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2021-09-09 16:29:23 -

$50k bond set for driver that killed two, injured five in alleged distracted driving crash
A truck driver has been jailed on a $50,000 bond after killing two and injuring five in an alleged distracted driving crash. The accident happened on Saturday, September 4th at around 9:25 a.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska. Bond was not set until Tuesday, September 8th. According to 7 ABC News, 50-year-old Yorkwind Crawford was driving along Interstate 80 near the 27th Street...

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2025-04-24 13:51:18 -

$500K Bond Set for Truck Driver Accused of Texting During Fatal Crash in San Benito
SAN BENITO, Texas — Bond has been set at $500,000 for a tractor-trailer driver accused of texting while driving during a fatal crash in San Benito, according to Cameron County jail records. Fernando Gonzalez Altamirano, 39, a Mexican national, was arraigned on a charge of criminally negligent homicide following the Saturday crash that claimed the life of 70-year-old Lorenzo Guajardo, of...

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2025-10-31 15:26:18 -

Affidavit: Trucker Watching Anime Before Fatal Crash That Killed Turnpike Worker
OTTAWA COUNTY, Oklahoma — A newly filed affidavit reveals that a semi-truck driver charged with first-degree manslaughter admitted to watching an anime video on his cell phone moments before a crash that killed an Oklahoma Turnpike Authority employee. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), 50-year-old David Ray Carlson was driving a 2024 Freightliner Cascadia eastbound on...

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2025-11-05 21:42:07 -

Fourth lawsuit filed against Ukrainian truck driver in deadly Thomasville crash
THOMASVILLE, Ala. — A fourth lawsuit has been filed against a Ukrainian truck driver accused of causing a deadly crash in Thomasville earlier this year. The complaint was filed Tuesday by Horace Bradford Larrimore, who says he was hit from behind by the truck and flipped upside down during the May crash on Highway 43. Larrimore suffered injuries and continues to experience hip pain,...

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2025-05-20 14:57:16 -

Lawsuit Filed After Trucker Burned Alive in Wrecker Crash on Transmountain in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The son of a 65-year-old truck driver who was burned alive inside a heavy wrecker earlier this month has filed a lawsuit against Sheffield Towing Service, alleging gross negligence that led to his father's death. The fatal crash occurred on May 8th at the intersection of Loop 375 and N. Desert Boulevard in northwest El Paso. According to reports from KFox14, Aldo...

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2025-10-01 16:45:46 -

Motorist Arrested After Fatally Striking Truck Driver While Playing Phone Games at 73 MPH
DUBUQUE COUNTY, Iowa — A 27-year-old woman from Maquoketa, Kaylynn Knight, is facing vehicular homicide and other serious charges after authorities say she was using her phone when she fatally struck a truck driver. The accident happened on August 11th, in Dubuque County, Iowa, but 27-year-old Kaylynn Knight was not arrested until September 26th. According to the Dubuque County...

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2025-11-06 16:06:32 -

Truck driver accused of watching Netflix before fatal I-35 crash pleads not guilty
FARIBAULT, Minn. — A Tennessee truck driver accused of watching Netflix moments before a deadly crash on Interstate 35 that killed an Iowa couple has pleaded not guilty, according to the Rice County Attorney’s Office. Billy Joe Grimes, 55, of Lansing, Tennessee, faces two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and one count of criminal vehicular operation for the August 2023 crash...

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2025-04-15 18:25:23 -

Truck Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter in Death of West Virginia Turnpike Worker
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A truck driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter following a fatal crash that killed a West Virginia Turnpike worker in an active construction zone on I-77 south of Charleston. State police allege that 28-year-old Anvar Sabirov of Rego Park, New York, failed to enter the proper lane while driving through a work zone around 11 a.m. Monday. According to...

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