A trucker suffered minor injuries Monday morning when a big rig overturned in rural Lake County on Highway 20, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 6:35 a.m. the tractor-trailer hauling food was traveling eastbound, heading out of Lake County, when, just west of the Colusa County line, the 18-wheeler capsized. The semi driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a Clearlake medical center for treatment. Early reports indicated that roughly 80 gallons of fuel (read more)
Read MoreA woman was hospitalized Monday after a head-on collision between a car and a big rig in the unincorporated Central Coast town of Harmony, report media sources. According to reports, at approximately 5:30 p.m. the sedan and the big rig crashed head-on on Highway 1, just north of the beach community of Cayucos in San Luis Obispo County. Rescue crews responded to the scene of the crash. The female driver of the car was taken to a San Luis Obispo (read more)
Read MoreNews outlets indicated that a 71-year-old Hilmar woman died from the major injuries she sustained in a four-vehicle crash on Highway 165 in Hilmar Wednesday. According to police reports, the accident occurred at about 2:15pm Wednesday when the victim’s vehicle was stopped on southbound Highway 165 behind a 2002 Mazda and Freightliner tractor trailer. The Freightliner had come to a stop at Johnson Avenue with the other two vehicles behind it when a Peterbilt big rig approached the vehicles. The (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources indicated that a big rig driver sustained minor injuries after a tree hit his vehicle on the freeway in Monterey Park Thursday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, a passing driver reported the accident around 11:30pm Thursday night. The big rig driver, a passenger and their dog were traveling on the interchange that connects eastbound Interstate 10 with the southbound 710 Freeway when a Eucalyptus tree snapped and crashed down onto their vehicle. When emergency crews arrived, (read more)
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Jul
2011
Man Killed in San Francisco Big Rig Accident
News outlets state that a man died and three others sustained injuries when a big rig and a shuttle bus collided in the Hayes Valley area of San Francisco Thursday morning. According to Lt. Troy Dangerfield of the San Francisco Police Department, the accident happened when a big rig traveling north on Octavia Boulevard collided with a University of California at San Francisco shuttle bus between Market Street and Fell Street. A man in his 40s was ejected from the (read more)
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Jul
2011
Four-Vehicle Pileup in Hilmar Hospitalizes Two
Two people were injured in a four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash in Hilmar that involved two big rigs, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 2:45 p.m. a 2007 Freightliner tractor-trailer was stopped on southbound Highway 165 at Johnson Avenue because of slow traffic stemming from an incident in the northbound lanes. A Mazda Tribute stopped behind the semi, and a Dodge Ram pickup stopped behind the Mazda. The an approaching big rig traveling at about 45 mph, (read more)
Read MoreA woman died when a car and a big rig collided Wednesday morning on Highway 12 in Sacramento, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, a Volkswagen automobile was traveling eastbound on Highway 12 between Brannan Island and Tower Park Marina when the car crossed into westbound lanes and collided with the big rig. The big rig overturned. The woman, who was inside the Volkswagen, was killed. The driver of the big rig and a passenger who was (read more)
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Jul
2011
Highway 12 Big Rig Crash Kills Woman
Media outlets indicate that a woman died when her vehicle collided with a big rig on Highway 12 in Isleton Wednesday morning. California Highway Patrol officials reported that the big rig was traveling westbound and the woman’s Volkswagen was eastbound on Highway 12 when, for reasons unknown, the woman’s vehicle veered into the big rig’s path. CHP investigators said the big rig didn’t have time to avoid the vehicle. The vehicles collided head-on and overturned into a ditch. The driver (read more)
Read MoreA man was struck and killed by a big rig Tuesday afternoon as he darted in and out of traffic on Highway 60 in Los Angeles, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, just after 3 p.m. the man was running northbound across westbound lanes of the Pomona Freeway near Whittier Boulevard a few miles east of Downtown. Authorities are waiting to release the identity of the man until his next of kin can be notified of his (read more)
Read MoreA trucker died and another motorist was injured Tuesday afternoon when a big rig and pickup collided after the semi’s brakes failed near the El Dorado County community of Kyburz, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the big rig was traveling westbound on Highway 50 near Silver Fork Road, hauling a load of limestone when the brakes on the semi failed. The tractor-trailer’s driver began using both east- and westbound lanes to pass other vehicles on the (read more)
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