Dump truck jumps median, crushes two cars on I-635.

Date: 09/10/2013
Time: Around 10:30 A.M.
Location: Dallas, Texas
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dump truck, Toyota Camry, Lexus ES350

By CBSDFW
 
"DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Both directions of the LBJ Freeway were shut down early Tuesday afternoon due to a dump truck crash between Webb Chapel Road and Marsh Lane. The incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. when the truck appeared to have jumped over the center concrete median.
Chopper 11 was live over the scene and spotted at least two other vehicles involved in the crash, one on each side of the highway. Both of those cars were pinned underneath each end of the dump truck.
According to Jason Evans with Dallas Fire-Rescue, there has been one confirmed death as a result of this incident. Another individual had to be transported away from the scene after being extricated from their car, but did not have life threatening injuries. Authorities have not yet said what may have caused the dump truck to jump over the median and into oncoming traffic.
The area where the crash took place is part of the LBJ Express Project, where road construction has already been impacting the regular flow of traffic heading east and west through north Dallas."

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Dump Truck Knocks Power Out, Closes Intersection.

Date: 02/27/2013
Time: Around 8:00 A.M.
Location: Jolivue, Virginia
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dump Truck

By WHSV

"HARRISONBURG - The intersection of Vine Street and Old Furnace Road is closed due to an accident that happened around 8 a.m. Wednesday.
The driver of a dump truck was traveling with the bed of the truck in a raised position. As he drove through the intersection the bed of the truck hit the traffic signals and overhead utilities.
Multiple crews are working to repair the lines. However, this intersection will be closed for several hours while the repairs are being made.
The driver of the dump truck, Dorman Mongold, 64, of Fulks Run, is charged with reckless driving, failure to secure load and defective equipment.
Three other cars were damaged when the overhead utilities and traffic signals were struck and fell down.
One person was taken to RMH as a precautionary measure."

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NJ Turnpike lanes reopened after fatal crash, but major traffic delays remain.

Date: 10/03/2012
Time: Around 9:50 A.M.
Location: Robbinsville, New Jersey
Vehicle(s) Involved: Dump truck

By Jenna Pizzi - The Times of Trenton

"ROBBINSVILLE — The New Jersey Turnpike has reopened all lanes northbound and one lane southbound following a fatal dump truck crash and fire this morning near exit 7A in Mercer County.
Eastbound I-195 has also been reopened, but westbound lanes remain closed to through traffic, said Tim Greeley a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation. Drivers going westbound on I-195 are able to enter the Turnpike southbound at the 7A interchange.
The dump truck driver was killed in the fiery 9:53 a.m. crash when the truck veered into a barrier on the road and slid on the side of the truck beneath the I-195 overpass on the NJ Turnpike's southbound lanes, authorities said.
State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said this afternoon that the victim is believed to be a 49-year-old Belleville man. Police would not release the name of the victim. Polite said police are awaiting further medical examination to verify the man’s identity.
Greeley asked drivers to seek alternate routes while traffic clears in the area. Greeley said traffic on local roads that are being used as detours will be more congested than usual. He encouraged drivers to call 511 from cell phones or check 511nj.org for traffic updates.
The NJ Turnpike and I-195 were closed in both directions for more than five hours as firefighters extinguished the blaze, which spread to the I-195 overpass bridge.
The Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority conducted an assessment of the overpass and determined that it was safe for motorists this afternoon, Greeley said.
The truck was driving in the center southbound lane of the Turnpike when it veered into the barrier, Grossman said. The cause of the crash was not available. There is ongoing construction in the area of the crash as part of a Turnpike widening project and a realignment of the I-195 overpass.
NJ Transit is letting customers use their bus passes to board trains on the North Jersey Coast Line and Northeast Corridor Line to help avoid Turnpike delays."

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Truro head-on crash injures one.

Date: 11/20/2007
Time: Around 11:30 A.M.
Location: Truro, Massachusetts
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota Camry, dump truck

By Cape Cod Times

"The head-on collision of a car and a dump truck closed Route 6 in Truro today near the turn-off for Route 6A.

The driver of the car, who was not identified by the police, was transported by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries.

The accident, the town’s second head-on crash on Route 6 in two weeks, happened about 11:30 a.m. when a northbound Toyota Camry apparently crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a heavy-duty dump truck owned by Noons Construction Co. of North Truro, said Truro Police Chief John Thomas.

The driver of the truck, who Thomas would not yet identify, was not hurt, he said.

Truro rescue personnel initially called for a helicopter to transport the driver of the car to Boston, but the helicopter was grounded due to inclement weather, Thomas said.

More than a dozen fire fighters, paramedics and police officers from Truro, Wellfleet, Orleans and Harwich have been at the scene. Some of the officers are members of the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council’s accident reconstruction team.

Sand from the dump truck was strewn across the highway and the car’s front passenger side was crushed and pinned beneath the truck’s front-end."

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