October 16, 2017
A semitrailer is not supposed to back out onto a road trailer-first. The reason for this is clear. The semi driver can’t see if a vehicle is coming, and anyone traveling on the road is at risk if severe injury…
October 12, 2017
Getting rear-ended by a semi-truck is a life-threatening episode. You hear about it in the news media all the time. And while most people these days leap to the conclusion that the truck driver likely was distracted by a cell phone,…
October 10, 2017
A 24-year-old paramedic was tragically killed and the driver of the ambulance was seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 694 in Brooklyn Center. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the Healtheast Ambulance was traveling eastbound on I-694, attempting to…
October 9, 2017
The last week has witnessed several fatal semi truck accidents on our nation’s roads. Most are still currently under investigation; in at least one, the driver of the trucks has been charged by police officials with reckless driving. South Dakota…
October 6, 2017
Wrongful deaths from trucking accidents would decline significantly and truck accident injuries would be cut by more than 22,000 hospitalizations a year if tractor-trailer rigs were equipped with advanced safety technologies, according to a new semi-truck safety report by AAA’s…
October 4, 2017
This information should be passed on to anyone you know who has a baby or is going to have one. The FDA is warning parents and other caregivers not to use infant sleep positioners because the baby may die from…
September 25, 2017
With truck accidents at the forefront of many traffic safety concerns, truck crash attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman are raising tough questions about the growing U.S. trucker shortage and whether safety is compromised by a quality versus quantity issue.…
September 7, 2017
There have been 44 fatal motorcycle accidents in Minnesota so far this year. This is up from 39 deaths at this time last year. “Other vehicles on the road, particularly large commercial trucks, need to watch for motorcycles and always…
August 28, 2017
One of the many dangers people face in the aftermath of a hurricane, tornado or other severe weather event that causes a power outage is an elevated risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. To help reduce this risk, the Centers…
August 22, 2017
A passenger in a pickup was killed and the driver critically injured in crash on Highway 4 in Home Township, Minnesota. A Hino Straight semi truck was traveling northbound on Highway 4 in Home Township, Brown County. A Chevy pickup…
August 22, 2017
A young woman from Rosemount, Minnesota, was tragically killed yesterday in a crash on Interstate 80 in Omaha, Nebraska. The driver of a semi truck failed to slow down for slow traffic and rear ended the Toyota Prius in which…
August 10, 2017
Two women were injured in Forest Lake when a dump truck hit power lines, knocking it down. The women were walking on 15th Street Southwest when the dump truck, its flatbed extended, ran into power lines that were hanging above…