Quick answer In Texas, trucking companies sued over a commercial vehicle crash may force a trial to be split in two under Chapter 72 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Phase one decides fault and compensatory damages only. Most...
Quick answer Federal law sets a floor, not a ceiling. A carrier hauling ordinary freight between states must carry at least $750,000 in liability coverage, a figure set in 1985 and never raised. Hazardous cargo requires more. Most large carriers...
Quick answer A container truck is usually three pieces of equipment owned by three different companies: the tractor by the drayage carrier, the chassis by an equipment pool, the container by the ocean carrier. When the chassis fails,...
Recent Texas crashes and commercial-vehicle inspection results show what neglected tire maintenance can cost. On Aug. 14, 2026, a westbound tractor-trailer suffered a tire blowout on Interstate 20 in Martin County. According to preliminary...
Before sunrise on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, a pedestrian struck by an 18-wheeler was airlifted to a Fort Worth trauma center. The crash happened around 5:18 a.m. in the 1700 block of Early Boulevard in Early, a small town near Brownwood in...
Most Houston drivers picture the worst truck wrecks on the freeway crawl, the stack on I-45 or the merge onto I-610. But the data tells a different story. In fact, a recent review of more than 530,000 Texas crashes found that rural Texas truck...
Before sunrise on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, an overturned 18-wheeler shut down the eastbound lanes of SH-225 heading to SH-146 near La Porte, forcing drivers onto detours for most of the day. According to the La Porte Office of Emergency...
Late on Sunday, July 26, 2026, a mother and her two young daughters died on eastbound U.S. 80 in Kaufman County when an 18 wheeler crash struck their disabled car and forced it over a bridge railing. The tragedy raises questions that thousands...
Two frightening crashes within roughly 15 hours of each other sent vehicles over the barriers of elevated Houston-area freeways—first a car carrying three women, then an 18-wheeler involved in a multi-vehicle collision. Despite the...
A collision involving an SUV and an 18-wheeler left two people dead and another person injured on the Eastex Freeway in northeast Houston. According to the Houston Police Department, the crash occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Sunday,...
