Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• "6 Days On The Road" may not be safe for the american public

  Jeffrey Meldon | March 20, 2009 7:15 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  In light of the controversy over the expansion of the number of straight driving hours permitted truckers in a day from 10 to 11, I have a few things to say. As a truck accident attorney that has...

• NTSB Proposes New Safety Recommendations

  Sandy Grinnell | March 09, 2009 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has proposed new safety recommendations for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The NTSB reviewed two separate...

• Trucking Regulations Will Keep Drivers On The Road Longer

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 3:17 PM | 9 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was an eleventh hour rule by the Bush administration that does not keep us safer on the highways. The administration in its waning days has decided to finalize rules on just how long truckers can...

• Chain Reaction Involving Tractor-Trailer Kills One

  Eddie Farah | October 11, 2008 8:58 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A driver from Kingsland, Georgia died Friday afternoon after a chain-reaction on the road involving a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer was hauling a load of beer, heading south near Pecan...

• Reaction to Ocala Bus Tragedy

  Jeffrey Meldon | October 02, 2008 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Only days after the tragic death of middle school student Frances Schee--caused by an accident between the school bus on which Frances was riding and a tractor trailer--Elissa Schee, the mother of...

• Driving While Using a Cell Phone Issue Becomes Reality In Our Community

  Jeffrey Meldon | September 26, 2008 5:38 PM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  On September 23, 2008, thirteen year-old Frances Schee was killed while riding the bus home from North Marion Middle School. The school bus made a routine stop on U.S. 301 when a tractor-trailer...

• Woman Injured in Tractor Trailer Accident

  Brian W. Smith | September 24, 2008 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  A woman was flown to a trauma center with potentially life-threatening injuries after her car rear-ended by a tractor trailer in Martin County early Wednesday morning, according to Sheriff's...

• Deadly School Bus Accident in Ocala

  Diego Madrigal | September 24, 2008 7:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There has been a deadly school bus vs. semi crash in Marion County. According to the reports, the bus had stopped to unload students when a semi truck failed to stop and crashed into the bus. The...

• Trucker Convicted Of Killing Two North Florida College Girls

  Eddie Farah | July 25, 2008 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A truck driver from Ponte Vedra is facing up to 25 years in prison after he was convicted Thursday night of causing a crash that killed two Flagler College students nearly three years ago. Miguel...

• Big-Rig and Bus Accidents and the Drivers Who Cause Them

  Eddie Farah | July 24, 2008 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Information about who is behind the wheel of a big-rig and bus might have you changing lanes to get away from them on the highway. A 30-page General Accounting Office study shows that more than a...