Truck driver dies in wood-chip accident in Freetown, Mass.

A 41-year-old New Hampshire Truck Driver died yesterday in a workplace accident, the police said. The police responded to an emergency call at 9:12 a.m. from Haynes Trucking, a wood chip storage site at 13 Ridge Hill Rd.

The man, identified only as a driver working for Haynes Trucking, became trapped in a large volume of wood chips. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The police said that the tractor-trailer driver had delivered a load of wood chips to the site. The trailer has a conveyor to help unload the chips.

The chips apparently became stuck and the driver, without turning the conveyor off, climbed into the trailer’s bed trying to dislodge the chips, but sank into the chips, the police said.

Freetown police, the Massachusetts State Police and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health are investigating the incident. Source

Sandoval man killed in two-vehicle accident

A Sandoval man was killed in an accident on Route 50 at Hahn Road in eastern Clinton County early Tuesday during the heavy rain that moved through the area, according to Illinois State Police. Reports indicate that John Randy Ferguson, 54, of Sandoval, was pronounced dead at the scene by Clinton County Coroner David Moss at 7:13 a.m. Ferguson was westbound when he collided with an eastbound vehicle driven by John B. Clark, 31, of Carlyle.

According to the police report, Clark tried to pass an eastbound tractor-trailer and swerved when he saw the headlights from the oncoming car. Clark swerved to his left into the north ditch in an attempt to avoid the collision, while Ferguson swerved to the right, entering the same ditch. The vehicles then collided in the ditch.

Clark was taken to St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Centralia for injuries sustained in the accident, where he was treated and released. Source

Aiken road re-opens following accident UPDATE

Aiken Road is open again following a tractor trailer accident on U.S. 19/23 in Weaverville closed the road earlier today, a N.C. State Highway Patrol dispatcher said. Traffic is still backed up in the area. The N.C. Department of Transportation recommends New Stock Road traffic take New Stock Road south to Business U.S. 19/23 north to Aiken Road. Business U.S. 19/23 traffic should go south on U.S. 19/23, then north on New Stock Road and then go north to Aiken Road.Source

A Poinciana woman dies in a car vs tractor trailer accident

A 49 year old Poinciana woman has died as a result of a Tractor trailer vs car accident. It is unrelated to I-4 conditions. Rosemita Lauriston of 2150 Mystic Ring Loop died about 7 a.m. today when she drove her Maroon Nisan Sentra into the back of a Florida Rock Industries tractor/trailer truck on Hatchineha Road, near Tyner Road, said Polk Sheriff's Office spokesman Scott Wilder.

Both the truck, driven by 59-year-old Kenneth McPhail of Bartow, and Laurison were driving west bound. There was fog in the area at the time the crash occurred.

Traffic homicide detectives are investigating the crash.

Tractor-trailer accident closes portion of Route 12

A portion of southbound Route 12 near Route 8 was closed Wednesday after the wind blew over a tractor-trailer full of logs, police said. The state Department of Environmental Conservation was notified of the accident around 9 a.m., but dispatchers said they were unaware of any injuries.

The roadway was closed for a while. Source

Three killed in accident near Freer

Three people died about 11 a.m. Tuesday in a burning van after it struck an 18-wheeler 14 miles north of Freer, police said. Pasadena residents Maria Consuelo Sanchez, 59, Maria Delcarmen Guardiolla, 49, and Juan Guardiolla, 70, were unable to escape the green 2001 Plymouth van as it was engulfed in flames, according to Department of Public Safety reports.

The van was traveling south on U.S. Highway 59 when it veered into the northbound lane colliding with a 2003 Kenworth tractor trailer driven by Mark Zetterstrom. Zetterstrom was not injured, police said.

An identification card was found inside the van that allowed police to contact family of the deceased, according to reports. Justice of the Peace Ben Garza pronounced the three occupants dead at the scene. Source

Accidents shut down I-40 this morning

NEWBERRY SPRINGS — Two collisions on Interstate 40 shut the freeway down in both directions this morning. Traffic is now moving in both directions again.

According to the California Highway Patrol’s Web site, one person was killed and others were possibly injured.

On the eastbound I-40, the CHP reported, one person died after an RV smashed into the side of a semi-truck near mile marker 27 and trapped the occupants of the RV. The collision closed down the eastbound lanes. The CHP requested the westbound lanes be closed as well.

On the westbound I-40, a multi-car pile up began near mile marker 27 when one tractor-trailer ran into another. According to the CHP Web site, approximately seven 18-wheelers and four to five vehicles are involved. The Web site stated that there are possible injuries from this collision.

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Mike Ryan Crashes Fuel Tanker In Sony Pictures New Premonition Movie

North Hollywood, CA - Big Rig racer and Hollywood stunt driver, Mike Ryan will appear in Sony Pictures new movie, Premonition that will be released in theaters March 16th, 2007.

Premonition stars Sandra Bullock as a wife with a perfect life and perfect husband until one day she received the terrible news her husband has been killed in a car accident-or has he? The next day she awakens to find her husband alive and well next to her, while on other days she awakens a widow. See the trailer at http://www.sony.com/premonition

In the movie, Ryan jack-knifes and crashes a fuel tanker into the car that Sandra Bullock’s characters husband is killed in. Directed by Mennan Yapo, the film was shot on location in Shreveport, LA. Ryan states that the new jack-knife system developed by 2nd Unit Director Joel Kramer and Tommy & Scott Fisher’s special effects team made this the first time there’s been a controlled full 90 degree jack-knife to the right side of the tractor that he is aware of. “The timing and coordination developed between myself and Stunt Coordinator, Steve Ritzi, as he operated the trailer and I drove the truck made the whole experience safe, repeatable and exciting” Ryan said.

Ryan performed his first paid stunt when he was just 18 and has been seen crashing, burning and getting blown up in such films as; Herbie Fully Loaded, After The Sunset, The Italian Job, Training Day, Swordfish and the classic Terminator 2. Recently he worked on Rush Hour 3 that will be released in August of 2007. For more about Mike’s career, visit www.fastrucks.com

When Mike is not crashing vehicles on the big screen, he is racing his one-of-a-kind hand-built Freightliner Century Class S/T race truck at the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He currently holds the world record in the big rig class of 12.43.66 and will be competing for record number seven on July 21st. www.ppihc.com

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