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Wilmington Incident Shows the Danger of CNG-Powered Trucks

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on March 15, 2024

In February 2024, in the neighborhood of Wilmington in Los Angeles, California, a truck powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) caught fire and later exploded. This explosion resulted in nine people injured, including two critically injured firefighters. The truck driver had noticed something abnormal in the tanks and called 911. The truck, equipped with two 100-gallon CNG tanks, exploded while firefighters were attempting to extinguish the fire. Video footage captured the intense blast, which sent flames into the sky and caused significant damage to surrounding vehicles and infrastructure. Witnesses described the explosion as feeling like an earthquake.

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Kodiak To Operate Driverless Trucks Between Houston & Dallas

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on February 20, 2024

Kodiak Robotics, Inc. (Kodiak) announced that it is planning to open its first driverless truck delivery route between Houston and Dallas by the end of 2024. Kodiak released its driverless-ready semi-truck earlier this year. The average weight of a semi-truck plus trailer is 35,000 pounds. This can increase to 80,000 pounds (40 tons) when pulling a full load.

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Big-Rig Truck Blind Spots That Create Imminent Danger

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on June 30, 2023

Although you may be familiar with your own vehicle’s blind spots, the blind spots on a big-rig truck are larger and much more dangerous. The size and height of a big-rig truck make it impossible for drivers to see cars that may be driving in their “no zone” areas. These no-zone areas are the front, rear, and sides of the truck. If you travel in any of these areas, the likelihood of you being injured in a crash is substantially greater.

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How Truckers Should Brake Properly While Traveling Downhill

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on November 20, 2022

Operating a large truck properly requires skill and training, hence the commercial driver’s license. These trucks are wide, long, and heavy, and the hauled trailers increase the vehicle’s instability. A driver who does not understand the brake system risks causing devastating accidents. Our Dallas truck accident attorneys at The Lenahan Law Firm will help you prove liability if you have been involved in a truck accident. Read on to learn more about truck braking systems and how they affect liability.

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Trucking Industry Practices That Endanger Us All

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on August 15, 2022

Trucking has been a critical part of American transportation for decades. In the last decade, however, there has been a sharp increase in the number of truck-related fatalities and accidents.

In 2019, 4,119 people lost their lives in vehicle accidents. The drivers or occupants of regular, non-commercial cars made up 67% of those fatalities. Motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians combined comprised 15% more. The remaining 16% were occupants and drivers of trucks.

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Were You Hurt by a Dangerous Truck Driver?

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on April 28, 2022

Texas leads nation in truck accident fatalities. In a recent year, there 649 commercial motor vehicle fatalities in Texas. hat’s 272 more deaths than the second leading state.

A fully loaded big rig weighs about 80,000 pounds. When a truck crashes into a regular passenger vehicle, the accident is a lot more likely to kill or injure the people traveling in the car than the truck driver.

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How Jackknife Accidents Happen

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on April 11, 2022

When a jackknife accident happens on the highway, it causes a major disruption in traffic because several lanes are likely to be blocked by the truck’s cab and trailer. This can result in a major pileup with several cars crashing into each other.

A jackknife accident can be a harrowing experience for you and your passengers. There’s more than one way a jackknife accident can occur, and it may be difficult to determine whose negligence is responsible for your accident.

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How to Evaluate a Serious Amazon Delivery Truck Accident

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on January 11, 2022

Serious accidents and injuries have been associated with Amazon vehicles, drivers, and Delivery Service Partners. In November 2021, a ProPublica investigation identified more than 60 accidents involving Amazon delivery contractors since June 2015 that caused serious injuries and cost the lives of 10 people, as reported by the New York Times. Fatal and catastrophic Amazon delivery truck accidents include:

  • A nine-month-old baby who was killed when a driver delivering Amazon packages rear-ended her mother’s jeep in a rented box truck
  • A 24-year-old man who was rear-ended by an Amazon delivery van and sustained brain and spinal cord injuries that left him confined to a motorized wheelchair

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How Will More Teenage Truck Drivers Impact Road Safety?

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on December 17, 2021

The federal government has loosened restrictions on teenage truck drivers to address the driver shortage and supply chain issues arising from the pandemic. A pilot program proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will allow drivers ages 18 and older to operate commercial vehicles in interstate commerce.

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Have Supply Chain Issues Made Dallas Roads More Unsafe?

By Dallas Personal Injury Attorney on December 9, 2021

The Dallas-Fort Worth area has seen a surge in fatal trucking accidents, with crash rates increasing throughout the pandemic. Motor vehicle accidents and fatalities were expected to decrease when COVID-19 dramatically reduced traffic. However, traffic deaths increased while vehicle miles traveled dropped.

This is particularly true of large commercial truck accidents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. The 12 counties that make up the metroplex experienced 78 fatal crashes involving commercial vehicles in 2019, 90 in 2020, and 92 in 2021.

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