Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Another Semi-Truck Crash Rear Ending Traffic on I-80 West Des Moines

  Steve Lombardi | August 27, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On August 26th 2009 a crash between a semi and a car occurred in the southbound lanes of I-35 between the University and Westown Parkway ramps. The police said that a passenger vehicle was stalled...

• Interstate Highways and Wrong-way Collisions, the Carnage Continued...

  Steve Lombardi | August 31, 2009 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  We’ve been covering wrong-way collisions for the month of July and have continued to update during the month of August in 2009. This is the second update since writing the wrong-way series...

• Highway Safety - Finding information about bridge safety in your hometown.

  Steve Lombardi | November 14, 2008 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  “London Bridge Is Falling Down” The lyrics from the well-known Mother Goose nursery rhyme talking about bridges falling down, pins and needles bend and break, build it up with wood...

• Highway Safety - Why if it is negligent can't I sue the State of Iowa?

  Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Rex non potest peccare! Yesterday we reported on an interstate accident where one driver heading in the wrong direction on one side of the divided highway caused three other trucks to crash. You...

• I-80 Iowa Interstate rear-end crash victims identified

  Steve Lombardi | May 17, 2009 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  We had earlier reported on an I-80 multi-vehicle collision. A semi-truck driver ran into the rear of one vehicle pushing it into others. It’s reported that several people died in the crash....

• Iowa's smallest pedestrians require extra special attention and care by truck drivers

  Steve Lombardi | June 03, 2009 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  For the last week I've been posting on the Lombardi Law Firm web blog about pedestrian safety. A Google Alert came across my computer screen last Wednesday that is incredibly sad and for that reason...

• Train crossing collision in St. Louis kills pregnant mother

  Steve Lombardi | March 14, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A pregnant mother, Heather Sheree Balven, from the St. Louis area (Hartford) was killed when a train struck the pickup truck she was driving. Well liked her fellow workers, she was a geotechnical...

• Combination trucks lead to increased fatalities in auto accidents

  Megan Roth | April 25, 2009 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In 2007, there were 37, 248 fatal automobile accidents in the U.S; of those, large trucks were responsible for eight percent of the reported fatalities (74 percent of the 4584 large trucks involved...

• Highway Safety - What States have the worst bridges?

  Steve Lombardi | January 21, 2009 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Today we will look at how your state ranks against other states for number of bridges needing replacement. See how your state stacks up against the rest. How does your state ranks against other...

• Railroad Crossing Accidents: What duties apply when determining negligence?

  Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A train-tractor collision resulted in the death of a female passenger and injury of the driver and an infant passenger. Although still under investigation it’s interesting from the standpoint...