Highway 23 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana was shut down for several hours on Friday, January 17, 2026, after a collision involving an 18-wheeler and a garbage truck triggered a large diesel fuel spill near River Oaks Drive, just south of Belle Chasse. According to...
A deadly multi-vehicle crash involving an 18-wheeler shut down portions of Highway 59 North in Victoria County, Texas on January 17, 2026, before both lanes were later reopened to traffic. Authorities reported that the collision occurred around 12:10 p.m. near the...
Not all trucking collisions are the same. When an 18-wheeler is transporting hazardous materials, a crash can escalate far beyond a standard traffic event. Fires, explosions, toxic releases, and large-scale evacuations can follow in seconds. These cases often involve...
A fatal crash involving an 18-wheeler and a pickup truck occurred on January 16, 2026, along Highway 82 near the Causeway Bridge in Port Arthur, Texas. Authorities reported that the collision was reported shortly after 6:00 a.m., prompting a large emergency response....
A helicopter crash in rural Lincoln County, Oregon injured a pilot on January 15, 2026, after the aircraft went down in a cow pasture near Logsden, according to local authorities. The crash occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. along Moonshine Park Road, prompting a...
Six construction workers were critically injured Friday, January 16, 2025, during an accident at an active construction zone on the Interstate 395 bridge near downtown Miami. Emergency responders were dispatched around 10:20 p.m. after reports that workers were...
A barge carrying junk cars and scrap metal caught fire on January 12, 2026, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to temporarily halt traffic in the Mobile Shipping Channel near Mobile, Alabama. The closure covered the stretch between mile markers 2 and 4, south of the...
Two construction workers were critically injured on the evening of January 16, 2026, after being struck by a vehicle while working along Crosby Freeway in Harris County, Texas. The incident occurred near Crosby Lynchburg Road on the eastbound lanes of Highway 90,...
A fatal motorcycle crash was reported on January 14, 2026 on Interstate 10 West in Sulphur, Louisiana, just west of Cities Service Highway. Sulphur Police confirmed the collision involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck, and that the motorcyclist died as a result of...
Houston-area crews responded to a hazardous materials scene on January 13, 2026 after an 18-wheeler tanker carrying liquid nitrogen caught fire on Beltway 8 West near Beechnut Street, according to the Houston Fire Department. Officials said the northbound lanes of...