SHIFTING CARGO DURING EVASIVE OR TURN MANEUVER IS A TYPICAL CAUSE OF SEMI-TRAILER, OR TANKER TRUCK OVERTURN

SHIFTING CARGO DURING EVASIVE OR TURN MANEUVER IS A TYPICAL CAUSE OF SEMI-TRAILER, OR TANKER TRUCK OVERTURN

 It is known for many years that truck accidents have a considerable societal impact due to the fatalities, injuries, hospitalizations, emergency department visits and property damage that they cause.  The NTSB reported last week that the annual average single-unit truck crash burden is almost 2,000 dead each year, 2,500 seriously injured, 6,000 hospitalizations, and 60,000 emergency department visits.  To that number we have to add the deaths and injuries caused by the tanker trucks, semi-trucks and trailer truck damages.  The numbers are astronomical.  If we add to that cost the cost of environmental damage, such as petroleum fuel consumption, spills, water contamination, air emissions, etc., it is becoming clearer that the trucks are the main culprit for the environmental and societal damages.  We have to make our roads safer and find different ways of safely moving products across the nation.  But our investment in the public transportation infrastructure is significantly lagging.  We need trillions of dollars to improve our roadways and transportation infrastructure and to improve the safety aspects of the trucking industry.

Here are some truck rollover accidents that happened the last fews days.  It is shocking to see the number of deaths and injuries and property damage caused by trucks every day.

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MIDDLETOWN, OHIO

UPDATE @ 9:15 p.m.: The driver of a minivan in one of the middle lanes of I-75 North was attempting to exit the interstate when it hit a semitrailer in the right lane, and that’s what led to the shutdown of all three northbound lanes for approximately two hours and 45 minutes.

Sgt. Brian Bost, Ohio Highway Patrol Post at Hamilton, said the driver of the big rig tried an evasive maneuver when his cargo of beer shifted. That caused the cab and trailer to fall onto its right side, ripping open the trailer and causing beer and glass to crash and spill all over the road.

Sandy’s Towing and Recovery was called to clear the road. ODOT crews were called to spread salt in an effort to prevent slippery conditions that would be created by frozen, wasted Miller High Life.

Bost said the driver of the semitrailer suffered non-life threatening injuries, but was taken to Atrium Medical Center for precautionary reasons.

Bost said the driver of the minivan was not injured, but was cited for improper lane change.

- See more at: http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/i-75-north-shut-down-near-middletown/njWCJ/#sthash.pNIjVpkN.dpuf

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Logging Truck Crashes on I-64 Ramp in Kenova DUE TO SHIFTING LOAD

UPDATE 12/17/14 @ 9:05 p.m.
KENOVA, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The eastbound entrance ramp to I-64 is reopen in Kenova after a logging truck accident earlier Wednesday.

Kenova Police said the ramp reopened about 8:30 p.m.

The driver said he was turning onto the ramp from U.S 52 when the load shifted, causing the truck to overturn and dumping the logs on the shoulder.

The driver was not hurt in the crash.

Overturned 18-wheeler shuts down entrance ramp to I-49 from N. Market IN Blanchard, LA

BLANCHARD, LA (KSLA) -

It will be at least midnight before the entrance ramp onto I-49 from LA Highway 1 will be open after a rollover wreck involving an 18-wheeler.

It happened just before 6:00 Monday in Blanchard. Caddo Sheriff's Deputies say that an 18-wheeler was traveling north on North Market and was turning right onto I-49 when the load he was transporting shifted causing the truck to overturn.

Crews are working to remove the 5 huge rolls of paper which weigh several thousand pounds before the scene can be cleared.

The truck driver was not injured in the incident.

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Overturned tanker truck 18-wheeler shuts down I-12 near Hammond, la

Posted: Dec 15, 2014 4:37 PM EST Updated: Dec 15, 2014 7:04 PM EST

HAMMOND, LA (WVUE) -

An overturned 18-wheeler has closed Interstate 12 near Hammond in both directions.

The crash happened Monday afternoon on the eastbound side near the Interstate 55. It is unclear what caused the accident or if anyone was injured.

Traffic is being diverted onto I-55 and westbound traffic is being diverted onto US 51 Business south to Highway 22 west to I-55 north, then back to I-12 west.

State police want drivers to avoid the area while the crash is being investigated.

State police escorted an empty tanker to off-load gasoline from the overturned 18-wheeler. The DEQ and private companies are on scene to ensure a complete environmental cleanup, according to investigators.

Officers did not say when they expect I-12 to reopen.

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Overturned tanker truck, chemical spill shuts down Anderson Co. highway

Posted: Dec 15, 2014 8:04 AM EST Updated: Dec 15, 2014 8:15 AM EST ANDERSON COUNTY, TX (KLTV) -

Hazmat crews are on the scene of a tanker truck wreck in Anderson County. 

The wreck happened just after 3 a.m. on Highway 287 near FM 645 in the Tennessee Colony area. Southland Response Hazmat manager Richard Lenius said the tanker truck turned over, blocking both lanes of the road. A passenger vehicle then struck the side of the tanker causing nearly 1,000 gallons of glycerine to spill onto the road.

 "The spill poses "no human health hazard, but the road is closed and traffic is being diverted until everything is cleared," Lenius said.

Minor injuries to the drivers were reported as a result of the wreck.

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Crews work to pull 18-wheeler from I-85 crash site in Macon Co.

Posted: Dec 11, 2014 6:30 AM EST Updated: Dec 11, 2014 7:27 PM EST

SHORTER, AL (WSFA) -

Alabama State Troopers say crews are working into the evening to clear wreckage of an 18-wheeler wreck that overturned and crashed along Interstate 85 Thursday morning.

The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. at the 23 mile marker, one exit past Shorter.

The 18-wheeler driver was taken to Baptist South Hospital in critical condition. 

Currently one northbound lane between Shorter and Tallassee is closed as crews pull the tractor trailer from the scene.

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Truck driver injured in semi rollover on I-55 near Channahon, Chicago, Illinois

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 08:51PM

CHANNAHON, Ill. (WLS) --

Police said a truck driver was hurt in a semi rollover accident on I-55 near Bluff Road in southwest suburban Channahon.
The left lane of northbound I-55 reopened as of 8:45 p.m., but all other lanes remain blocked as crews work to clear the scene.
The driver was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.