Georgia residents may have heard that collision between two tractor-trailers on Interstate 35 in Harrison County resulted in injuries. A Minnesota man had been driving a Freightliner southbound on the interstate when the truck jackknifed. While most of the southbound...
Commercial Vehicle Accidents
Bus driver sentenced in deadly Georgia crash
On Jan. 18, a man pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal bus crash that occurred in Georgia in 2017. The accident took the life a teenage missionary from Huntsville, Alabama. According to Fulton County authorities, the...
Fatigued truck drivers can be a major road risk
Studies show that 65 percent of large truck accidents occur during long hauls. This means that the longer a Georgia trucker drives, the more likely they'll get into an accident. Long road trips and a lack of rest are not a good combination, and truck drivers all over...
Man killed in Cartersville garbage truck crash
A 43-year-old Georgia man was killed in Cartersville on Dec. 26, 2018, after he was trapped between a sanitation truck and a utility pole in the town. The man was an inmate at Floyd County Prison who had volunteered for a sanitation job in the town. He was working...
Trucking accidents and safety technology
New safety features on vehicles have been making roadways in Georgia safer. Nationwide, the number of motor vehicle accidents per mile driven has been decreasing since 1980. The number of fatal crashes reached an all-time low in 2009. There has been a divergence...
Large truck fatalities increased in 2017
Georgia readers may be concerned to learn that fatal motor vehicle accidents involving large trucks jumped by 9 percent in 2017 compared to 2016, according to new federal statistics. The increase occurred even though overall traffic deaths decreased by 1.8 percent...
Double tractor-trailer crash blocks westbound I-20 for hours
People on their way to the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park encountered a traffic jam after a crash involving two tractor-trailers and a car closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 20 in Cobb County on Aug. 15. The accident site included an overturned tanker near...