Paramedics rushed 7 injured motorists to a local hospital for treatment and police officers closed the 5 freeway near Sacramento. Investigators on the scene.
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2011
3 Motorists Die in Truck Accident on 5 Freeway
08
Aug
2011
Big Rig Truck Accident on 14 Freeway
Big rig truck accident on 14 freeway blocking several lanes of traffic. Truck was hauling two trailers at the time of the crash. Fresno personal injury lawyer
Read MoreA Santa Rosa man died Tuesday night when the car he was driving was hit by a gasoline tanker in southern Mendocino County, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 8 p.m. the 23-year-old was driving a 2005 Toyota eastbound on Highway 128, when a the driver of a 2007 Peterbilt truck heading westbound and hauling 4,400 gallons of gasoline lost control of the vehicle, causing the the trailer to overturn and strike the Toyota. The (read more)
Read MoreA trucker suffered minor injures Monday morning when the big rig he was driving was struck by an Amtrak train near Fairfield, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the big rig was on the tracks near the intersection of Vanden and Cannon roads when it was struck by the Coast Starlight train heading from Seattle to Los Angeles. The impact caused the semi to overturn, landing on its side. Apparently the tractor-trailer pulled (read more)
Read MoreA motorist died Wednesday morning when the car he was driving collided head-on with a big rig and burst into flames southeast of Fresno, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at around 9:30 a.m. the man was driving a Dodge Intrepid and approaching the intersection between Fowler and Central avenues in Fresno County where a big rig had stopped at the four-way stop. Authorities say the sedan was traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed on (read more)
Read MoreA big rig hauling 41,000 pounds of avocados forced a road closure in the San Diego County community of Valley Center on Tuesday morning when the semi flipped on to its side, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 7 a.m., the driver of the 53-foot long truck attempted to make a sharp turn on Lilac Road south of the Lilac Road Extension, causing the tractor-trailer to get stuck. One wheel of the truck was hanging (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources reported that an accident involving two big rigs on the 15 Freeway brought morning traffic to a stop in Cajon Pass for several hours Monday while crews cleared debris and cleaned up a fuel spill. Officer Mario Lopez, a spokesman for the Inland Division of the California Highway Patrol, said that one of the big rig’s brakes failed at approximately 7:20am, causing it to strike several yellow barrels on the edge of the freeway, a bridge railing and (read more)
Read MoreA big rig hauling dirt to a landfill overturned Thursday, spilling its contents on the road and blocking traffic just northwest of Ramona, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the truck pulling two trailers was traveling eastbound on Highway 78 when the driver of the semi failed to negotiate a left-hand turn on to Haverford Road. The truck and the first trailer overturned, spilling the trailer’s load of dirt across 12 yards of (read more)
Read MoreA collision in Livermore between a sedan and a big rig left a Stockton man with major injuries early Wednesday morning and led to him being arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence, report media outlets. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 2:16 a.m. a big rig traveling westbound on Interstate 580 slowed in preparation to exit on to the CHP Livermore scale facility when the 20-year-old motorist failed to notice the slowing semi, causing the 2000 Nissan (read more)
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