Dwayne Snyder of Pennsylvania was driving a semi truck on the Ohio turnpike when witnesses said his truck went off the side of the road and struck a sign, then hit the Southwest Road bridge in Groton Township in Erie County. His two children, 10 year old Chadwin and 3 year old Derrick were killed in the accident.

The semi accident caused severe damage to the bridge and Southwest Road was closed down. Ohio Turnpike engineers will coordinate repairs to the bridge. The crash is still under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

13 people are confirmed dead and several others are wounded after a charter bus careened off the side of highway 75 near Sherman. The accident happened at around 12:45 a.m. this morning. The cause of the bus crash is unknown, although a tire was found detached from the bus nearby. Officials believe the bus may have blown a tire and then lost control. It's unclear if weather played a part in the accident. There were reports of light rain in the area at around 12:00 a.m.

A semi accident on Highway 93 in Montana ended in fuel being spilled all over the road on Wednesday morning. The semi tried to swerve out of the way of another car that entered its lane. The driver-side fuel tank on the tractor trailer was ruptured and emergency crews were dispatched to stop the leak and plug the holes.

Around 70 gallons of fuel was spilled. The driver of the car was unharmed, as was the driver of the semi.

Another accident occurred early this morning in Arizona and a semi driver was seriously injured. The semi truck accident happened on I-10 at around 12:40 a.m.

An Idaho man is dead after a tractor trailer carrying two flatbed trailers drove off of Interstate 84 on Tuesday. Officials stated that 66-year old Donald Pasma was westbound on I-84 when he drove off the left shoulder of the highway. The truck went through the median and over an overpass, crashing into a wall.

The semi truck crash was so massive that the two trailers landed on top of each other. The driver had to be taken out of the wreckage with the jaws of life.

A semi truck was engulfed in flames on Interstate 70 earlier this week, after it lost its front tire early Sunday morning. The truck's right front tire flew hundreds of feet away, became airborne, and struck Loren Dumont's parked sport utility vehicle. Dumont was eating breakfast when he heard a loud explosion.

"I thought, 'That was weird,' because it sounded like a bomb going off,' he said. "I looked out the window and I saw something slam into my car."

It's only Monday and this week is already stacking up with semi truck accidents. Around 3:00 A.M. on Sunday morning, several emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene of a jack-knifed semi-tractor trailer accident near the 27 mile marker of highway 70, in Indiana. The semi-driver wasn't hurt and TransCare Search and Rescue were informed that they weren't needed at the scene.

Members of the JTVFD worked the traffic until motorists could use at least one of the lanes.

More semi truck accidents to report.

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) states that a mess from the wreckage of a semi truck on I-15 was one of the worst they've seen in a long time. A semi truck hauling a large load rolled over a couple of hours before rush hour. The 210,000-pound payload ended up on its side, laying across the freeway, blocking the path of many motorists. UDOT helped direct traffic and patched up the road, but its crews had to also provide roadside service to about 20 drivers.

We've been trying to keep you up to date about all of the truck accidents occurring throughout the nation. Of course, this is an impossible task, as there are many that don't come through the news wires. Still, we do our best, because we feel like it's important to keep the public informed about the dangers of truck accidents.

A semi-truck in South Wichita, Kansas hydroplaned during heavy rains at about 6:30 pm on Tuesday evening, coming to rest on top of a bridge over the Arkansas River. The fire department was also called in because some diesel fuel spilled onto the highway. The semi truck accident had the road closed down for several hours. No injuries have been reported.

A man was killed in a tractor-trailer accident last Saturday while riding his motorcycle in southern Illinois. The semi was driven by David Johnson, 69, of Moline and was stopped at the intersection of I-64 and Illinois 1 in White County. The truck then turned northbound onto Illinois 1 for reasons that are as yet unknown.

This brought it directly into the path of a southbound Honda motorcycle. The bike hit the driver's side of the tractor trailer and resulted in injuries that would take the life of the rider.