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Tractor-Trailer Accidents | InjuryBoard Chicago

May 23, 2007 5:00 PM

Samuel Colberly, Jr. was killed last week while he was on his way to school when he was struck by a truck. The 13 year old was riding his bike to Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge, Illinois when the tractor-trailer killed him. The truck driver, John Solberg, has since been cited for failure to exercise due caution and for failure to yield at a stop sign. The truck was heading south on...

May 21, 2007 12:00 PM

Thirteen year old Samuel Coberly Jr. of Park Ridge, Illinois was killed Thursday morning when he was on his way to school. He was riding his bicycle on Touhy Avenue when he was hit and killed by a semi-truck. His father tried to revive him but was unsuccessful.It is unclear at this time how the truck collided with the boy, but it appears that the truck was not speeding at the time. The family...

March 15, 2007 3:15 PM

Two semis, three pick-ups and three cars were involved in a crash on 130th Street Monday afternoon. The pile up was caused by a woman driving a van that had a flat tire. The van was not traveling at the posted speed due to the flat tire and was causing problems with the flow of track. A semi truck attempted to maneuver around the van but was unsuccessful and wound up jumping the median and...

January 19, 2007 8:00 AM

A woman was killed when her car was coming off the entrance ramp on the Edens expressway and was struck by a semi-truck. The accident happend near the Foster Avenue exit in the morning of January 17, 2007. The woman was in her 30s and was taken to Stein Institute. She was pronounced dead approximately four hours after the accident occurred.There has been no information as to who was at fault...

November 17, 2006 8:30 AM

Two truck accidents only 40 minutes apart on the Tri-State Tollway in Illinois. No one was killed in either accidents but injuries were reported in one of the accidents.Both trucks were out-of-control when they crashed and caused lane closures. Luckily in these two crashes no one was killed. Two accidents in one day and so close to one another makes one question how safe we really are with...

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