Advanced technology is helping truckers avoid accidents and helping both truck accident victims and trucking companies better determine who was at fault in an accident. These recent technology advances were reported in Future Structure: Truck cameras. A company called SmartDrive has developed cameras that can capture the driver’s activity and the road in front of [...]
Before you purchase an insurance policy – for your home, your vehicle, your business, etc. – you are supposed to sit down with an agent and go over what that policy entails. You should know what kind of average you have, where the gaps arise, and what incidents will not be covered, at a bare [...]
You were out running an errand when you are involved in a car crash. It turns out that the driver of the car that hit you was texting, conducting official business for the job. The driver was paying more attention to the text messages than to the task of driving, and he or she never [...]
It might be one of your worst driving nightmares to look in your rear-view mirror and see a tractor trailer barreling down the highway headed straight for you. A rear-end accident can be a frightening experience and it can cause significant property damage and injuries, especially when the rear vehicle is a large, commercial truck. [...]
Roxanne Randall, an Oklahoma City mother whose 19-month-old son Lincoln was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, is suing her boyfriend for the wrongful death of her son. Ms. Randall alleged that Bert Franklin, who is her former boyfriend, "violently attacked, assaulted, abused and battered” 19-month old Lewis, causing his death." according to court documents quoted [...]
On April 27, emergency crews responded to a cement truck rollover in Oklahoma City. The accident required Hazmat crews to assist in the cleanup of spilled fuel and to ensure the integrity of the cement mixer barrel. On May 19, a tanker truck rolled over on Highway 75 in Jenks. The wreck, which involved five [...]
Single vehicle accidents happen far too often. In Oklahoma alone, nearly a dozen crashes involving just one car have resulted in injuries or fatalities this year alone. An accident near McAlester killed a Texas man in clear weather on dry roads; a Eufaula woman was pinned in her vehicle after it left the roadway and [...]
The oil and gas industry generates a large amount of wastewater during operations. This wastewater, known as “produced water,” is a mixture of saltwater and oil that can also contain drilling chemicals. The industry takes great pains to contain this produced water safely, especially after the early nineties, when groundwater contamination caused a rash of [...]
It’s that time of year again; tornadoes and heavy storms are once again battering the middle of the country. It was a dark and stormy afternoon in mid-April when a tractor-trailer hauling cottonseed hulls attempted to drive through rushing floodwaters just north of Geary. The force of the moving water pushed the truck sideways across [...]
The long line of brake lights terminating in the flashing reds and blues of emergency vehicles is a familiar sight during rush hour traffic; a crash surrounded by police cars and ambulances, a tow truck navigating the traffic to begin clearing the damaged vehicles. Sometimes, the blockage is the result of emergency roadwork; either way, [...]
