According to recent Ohio news reports, a section of State Route 148 was shut down on Saturday following a truck accident that sent one man to the hospital and left crews scrambling to clear debris from the roadway. The truck accident occurred when a car slammed into a semi-truck which caused police to shut down one lane of traffic on State Route 148 in Powhatan Point Saturday. Reports detail that the truck accident occurred around 10 a.m. at the intersection of State Route 148 and County Road 5.
Multi-Truck Accident Injures Two in Ohio
Recent local news reports detail that a multi-truck accident in Ohio injured two individuals on Ohio Highway 47. The truck accident occurred on Fort Recovery Road between Sherman Road and Ohio 47 on Wednesday. According to Shelby County Sheriff's Department officers, the truck accident occurred when an older man driving his pickup truck attempted to pull out of a driveway when it veered into the path of a dairy truck. During the collision, both trucks were forced off the road into a field.
Ohio Driver Causes Truck Accident Involving Nine Semi-Trucks in PA
According to news reports in Ohio and Pennsylvania, an Ohio truck driver was involved in a major truck accident involving nine tractor trailers and a pick-up truck over the weekend. Reports detail that the multi-vehicle crash occurred around 9:26 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 80 at mile marker 103.4 in Pennsylvania. As a result of the truck accident, the busy westbound roadway was closed for most of the day. Police reported that the truck accident occurred when the truck driver from Ohio jackknifed during whiteout conditions causing the other nine vehicles to collide with his truck and each other. Most of the individuals involved in the crash did not sustain any injuries. Only a few sustained minor injuries.
Semi Truck and Snow Plow Collide on U.S. Route 35 in Ohio
Winter is in full effect and roadways in many states have become smaller due to massive amounts of snow. With increased amounts of snow come more frequent trips by snow plows on roadways. Many states continually warn motorists to be careful when traveling near snow plows on roadways. Unfortunately, car and truck accidents are evitable during the winter season and this includes accidents involving county snow plows. According to Ohio news reports, a truck accident occurred recently involving a semi truck and a snow plow that collided near Beavercreek late Friday afternoon. The truck accident occurred on U.S. Route 35 westbound at Trebein Road in Ohio.
Truck Accident on I-77S Shrinks Highway to One Lane
According to Ohio State Highway Patrol, Interstate 77 South was shrunk to one lane and backed up traffic following a truck accident in which a semitrailer carrying building supplies was jackknifed. The truck accident reportedly occurred around 5:30 a.m. yesterday near the Ridgewood Road exit, which caused the Ridgewood entrance ramp and highway to be closed until about 8:30 a.m. when crews re-opened one lane while continuing to remove the debris from the roadway.
ODOT Warns Ohio Drivers After Several Truck Accidents Involving Plows
Following several fatal accidents, the Ohio Department of Transportation is warning Ohio motorists to be careful around commercial trucks and plows. A recent truck accident marked the 68th accident involving a snow plow this winter season in Ohio. Comparatively, there were 53 crashes and four fatalities in Ohio last year during the same period. Due to the already high numbers, ODOT is extremely concerned. As a result, "ODOT is recommending people stay at least four to five car lengths behind the plows, and pass with caution or not at all on two lane roads." Officials express that because of the "sheer length of the plow is 11 or 12 feet, and if they are driving in a lane that is 12 feet, you don't have a lot of room for error there."
Truck Accident Shuts Down I-70 for Hours
According to Ohio news reports, Interstate 70 was shut down for several hours on Wednesday afternoon following a truck accident involving multi-vehicles. Reports detail that the truck accident caused a chain reaction that shut down both lanes of traffic on the interstate. State Highway Patrol troopers are blaming the truck accident on a semi-truck driver who was allegedly not paying attention while driving, which caused him to lose control of his rig during wet road conditions.
Ohio Interstate 75 Shuts Down Following Truck Accident, Fuel Spill
Ohio Interstate 75 was shut down for nearly 8 hours from Monroe to Liberty Turnpike due to a truck accident that caused a tanker truck to spill gas on the southbound lanes of the interstate, according to the Butler County Emergency Management Agency. Traffic was rerouted at Ohio 129 onto the Liberty Way exit as emergency crews cleaned up the four-vehicle truck accident. Reports detailed that the overturn tanker truck leaked an estimated 9,000 gallons of gasoline following the crash.
Black Boxes Key to Truck Accident Litigation
According to one legal news source, over 500,000 trucking accidents occur every year in the United States. Approximately 5,000 of these truck accidents result in fatalities and even more result in serious injury or property damage. Many of these truck accident cases rely on evidence obtained from the commercial rigs themselves such as driver log books, which is a written or electronic log of the driver's time driving and resting, and black boxes. Black Boxes, also known as "electronic control modules" or "event data recorders" are electronic devices equipped in trucks that gather data about trip history and driver input. Additionally, if a commercial truck is involved in an accident, data about the crash is also recorded by the vehicle's black box.
Elderly Woman Injured in Ohio Truck Accident
An 80-year-old woman, from Warren, was severely injured in a truck accident and was flown by helicopter to a Cleveland hospital Thursday after her vehicle collided with a truck entering the roadway from a private drive. The Southington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported that the elderly woman was driving south on Austintown Warren Road around 4 p.m. when her vehicle struck a truck backing out of a private drive on the west side of the road. The truck was driven by a 45-year-old truck driver from New Wilmington, Pa.
