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

Snowmobiler dies in crash with tractor-trailer

A man was killed early Thursday when his snowmobile collided with an 18-wheeler on a Nova Scotia highway. The crash happened at about 4:15 a.m. on Highway 105 at Wagmatcook, near Baddeck.

RCMP said the snowmobile came up out of a ditch and tried to cross the highway in front of the oncoming truck.

Joshua Thomas Peck, 20, of Wagmatcook, was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP said the driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to hospital suffering from shock. 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.

One Man dies in tractor trailer rollover

One passenger in a tractor trailer rollover has died, near Lake of The Woods area in Canada Tuesday night. Two Kenora police officers came upon the accident about 10:30 pm. The tractor trailer apparently went off the roadway into a ditch and ended up on it's top. The accident happened at the Hiway 17 and Hiway 71 junction. The two men were trapped inside and rescued by ambulance and fire personell and transfered to the hospital. One occupant died as a result of the injuries sustained, the other remains in the hospital with serious injuries.