New Orleans Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck today at 3:15 P.M. and derailed. None of the 133 passengers on the train to New York were injured in the accident.All the passengers were evacuated by a Plant City bowling alley. All 33 train cars derailed after the crash, but none of the cars tipped over.There was barely anything left of the pickup truck after the accident. Amtrak spokeswomen...

A semi trailer carrying hazardous gas overturned on I-10 early Sunday, closing a four mile stretch of the interstate for most of the day. The accident occurred when the truck swerved to avoid car that had stopped suddenly in the right hand lane.The Times-Picayune reports:Trucker William Reeves, 50, of Lake Charles swerved to avoid the car and ran off the road into a ditch on its left side. One...