Series Of Truck Safety News In Different States Of Usa From May-June 2025

The dangers of operating heavy vehicles were highlighted by a number of severe trucking accidents that occurred in the United States in recent weeks. According to police in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a 48-year-old driver was killed on June 19 when a gravel dump truck overturned while emptying its load. The 65-year-old driver of a loaded dump truck in Old Fort, North Carolina, was killed when the truck lost its brakes while descending a mountain and crashed into a construction site. Fortunately, there were only minor injuries in two separate dump-truck crashes in Texas that involved trucks overturning into houses after colliding with cars. In California, on June 2, an empty cement mixer rolled down a hill into two homes in Daly City, causing damage to the structures but leaving no one hurt. Each incident is summarized in the sections below.

Michigan: A gravel truck tip over

David Reminder, 48, was identified by police as the victim of the Ann Arbor crash involving a fatal gravel truck tip-over. On June 19, he was found unresponsive inside the cab of a gravel truck that had tipped while dumping its load. The job site was close to Red Oak Road and Miller Avenue. Investigators reported that Reminder died on impact and that the overturned truck was severely damaged. There were no injuries to other employees.

North Carolina: Brake failure in a dump truck

Authorities say a fully loaded dump truck in Old Fort, North Carolina, experienced a brake failure on June 18, 2025. This heavy equipment machinery lost its brakes while descending Interstate 40, crashing into an under-construction gas station/Taco Bell site. The collision claimed the life of the driver, 65-year-old Ralph Hibbert. Two construction workers were unharmed on the job site. Police stated that a mechanical brake failure—rather than a medical emergency—caused the collision.

Texas: Dump truck hits the houses

Dump Trucks Collide with Houses In two recent incidents in Texas, dump trucks struck homes. In Wise County (Avondale-Haslet Road, May 30, 2025), a blown tire on an oncoming sedan caused it to veer into a dump truck, which then overturned and crashed through a nearby house. A homeowner inside the truck sustained minor injuries, and the truck driver, Dale Collins, 67, was admitted to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Near FM 718 in north Tarrant County (near Newark), a dump truck and sedan collided; the dump truck crashed through the wall of a house and overturned. Both a woman inside the house and the dump-truck driver were only slightly hurt.

California: Cement truck rolls in to houses

On June 2, 2025, a cement mixer that was parked in Daly City, California, somehow rolled into homes, began rolling downhill, and crashed into two neighboring houses. Fourteen people had to leave their homes, and both buildings sustained structural damage. It is noteworthy that no one was hurt because the truck was empty. Authorities said the cement truck, which belonged to a nearby building and gardening company, had just rolled away on its own (mechanical factors were being assessed by investigators). These incidents all demonstrate the significant risks associated with operating heavy trucks, ranging from equipment failure (brakes or tires) to unsecured vehicles—especially around worksites and neighborhoods. To avoid such collisions, safety officials stress routine maintenance and careful driving.

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