When you pass a semi-truck, it is perfectly normal to feel a bit anxious. After all, weighing as much as 40 tons, tractor-trailers are significantly heavier than your family sedan. It is not difficult to see how a collision with a fully loaded truck may leave you with...
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How does a TBI impact your personality?
After suffering from a car crash, you are also likely to suffer from a head injury. Head trauma - especially traumatic brain injuries (TBI) - are among the top injuries sustained during car accidents. But how do TBIs affect you as a victim? Did you know that they can...
Scene mapping is part of an investigation after a truck-car crash
If you become the victim of a crash involving a large truck, your legal team will launch an investigation into the incident. Professional accident reconstructionists may join your team, and scene mapping will be part of their effort to obtain evidence at the crash...
How can I avoid accidents with semis?
If you are the average American citizen, getting behind the wheel of your car is the most dangerous thing you do. However, while getting into an accident with another passenger vehicle can be extremely dangerous, that danger multiplies when the other vehicle is a semi...
Lawsuit filed by conductor in Amtrak derailment
A 33-year-old resident of New Jersey who was working as a conductor on a derailed Amtrak train has filed a lawsuit against Amtrak for serious injuries he claims to have suffered in the fatal accident on May 12. The man was on a break to use the restroom when the...
The importance of truck safety in New Jersey
According to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, many changes need to be made to improve trucker safety. Such changes include anti-collision technology, better hours for truckers and better regulation of companies with high accident rates. These are among...
Multi-vehicle accident on turnpike injures 10
An accident on the New Jersey Turnpike in the morning rush hour left 10 people injured on Dec. 17. An investigation into why the crash happened is ongoing, and no charges have been filed as of the time of this report. The crash involved three tractor-trailers and a...
Multi-vehicle semitrailer crash kills 1
A crash on the New Jersey Turnpike resulted in death for one of the truckers involved when three semitrailers collided and caught fire the evening of Nov. 18. Although no charges or citations have been issued as of this report, a New Jersey State Police representative...
Wal-Mart blames Tracy Morgan, other passengers for their injuries
Despite initial assurances from Wal-Mart that they would take full responsibility for the New Jersey accident that injured Tracy Morgan and killed a passenger in the limousine in which they were riding, a responsive filing by the retailer in the federal lawsuit partly...
New Jersey tractor-trailer accident kills 1, injures 1
A Sept. 26 accident in New Jersey left one person dead and hospitalized another. According to authorities, the Teaneck incident occurred at about 5 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 at the Interstate 80 junction. That is where a tractor-trailer crashed...