Although there are many different types of tow trucks, the thread that runs between all of them is that operating such a vehicle and the machinery on it is dangerous work. Los Angeles tow truck drivers must remain fully aware of the traffic conditions around them, especially
Read more →Big Rig trucks are dangerous in many ways. These large commercial trucks outweigh most of the vehicles on the road which creates a significant disadvantage for anyone who collides with one. One of the most dangerous types of collisions with a big rig is when a car
Read more →Three people were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 14 near Soledad Canyon Road Monday, October 21, 2019, around 2:15 p.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened when a black pickup truck and a box truck were traveling in the northbound lane and
Read more →An SUV swerved onto the shoulder of the freeway and into the back of a semi-truck killing all four people aboard. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident occurred shortly before 7:30 pm Thursday, November 1, 2018, and ended with both the SUV and the big
Read more →An Uber driver told the OC Register that a Range Rover style SUV was swerving through traffic like a street racer in a movie scene before crashing and that a tanker truck driver slammed on their brakes in an attempted to avoid the SUV. The semi truck
Read more →On Thursday, August 23, 2018, a driver allegedly slammed into a big rig on the 215 Freeway and then sped away as the truck crashed over a bridge and onto the roadway below, injuring multiple people. The semi-truck spilled peaches and plums everywhere and the driver was
Read more →On Monday, May 1, 2018, a big rig hit the median of the 405 and rolled over onto a Honda Accord. According to NBC Los Angeles, the truck driver claims he was reacting to a driver who cut him off while attempting to change lanes. Unfortunately, people
Read more →West of North Hollywood is Valley Village. On West Burbank Boulevard in Valley Village, a garbage truck hit a pickup truck on Thursday, June 8th 2017. The occupants of the pickup were injured and had to be extricated by LAFD. Several local media outlets say that one
Read more →This week there was a terrible, fiery, deadly wreck on Interstate 5 in Los Angeles. According to ABC News, it took about 7 hours for the Freeway to be completely back open again. In this particular wreck, it is believed that a box truck heading North on
Read more →On April 4, 2017, a tanker truck overturned on the 2 Freeway in Glassell Park. While we aren’t sure how the accident occurred, we do have some stats and other information we have gathered from news reports. NBC LA has lots of picture of the crash here,
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