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Friday, May 03, 2013  A ceremony Friday recognized the police officers who make sure large vehicles and drivers around them are safe and legal.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  A tractor-trailer was overturned and damaged after being hit by a train in Cayce Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  Highway 521 was blocked off for several hours Wednesday after a log truck rolled, spilling a full load onto the roadway.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Columbia Fire spokesperson Brick Lewis said an accident involving an 18 wheel tractor trailer truck was involved in a wreck with another vehicle in the 8300 block of Bluff Road in Southeast Richland County.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Officials urge drivers to use caution on an Interstate 20 exit ramp after a tractor trailer overturned Friday afternoon.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  The paint spilled on to I-26. Due to the accident Western Lane from Wayne McCall Road to Koon Road was closed for part of Thursday afternoon.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  The Florida Highway Patrol says a 59-year-old man died after running in front of a tractor trailer on Interstate 95 near Riviera Beach.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  A tractor trailer traveling south I-77 overturned at the Bluff Road exit Tuesday afternoon.

Monday, June 11, 2012  Crews with the Irmo Fire District are on the scene of an overturned tractor trailer working to clear a small diesel fuel spill.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  A West Columbia woman is dead after a Wednesday evening collision.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  A wreck involving a tractor trailer and two other vehicles in Newberry County has blocked a state highway and killed hundreds of turkeys.  The sheriff's department reports the crash happened shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday on state Highway 34.

Thursday, September 16, 2010  According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a car crossed from the eastbound lanes into westbound traffic near Augusta Road at mile-marker 57 around 11 a.m. causing a tractor trailer to burst into flames.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  At least one person has died after a fuel tanker crashed and caught fire, shutting down Interstate 77 near the North Carolina-South Carolina state line for several hours.

Thursday, July 16, 2009  Lexington County Fire Crews responded to an overturned tractor trailer and a pick-up driver accident Thursday morning on Old Two Notch Rd. The tractor trailer was carrying 7200 gallons of diesel fuel.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  Several people, including a passing motorist, rescued the driver just seconds before his truck burst into flames.