On a dry and clear afternoon in July, an airport shuttle bus was headed north on International Avenue. A passenger car driver in the southbound lanes swerved over the median, and hit the side of the bus. One of the shuttle bus passengers was killed. Seven other people were injured. The fatal shuttle bus crash is still under investigation by  the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The Board will fully investigate the circumstances of the crash, and make ecommendations are made to improve safety and reduce risk. It’s not unusual for the NTSB to investigate a fatal bus crash, but in this case, it’s not immediately clear why. There doesn’t seem to be any dispute about the cause of the bus

It could be one of the largest jury verdicts in the U.S. for this type of case—a wrongful death caused by truck driver negligence. 30-year-old Sara Allison of Boise was hit head-on and killed by a semi-truck on Highway 20 near Burns, Oregon. Her husband Matthew Allison suffered life-threatening and permanent injuries. The semi-truck driver had been trying to pass a luxury motor home.  Ms. Allison swerved her car toward the ditch, trying to avoid the oncoming semi-truck. A truck driver for Smoot Brothers swerved in the same direction, hitting the car head-on. Sadly, this type of crash is not uncommon: rural highways see more than their fair share of tractor-trailer crashes. But in this case, the Oregon jury sent a message

The headlines say things like “Three siblings killed in crash with semi parked on shoulder because driver was out of hours”, and “Siblings die in horrific accident with semi truck on I-80″.  The news coverage of the February 28 collision between a minivan and a parked big-rig largely misses the point. This fatal highway crash didn’t occur because a trucker was “out of hours”— and it was not an “accident.” It was the tragic result of the trucker’s bad choices. Not driving another quarter-mile to take the next exit.  A local hauler told KPIX news that the next exit off I-80 was the Port, where semi-trucks are often parked. Not exiting the highway before his hours ran out. The truck driver – who

On a clear and bright April afternoon, a semi-truck driver speeded past four warning signs, and an oversized stop sign, striking a bus with violent force. The collision killed sixteen people, most of them 16 to 21-year-old members of the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team. Two more were paralyzed, and another thirteen people were injured. Semi-truck driver pleads guilty This week, the semi-truck driver, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, entered a plea of guilty to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death, and 13 charges of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. On January 28, 2019, he will be sentenced in court. “I’m glad he won’t be putting everyone through a lengthy, exhaustive and heartbreaking trial,” said one of the victims parents.