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- Semi Truck Driver Could Face Criminal Charges In Fatal Accident
Investigators say the driver of a semi truck could face criminal charges after an accident left two people dead Friday night. 14-year-old Ashton Herrera of Plainview and 24-year-old Malachi Fonseca of Olton were killed after a semi truck slammed into their car in Northwest Floyd County Friday night. DPS tells us the semi failed to yield the [...]
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:19:04 +0000 - Fuel Pressure Regulator Test
Diagnosing your fuel system can be frustrating enough, but turn the irritation level up a few notches if you’ve been through it from top to bottom and still don’t know where the problem lies! If you suspect a fuel pressure regulator isn’t holding its own but can’t find anything wrong with it, try checking out [...]
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:44:00 +0000 - Plug Wire Check!
Spark plug wires are pretty durable. They aren’t a moving part so they don’t wear out too often. A careful inspection of your plug wires can avoid any problems. The only thing that can really go wrong with a plug wire is a break in the insulation. The insulation (the rubber on the outside of the [...]
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:41:43 +0000 - Diagnose Automatic Transmission Problems
Know What You’re In For There are a few words in the language of auto repair that make car owners want to crawl back into bed, and “transmission” is at the top of the list. There’s something about that mysterious box underneath your car that incites fear. Unfortunately, most repair shops know this, and will take [...]
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:38:10 +0000 - Diesel Engines vs Gasoline Engines
Are diesel engines as good as gasoline engines in terms of reliability? Diesel engine cars are noisier than gas engines, is this true? Diesel engines get better fuel economy simply because they do not need to burn as much fuel as a gas engine to get the same power. Diesel engines are also built heavier than [...]
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:00:02 +0000 - GM to Offer Clean Diesel for its Light Duty Trucks
V-8 Diesel Engines to be Available on GM Half Ton Pickup Trucks General Motors announced that it will produce a new 4.5-liter Duramax tubodiesel engine for its light duty trucks built after 2009. That list includes the Chevy Silverado, the GMC Sierra, and the HUMMER H2. The new diesel engine is compact, and will fit [...]
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:54:16 +0000 - Kerang crash re-created
IT was a chilling re-creation of a disaster still fresh in the minds of all Australians. A prime mover and a train again met at the scene of the Kerang rail tragedy yesterday in a reconstruction to gain some answers about how and why the crash occurred. Members of the Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit [...]
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:28:07 +0000 - Two crashes caused by sleeping drivers
State police at Rockview, in a 24-hour period, responded to two separate crashes on Interstate 80 that both occurred after the driver of a truck fell asleep at the wheel, according to police reports. The first occurred at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, as a Freightliner truck driven by Bill Chagman, 53, of Erlanger, Ky., was traveling west [...]
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:05:25 +0000 - Dump Truck Overturns, Spills Load On I-95
Dump Truck Driver Seriously Injured In Collision With Flatbed Truck A driver was seriously injured Thursday after a dump truck’s tire blew out, causing the vehicle to collide with a flatbed truck, overturn and lose its load on Interstate 95. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, dump truck driver Jorge Enriquez, 48, of Hialeah, is in [...]
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:24:00 +0000 - Man Injured After Becoming Trapped Under Dump Truck
A man is recovering after he became trapped under the bed of a dump truck on Thursday.Investigators said the incident happened at Borco Trailers on Johns Street.Johnstown Assistant Fire Chief Chris Selfridge said the man was doing repairs to the vehicle and didn’t have the safety stops in place.Selfridge said the hydraulics were somehow activated [...]
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