A motorist has been charged with driving under the influence after a wrong-way crash involving multiple cars and two semi trucks in Florida on Friday morning. The accident happened on July 28th in Seffner, Florida at around 3:40 a.m. According to Patch Tampa, a Lexus SUV traveling the wrong way on Interstate 4 near mile marker 10 ...more
A recent deadly Greyhound bus crash into a line of parked semi trucks has brought the issue of truck parking to the forefront of the news, despite years of issues. The July 12th crash in southern Illinois happened on an exit ramp where a line of semi trucks was parked outside of a rest area that ...more
Dash cam video captures a semi truck driver going above and beyond to help stop a moving car after the driver suffered from a medical emergency.The video was captured on July 19 on Annacis Island in British Columbia, according to Global News.Truck driver Jaspreet Singh, 26, noticed something was off when a small blue came ...more
The Teamsters say that layoffs and terminal closures appear to be happening at trucking giant Yellow Corp on Friday as the company reportedly prepares for bankruptcy.Nashville headquartered-Yellow is the nation’s third largest LTL carrier but it appears that the company will not survive ongoing disputes with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), a near-miss strike, ...more
Several truck drivers were injured on Thursday when high winds toppled multiple semi trucks on an Arizona interstate.The blowovers occurred on the afternoon of July 27 on I-10 near New Hope, Arizona.Multiple jackknifed big rigs on both sides of I-10 south of Vicksburg due to thunderstorm outflow. Severe thunderstorm warning in effect. Time is 4:45 ...more
A semi truck smacks into the side of a work truck at an intersection in California in this dash cam video. The video was captured by a motorist sitting at a red light intersection at Acacia Avenue and Highway 20 in Sutter County. Motorist Bill Ollar says that “the lights changed and I saw a truck on ...more
First responders in Arizona are responding to a serious Friday morning semi truck crash that left two people injured.The crash occurred at 5:30 a.m. on Friday, July 28, near Flagstaff.When the Ponderosa Fire Department (PFD) arrived on the scene, they found “a semi that had left the westbound lane of Interstate 40, plummeting over a 30 ...more
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Activity at the Wabash National manufacturing facility. The Lafayette, Ind., company's net sales in the most recent quarter totaled $686.6 million. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Wabash National posted net income of $74.3 million, or $1.54 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2023, compared with a $22.6 million, or 46 cents-per-share profit, in the same ...more
The trucking industry is dealing with a rise in online shipment misdirection attacks. The criminals use legitimate processes like load boards to fraudulently obtain cargo. (Tero Vesalainen/Getty Images) The trucking industry has faced an increase in cargo thefts this year, with thieves developing more sophisticated and strategic tactics. Verisk Analytics’ CargoNet in a second-quarter report ...more
