Two big rigs crashed near the unincorporated Los Angeles County area of West Carson, resulting in injuries and property damage early Thursday morning, say news reports. The crash, which was reported to the California Highway Patrol at around 1:05 a.m., occurred on a transit road between southbound Interstate 405 and southbound U.S. Route 101. One of the semis involved in the crash went down an embankment, decoupling at some point, and the front of the tractor portion smashed into a (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a trucker died from his injuries Wednesday morning after the big rig he was driving overturned in the Mojave Desert. According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau, the trucker was a 43-year-old Phoenix man. At 9:25 a.m. the Arizona resident was critically injured when the tractor-trailer he was driving overturned on eastbound Interstate 40 east of Ludlow, causing the vehicle to spill the load of strawberries it was hauling. Emergency crews reported to the scene and (read more)
Read MoreA trucker is dead after a Monday morning accident at an Ontario railroad crossing that involved three other vehicles including another big rig, report news sources. According to a written coroner’s statement, the 67-year-old Visalia man was driving northbound in a 1995 Kenworth tractor-trailer, which slowed as the truck approached a railroad crossing. The big rig then edged forward, slowly shoving two vehicles in front of it through the crossing arms and on to the railroad tracks. As a train (read more)
Read MoreTwo people were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on northbound Highway 101 in Salinas, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the cause of the accident, which involved a big rig and five other vehicles near the Market Street exit, is unclear. What officials do know is that the crash occurred during heavy traffic and caused a chain reaction leading to two people being taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. The crash temporarily shut (read more)
Read MoreNews sources reported that Interstate 880 was closed after a big rig was involved in a hit-and-run that left 200 gallons spread across the road in Oakland Wednesday morning. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is currently searching for the driver of a white Acura RSX who is allegedly responsible for the crash, but fled the scene. The Acura drifted onto the right shoulder of the highway and hit an Audi that was stopped. The collision between the two caused the (read more)
Read MoreOne man was killed and another injured in Tulare on Tuesday morning when the vehicle they were in collided with a truck, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 22-year-old Tulare man was driving a Ford Escort wagon northbound on a local road when he ran a stop sign. The wagon collided with a dump truck. The driver was declared dead at the scene of the crash. The sole passenger of the Ford, another 22-year-old Tulare man, (read more)
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2011
5 Freeway Closed After Big Rig Crash in Commerce
Media sources stated that Interstate 5 was shut down to one lane in Commerce after a chain reaction crash involving a big rig and three passenger vehicles. According to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Patrick Kimball, the crash was reported around 10:23pm on Monday night. Police reports indicate that the passenger of a black Nissan Altima had an anxiety attack, prompting the driver to panic when they became unresponsive. “He inadvertently jerked the steering wheel of his car, causing it (read more)
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2011
One Injured in Santa Ana Car–Big Rig Accident
At least one person was injured Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash involving a sedan and a big rig just south of Santa Ana, report news sources. The truck–car crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 12:01 p.m. A silver Honda sedan was hit by a yellow big rig on southbound Interstate 5. The passenger car sustained significant rear-end damage in the accident. According to a CHP officer, injuries were reported and at least one person who had (read more)
Read MoreHundreds of gallons of gasoline leaked on to Interstate 5 on Wednesday after a fuel tanker and another big rig collided in Los Angeles, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash resulted in both directions of the freeway being shut down at 10:35 p.m. The fuel tanker, which had a capacity of 4,800 gallons, was hauling about 1,900 gallons of gasoline, according to the big rig driver. After the crash, the fuel began leaking at a (read more)
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2011
One Injured in Salinas Train-Big Rig Collision
News sources reported that one person was injured in a collision between an Amtrak passenger train headed to Los Angeles and a big rig in Salinas Tuesday. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just after noon Tuesday at Spence Road off of northbound Highway 101 just south of Salinas. Video of the accident shows that the driver of the big rig was trying to make an illegal left hand turn across a train crossing. Fortunately, the train (read more)
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