Scottsdale, AZ (April 21, 2022) – On Wednesday, April 20th, one person died when they were struck by a dump truck just outside of Scottsdale. At about 4:30 a.m., police responded to the southbound lanes of Loop 101 near Cactus Road for reports of a pedestrian struck by a dump truck. According to reports, a
An Arizona semi-truck accident recently left one person hospitalized and blocked traffic on Interstate 10 near Ray Road in Chandler. According to local news reports, a single unit box truck rolled over on top of a smaller car and blocked westbound traffic on Interstate 10 for several hours. The news report states that at least
Last month a semi-truck heading through the Arizona and New Mexico state-line crossed into a median and flipped over. According to a local news report, the accident resulted in chain-reaction, and two additional semi-trucks crashed into the flipped truck. Tragically, several people suffered severe injuries, and one person died. Reports indicate that this accident is
Each year, there are many injuries and fatalities caused by Arizona underride trucking accidents. These extremely dangerous collisions occur when a passenger vehicle slides under the body of a tractor-trailer or “single-unit truck,” such as a delivery or dump truck. Due to the height difference between the vehicles, the car’s safety features are bypassed because
Sometimes, Arizona truck accidents can have serious implications beyond the two colliding vehicles involved. When two vehicles collide, the occupants of the vehicles are likely to be injured, but unfortunately, the crash could also cause a chain reaction and cause additional harm to a much larger group of people. All of the individuals injured, whether
Truck accidents are common in Arizona. In fact, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation, of the over 127,000 Arizona motor vehicle accidents that occurred in 2018, over 5 percent of them involved a large commercial truck or a bus. That amounts to over 13,500 accidents. In total, over 3,300 people were injured, and 118
