[10-07-2022] San Bernardino County, CA – Overturned Big-Rig Trailer Blocks Traffic on Interstate 10

According to the California Highway Patrol, it was reported that heavy traffic was caused due to an overturned big rig carrying a whole load of cans of oil and grease across Interstate 10 in Ontario Friday morning, October 7, 2022.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash transpired at about 7:09 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 10 just east of the I-15 freeway. The four of five lanes were blocked for hours.

A detached trailer section flipped over on the freeway. The number of casualties from the collision was not immediately made public.

The semi-truck driver was taken to Kaiser Hospital via ground ambulance in unknown condition; he was later arrested for allegedly driving a stolen semi.

Police called for a SIG Alert and Caltrans to remove about a thousand gallons of oil and grease from the road.

After three hours, the highway opened to traffic. The investigation into the crash’s cause continues.

Big Rig Accident Statistics

Big rigs are the huge tractor-trailers and semis you can see on the roads today. Either term can be used professionally to talk about trucks.

Tractor-trailer accidents are much more likely to kill people than other car accidents. Semi-trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles with big engines are a big part of this problem. When pulling a big load, a semi-trailer needs more space to come to a stop.

Every 15 minutes, a truck-related accident kills someone in the United States. Almost 500,000 people die in transportation-related accidents yearly, including 5,000 truck drivers in the US alone.

Every year, truck accidents in California kill about 113 people and hurt almost 3000 others. Every year, around 200 and 300 people are killed in truck accidents in California.

Between 2009 and 2015, there was a sharp rise in the number of semi-truck accidents that killed people each year. In 2015, a tractor-trailer crash killed one out of every ten people who died on American roads.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says that when following a big truck going less than 40 miles per hour, you should give it at least 4 seconds of space. If your speed is more than 40 miles per hour, add one second to your estimate.

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