The National Transportation Advisory Board has created a new proposal to ban all cellphone use for commerical truck drivers. The proposal stems from a fatal truck accident that occurred in March 2010. A truck driver was on his cellphone when he drifted over a median and hit a van head-on that had ten people inside. All the passengers and the van's driver were killed.

Currently, there are 34 states that have banned texting while driving, but the NTAB wants to ban all cellphone use, even hand-free technology like Blue Tooth. However, several truckers have argued that some cellphone use is necessary for their jobs. Communicating to their employers and customers is essential, some say. Truck drivers argue that if the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration approves of the proposal, that all motorists should have the regulations.

If you or someone you love has been seriously injured in a truck accident caused by truck driver error, contact the Cedar Rapids truck driver error lawyer Pete Leehey at 319-294-4424.

One man is dead and another man reamins injured after a tragic truck accident Monday.

72-year-old Robert Lee Anderson was heading north on U.S. 61 in Muscatine County with his backhoe. This is when 76-year-old Robert Earl Starbuck crashed into the back of Anderson's backhoe, according to Iowa State Police. The Quad City Times reports, "The incident occurred at 11:46 a.m. at mile marker 99."

Anderson, from Muscatine, Iowa, died on the scene from injuries he sustained during the crash. Starbuck, from Clinton, Iowa, was, "transported to Genesis East Medical Center in Davenport," according to The Quad City Times. His injuries are currently unknown.

A Cedar Rapids man was killed Wednesday in a two-truck accident. According to police reports, the accident occured on Highway 30.

The accident between a tow truck and a dump truck shut down traffic on the highway for a couple hours. When medical officials arrived to the scene, the tow truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while the dump truck driver was not injured. 

If you have lost a loved one in a car accident, contact the Cedar Rapids car accident lawyer Pete Leehey at 319-294-4424.