwhite@franklingrayandwhite.com
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Kentucky Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills a Williamsburg Man
Apr 07, 2009A man from Williamsburg was killed on the morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2009 after his car slid completely under a tractor-trailer at the intersection of U.S. 25E and South Stewart Road.
The large truck accident took place at about 8:00 AM Wednesday morning in front of the Corbin Wal-Mart. Witnesses said a gray 1991 Buick Regal ran a red light while heading toward Corbin on U.S. 25E. Dayle A. Leach, a 22-year-old man, was driving the Buick when it hit a tractor-trailer that was turning left from South Stewart Road.
The Buick ended up going underneath the tractor-trailer and came out the other side. The collision sheared off the roof of the Buick and killed Leach.
Gene A. Immon, a 43-year-old Lima, Ohio resident, was driving the tractor-trailer at the time of the crash. he was not injured.
According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Don Trosper, “he went through the center part of the trailer and went totally underneath the trailer. The top was taken off the vehicle as it passed under.”
Leach was alone in the vehicle at the time of the fatal accident, even though there was an empty child passenger seat in the back of the car. He was partially ejected from the car and was not wearing a seatbelt. Leach was pronounced dead at the scene by the Laurel County Coroner’s Office.
Police do not believe that alcohol played a factor in the accident.
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