Truck Accidents

Every year, numerous Illinois residents suffer injuries or lose their lives in accidents caused by impaired drivers. The losses suffered by surviving victims, their families and the families of those who fail to survive can be significant. Thankfully, following drunk...

It's March, and that means daylight saving time. Most people in Illinois and elsewhere dread it; many states want to get rid of it, but for now, it is just something that millions of Americans have to deal with. According to researchers, adjusting to the time change...

Collisions between commercial trucks and private vehicles happen far more often in Illinois than they should. Really, they shouldn't happen at all, but that would be in a perfect world. Why do most truck accidents happen?There are several reasons why semi-trailers...

Motorists in Illinois have reason to feel threatened by tractor-trailers, semis and 18-wheelers that share the roads with them. The shear size of a big rig is enough to make passenger vehicle operators feel vulnerable when they drive alongside the large trucks....

Experience and proper training are essential when driving any motor vehicle. It is particularly important, though, for individuals who wish to operate commercial trucks. These vehicles are difficult to maneuver and do not manage the same as typical passenger cars. As...

According to news reports over the past several days, there have been a pair of truck crashes on Illinois interstate highways that are remarkably similar. In the tractor-trailer crash near Edwardsville a couple of days ago, traffic on Interstate 55 had slowed due to...

The 29-year-old mother was driving home from church with her 18-month-old twin girls, Ruby and June, tucked into their safety seats in the car’s back seat. After the vehicle was engulfed in flames in a violent tractor-trailer crash on an interstate highway, none of...

States across the nation are adopting ever-stricter laws against drunk driving and drugged driving. It is now clearer than ever before that driving under the influence creates an unacceptable level of risk and results in preventable deaths and injuries each year.If we...

If you drive south of Edwardsville for about 170 miles, you will come to Metropolis, Illinois. The seat of Massac County was the site of a violent tractor-trailer crash on an interstate highway that left three people dead and six more hospitalized.The eight-vehicle...

It’s common to hear about truck accidents occurring on expressways through Illinois. At the very least, such crashes cause traffic delays. However, the real issue is the truck size. Big-rigs are generally many times larger than other vehicles on the roads, and a truck...