Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Truck Driver vs. Trucking Company - Who Is To Blame

  Jeremy Thurman | July 07, 2009 11:24 AM | 5 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I posted frequently the last month on the deadly nature of tractor-trailer accidents. The posts are meant to be informative and show the dangers of these sometimes 80,000 lbs behemoths as they...

• 9 People Confirmed Dead in NE Oklahoma Tractor-Trailer Accident

  Jeremy Thurman | June 26, 2009 11:41 PM | 19 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  As national headlines focus on the passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, a tragedy of worse proportion happened in Oklahoma today. According to Newsok.com, 9 people are now confirmed dead...

• Moore Truck Driver Dies in Tulsa Accident

  Jeremy Thurman | August 13, 2009 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  People often assume trucking lawyers are automatically against truck drivers and assume the worse. We discuss horror stories such as the devastating wreck that killed ten people on the Will Rogers...

• Fatigued Driving - What the Average Motorist Should Look for on the Road

  Jeremy Thurman | October 14, 2009 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) states that a driver shall operate a commercial motor vehicle, and a motor carrier shall not require or permit a driver to...

• Inattentive Driving Part Deux? North Texas Semi Accident Kills Three

  Jeremy Thurman | August 03, 2009 10:29 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Earlier today I posted on the northeast Oklahoma tractor-trailer accident that killed 10 people on June 26, 2009. I reported today that newsok.com is reporting that the investigation in the accident...

• Inattentive Driving - 10 People Dead in Oklahoma as a Result?

  Jeremy Thurman | August 03, 2009 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In June we published a series of blogs regarding a deadly chain reaction collision that killed 10 people on the Will Rogers Turnpike in northeast Oklahoma. The pictures and comments from the crash...

• Charges Filed in Will Rogers Turnpike Pileup that Killed 10

  Jeremy Thurman | September 22, 2009 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  According to newsok.com the Ottawa County District attorney has filed negligent homicide charges against the driver of the semi. This is a sad situation where the semi driver apparently failed to...

• Oklahoma Semi Accident Claims 10th (tenth) Victim

  Jeremy Thurman | June 28, 2009 9:45 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Life in America is full of walking contradictions. As Michael Jackson’s death continues to captivate the news we seem to be completely ignoring the horrific semi accident that happened in...

• Semi Flies Off the Road near Purcell Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | March 20, 2008 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The Purcell Register is reporting that a Texas man remained in critical condition Tuesday after the semi he was driving left the interstate and landed on state Highway 74 (Grant Street) in Purcell. This is a horrible accident that shows the devastation a semi can cause in an accident. Our prayers go out to the families of those effecting by this trucking accident. I've posted the story...

• Chickasha man dies in Blaine County crash

  Jeremy Thurman | March 14, 2008 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  According to newsok.com a Chickasha man died in a two-vehicle accident in Blaine County. Per the authorities, the now deceased Leon Smith was driving a tractor-trailer loaded with hay bales south on State Highway 8, about four miles south of Hitchcok, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Smith tried to negotiate a curve at a high rate of speed when the tractor-trailer rolled on its side,...