A truck accident on a freeway exchange in Los Angeles caused rushed-hour nightmare last week when a tractor trailer carrying 42,000 pounds of Christmas trees overturned on the highway. California Highway Patrol came and shut down the highway where crews worked for the next few hours to clear the scene.

One of the responding officers, Miguel Luevano, replied that "luckily the trees didn't spill out of the container, but it's a tight curve in there at that interchange...so it's taking a while to right that trailer on back on its wheels." The accident caused a ripple effect of gridlock onto other freeways and streets.

Although the driver was taken to the hospital he was only treated for bruises and cuts, as well as a laceration to his ear. At this time officers believe that the accident was a result of speed, where the driver took the turn too quickly.

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A man was killed on the job this week just outside of Salinas, CA when he and another worker were hit by a truck. Alredo Gonzales Raya, 46 years old, was working in a lettuce field when a truck backing up hit him and another man, despite the fact that both were wearing bright yellow reflective vests. The second man was hurt and hospitalized with no life-threatening injuries.

California Highway Patrol Sergeant Ray Faulk affirmed that, after hours spent by investigators in the field, a truck delivering cardboard to other parts of the field did in fact back up and hit the two man by accident. Fellow coworkers rue the passing of Raya and will miss him. Don't let medical bills pile up when someone else is responsible for causing them.

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A truck accident in Pasadena involving a car, a big rig, and a pickup truck caused both traffic and Metro delays when two of the vehicles became entangled and wound up on the tracks.

Reports say that the accident occurred when a car made an unsafe lane-change on the eastbound 210 freeway, cutting off the big rig.  Both vehicles lost control, resulting in the big-rig swerving into a pickup truck and pushing the pick-up truck onto the Metro tracks.

The driver and passengers in the pick-up truck and big-rig were transported to Huntington Memorial hospital for review, although no one seemed to be seriously hurt.

The truck accident also resulted in delays for both the Metro service and freeway.  It took several hours to clear the roads and rails, causing rail service to be delayed by over twenty minutes and backing up traffic on the 210 freeway for an hour.

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This week, a truck that was traveling on Interstate 80 crashed into a nearby construction zone near the Nevada California state borders on Saturday and sparked a brush fire that crossed the highway, moved into nearby brush and halted traffic for over three hours.

Allegedly, the truck hit a guard rail in the construction zone and rolled over an embankment which ruptured the vehicle's fuel tanks said the Nevada Highway Patrol. Police say that no serious injuries have been reported.

At the time of the trucking accident, the vehicle was carrying onions and became fully engulfed in flames that spread at least 25 acres.  Firefighters arrived at the scene and initially had trouble putting out the fire due to traffic.  Numerous firefighting resources were dispatched including 75 firefighters, to air tankers, two helicopters and 10 fire engines.

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Police say that one man is dead following a Monday morning trucking accident outside of Fayette County.  At approximately 9:00 AM, a call was received by the Fayette County EOC reporting that a single vehicle accident took place in an area that is known as "dead man's curve".

At the scene of the accident, police pronounced 45 year old Marshall Spinks Jr. dead.

Officers say that they are reconstructing the scene of the accident to determine what speed the truck was traveling. It is believed that the victim turned into the sharp curve and suddenly lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle ran off the side of the road and then plummeted down a 40 foot embankment. Officers also state that the truck appeared to have flipped and was severely damaged.

Police plan to continue investigations, which will last several weeks and say that they hope to gather further insight into what may have caused the accident.  Spinks was not wearing a seatbelt when the crash occurred.

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In Santa Barbara, it is reported that on August 24^th a fully loaded gravel truck veered off a highway on Tuesday and crashed into a house, killing a man, woman and a child.  The Los Angeles Times reported that the identities of the people killed were not immediately identified and that response crews were searching the house for a possible fourth victim.

According to police, the driver of a double tractor-trailer truck was traveling south on Hwy. 154 when he crashed into four other vehicles and then traveled down the driveway directly into the house.  Police say that the house was completely destroyed upon impact and that they found a man and a woman dead at the scene of the accident.  After an hour of searching the scene, they found a child's body.

Police used dogs to search the house for a fourth person who they believe may have been inside although neighbors say they saw that person leave on a bicycle prior to the collision. 

The driver of the truck was treated at the scene of the accident for minor injuries.

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Authorities say that a 31 year old woman from Modesto was hit and killed after she crossed paths with a pickup truck in Turlock.  April J. Chaves was hit by the truck, which was traveling north on South Central Avenue, said the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP identified the driver of the truck as 51 year old Jose Garcia.  Police say that as Garcia approached the 6000 block of South Central, he neared a car parked on the west side of the street that had its lights on.  As Garcia passed the car, Chaves crossed the street and was hit by his truck.

Police say that Garcia did not realize that he had hit Chaves and continued to travel north.  A witness tracked Garcia down later and he then returned to the scene of the truck accident.

Authorities arrived at the scene and pronounced Chaves dead at 9:27 PM.  They say that at the time of the crash, Garcia was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

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This past Saturday morning, a serious truck accident on the 101 Freeway left a tow truck driver pinned against his big rig in Los Angeles.

According to reports, the tow truck driver was trying to assist a motorist on the freeway.  While working just north of Melrose Avenue, another car crashed into them at approximately 2:15 AM.   Police say that another person suffered injuries during the trucking accident as well.

California Highway Patrol officials said that both injured parties were taken to the hospital.  One victim was reported to be in critical condition on the way to the hospital. 

After the accident, two southbound lanes on the 101 Freeway had to be closed as police conducted investigations.  At this time, there is no additional information and police plan to continue their investigations to see what prompted the collision.

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