Tractor-Trailer Accidents | InjuryBoard Paducah

Police recovered the body yesterday after the Semi plunged into the Licking River after striking a vehicle stopped in the emergency lane on Tuesday night. The vehicle he struck was unoccupied at the time of the incident. Part of I-64 was shut down for more than 20 hours due to the accident. The driver of the truck was still in the drivers seat, wearing a seat belt. The truck landed in about 30...

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Heavy rains may have caused a tractor trailer accident Friday just outside of Columbia on the Louie B. Nunn Parkway. The driver apparently lost control ran off the roadway and struck a guardrail, then crossed the westbound lanes, overturned and landed in the median. The Adair County Rescue Squad had to extricate the driver who was then transported to the University of Louisville Hospital. The...

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A semi tractor-trailer overturned Saturday causing Kentucky 141 to close for about 3 ½ hours. The 2001 Freightliner carrying a load of corn missed a curve, crossed the center line and dropped off the shoulder of the road. The driver had to be extricated by the Morganfield Rescue Squad and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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