On Friday, November 11, there was a dreadful tractor trailer crash which led to the deaths of an adult and three young children.

According the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 4 a.m. on Interstate 95 in Yemassee, South Carolina. A tractor trailer hit the back of a 2001 Ford Taurus which had a driver and five passengers all from Maryland. The two vehicles then left the road and the tractor trailer crushed the car and then drove on top of it.

The female driver had to be cut out of the car and she was airlifted to Trident Medical Center with critical injuries. Her husband was in the front passenger seat and he was taken to Colleton Medical and then transferred to the Trauma Center at Trident Medical with unknown injuries.

All of those in the rear seat, three children under the age of 10 and 27 year old Lani Tran of Maryland were killed.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to Colleton County Medical Center in Walterboro with non-life-threatening injuries.

South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash which is suspected will take some time.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

On Tuesday night, October 11, a young woman was killed when she crashed her car into the rear of a tractor-trailer.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened just before 11 p.m. on Highway 123 in Easley, near Old Easley Highway and the Greenville Pickens Speedway.

A 2003 Kenworth tractor-trailer, being driven by 37 year old Manuel Casarez from Tennessee, made a right turn on Highway 124 from Highway 123 and a 2009 Chevrolet, being driven by 21 year old Mary Gorman of Sunningdale Court in Easley which was traveling south on U.S. 123 ran into the back of it. She was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was trapped in the vehicle, but having been extricated as as she was being transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital she died from blunt force trauma.

The tractor- trailer driver, who was also wearing a seat belt was uninjured.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

On Thursday, September 1, a crash in Chester County killed two people, including the tractor-trailer driver who caused the accident.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly before 3.30 p.m. on Interstate 77 at mile market 68.

A 2007 International tractor-trailer being driven by 59 year old Norman Edward Kimble of Pennsylvania was traveling north, and rear-ended another vehicle causing a chain-reaction. He then jackknifed as he tried to stop and crossed the median, hitting another tractor-trailer headed south, and both caught fire. Several other vehicles were caught up in the accident with a total of four cars and three tractor- trailers being involved.

Kimble and 82 year old Canadian Chung-Tin Chu, a passenger in one of the vehicles were killed in the crash. Chu was returning from a family cruise to celebrate his wife’s 80th birthday and along with him in the van were another five people. Two were released from hospital but another three are still being treated. In total eleven people were taken to hospital, some with life threatening injuries.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

On a Friday at the end of July, an 18 wheeler was cut in half by a train in Bonham.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened shortly after noon around 2.5 miles north of the City of Union in the Bonham Community when a 2001 Kenworth Tractor Trailer being driven by 46 year old Andrew Leroy Patterson of Browns Summit, NC was trying to turn on to the Sonoco Road from the Jonesville Highway (SC 18).

The trailer could not cross the railways tracks quickly enough and was hit by a Norfolk & Southern train.

Patterson and his passenger both managed to exit the truck before the train smashed into it. The train driver was 44 year old James A. Holley of Greenville, and he was also uninjured.

The collision caused a fuel leak from the train which meant that several emergency responders attended the scene including Fire Services and Emergency Management teams.

No charges were filed in connection with the collision at this time.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

Following a hit and run accident which left a man dead, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Greenville.

The lawsuit was filed on July 5, following the death of 32 year old Thomas Earl Talley Jr. who was found deceased in the southbound lane of N. Main St. at 2:40 a.m. on June 27 in front of the Northgate Soda Shop. The cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries and was classified as an accident.

Greenville Police confirmed that a commercial garbage truck was involved and the lawsuit has been filed by Talley’s mother against Waste Connections of the Carolinas.

Police are still looking for witnesses and say that a dark colored sedan, possibly an Impala, was seen driving along N. Main Street and E. Hillcrest Drive in the direction of the incident around the same time. They have asked anyone in that vehicle to come forward.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

On Friday, June 3, a Spartanburg man was killed by a truck at the FedEx Distribution Center.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 4.30 a.m. in the parking lot at the FedEx facility off of Falling Creek Road in Spartanburg. A trailer transporter switcher truck being driven by a 64 year old man from Taylors was traveling south on private property and 55 year old Michael Warren Ledtke of Simpsonville was also walking south.

The truck hit Ledtke who died at the scene from massive head and body trauma. The driver of the truck was not injured.

The incident remains under investigation and FedEx have issued condolences to the family of the victim and say they are cooperating fully with the investigation.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

On Tuesday afternoon, April 26, a truck driver was killed in a single vehicle crash in Craven County.

According to the Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 1.30 p.m. on U.S. 17 south of Vanceboro near the Little Swift Creek bridge. It appears that 23 year old Jason Price of Wilson was driving his box truck southbound when for reasons as yet unknown he ran off the right side of the highway, then he over-corrected, drove back onto the road and struck a tree on the other side. There were no witnesses to actually what happened and a trooper came across the accident, and discovered Price dead at the scene.

The truck is owned by Ihrie Supply Company in Greenville.

The highway was shut down for about three hours because of the crash which is still under investigation.

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.

On Monday night, February 15, a senior from Southside High School died in a head on collision in Greenville County.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol the accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Verdae Boulevard. The student, 17 year old Lauryn Tyona Agnew of Easley was driving westbound when her vehicle hit a frozen patch of ice which was on the road. She then skidded and crossed the center line, running head on into a eastbound 2005 Chevrolet tow truck.

She was not ejected as she was wearing a seat belt but had to be extricated from the vehicle and was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where she later died.

The driver of the truck was taken to St. Francis East Hospital with injuries although the extent of them is unknown.

There have now been 21 traffic fatalities in the Upstate and Western North Carolina so far this year

If you have been the victim of an accident, contact our law offices immediately at (864) 280-7660 today or contact us online. We will be able to review your case especially in the case that said accident resulted in serious injury or death, you may be entitled to monetary compensation.