Monroe County deputy dies in crash with tractor-trailer

CONCH KEY -- Traffic Enforcement Deputy Nick Pham was in a festive mood Wednesday, talking about holiday plans with co-workers at lunchtime before getting into his unmarked Monroe County Sheriff's Office car to patrol the Florida Keys' roads.

At 12:20 p.m., Pham, 38, died in a collision with a tractor-trailer while apparently making a U-turn to chase a vehicle violating a traffic law, according to witnesses and the Florida Highway Patrol.

''It was just very unfortunate,'' said Debbie Tousignant, who witnessed the accident while she and three family members were driving east on U.S. 1 near mile marker 62. ``The car turned in front of the truck, a U-turn, and that was it. There was no time for the truck to stop.''

The 2007 Freightliner 18-wheeler driven by Thomas S. Hollingsworth, 43, of Sarasota, slammed squarely into the driver's side of the 2008 Dodge Charger driven by Pham.

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One killed, three injured when wheels fly off tractor trailer, strike car

One person was killed and three others were injured on Interstate 35 on Thursday night when a tractor-trailer lost two wheels, which slammed into an oncoming car, tearing off its roof. About 9:30 p.m., a northbound Honda Accord was struck by the tires in Bellmead, said Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Jarrod Hubbard. The accident led police to close northbound I-35. Backed-up traffic caused at least one minor accident. Northbound I-35

remained closed at 11 p.m. Thursday.

The Accord’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene by McLennan County Justice of the Peace David Pareya, and three passengers were taken to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, Hubbard said.

Pareya said one of the three injured was “in more critical condition” than the others. Authorities did not identify those killed and injured.

It was unclear late Thursday whether authorities had located the truck that lost the wheels.Source

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

Tractor-trailer crash snarls traffic

The N.C. Highway Patrol is on the scene of a tractor-trailer accident on U.S 19/23 north. The crash was reported about 10:25 a.m. near the 21-milemarker. There were no reported injuries, but the crash is backing up traffic, dispatchers said.

Aiken Road is closed due to the crash, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.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