A semi truck was left hanging off of a bridge after a motorist’s lane change went very wrong in Texas on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened on August 9th in San Antonio, Texas on the Green Mountain Road bridge above Loop 1604. According to KSAT News, a Honda sideswiped a Dodge Charger while changing lanes in the ...more
A video report follows a truck driver as she shares her experiences with the highs and then lows of trying to make a living in trucking in the years after the pandemic.The video segment recently appeared on NBC Nightly News.The report follows single mother of three Arnesha Barron, who was an owner-operator during the surge ...more
A Werner Enterprises driver is being celebrated for achieving an impressive safety milestone, according to the company.Truck driver Tim Dean has achieved 5 million accident-free miles, Werner said in an August 10 announcement. He becomes only the second driver in Werner history to achieve the 5 million mile milestone, after retired driver Charley Endorf.“Reaching 5 ...more
The mangled wreckage from a serious crash between a semi truck and an RV was hauled away by a flatbed in this video. It’s hard to tell if the hunk of debris is the remainder of the RV or a portion of the semi truck, but we’d guess the RV. Our hearts go out to the loved ...more
Five people lost their lives during a crash between an RV and a semi truck in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. The accident occurred on August 9th at around 9 p.m. near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on Interstate 81. According to Penn Live Patriot News, an RV towing a trailer with a family of four inside was traveling south on ...more
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Protesters caused major traffic backups in Glendale, California, on Wednesday night when they used vehicles including semi trucks to block traffic.The highway protest happened at the SR-134, I-5 interchange as hundreds of people took to the streets and used vehicles to block lanes of traffic as part of a demonstration called “Rally for Life.” The ...more
Content Sponsored by Cedar ElectronicsAnything can happen when you’re a trucker out on the road — you could be involved in an accident or bad weather, or you could even be the victim of a crime. Because of this, more truck drivers are relying on dash cams as a smart way to protect themselves against ...more
Drivers in Utah sat through major backups on Wednesday after an SUV and a semi truck wrecked in the middle of the highway. The crash happened at 8:45 a.m. on August 9th on Interstate 15 in American Fork, Utah.According to Fox 13, a Dodge Journey was driving on a spare tire along northbound I-15 at mile ...more
Florida state Sen. Tom Wright presents a check to Brevard County Public Schools officials that will go toward funding a commercial driver license training facility. (Brevard Public Schools via Facebook) To help reduce the truck driver shortage in Florida, state Sen. Tom Wright presented a $3.8 million ceremonial check to an east-central school district to ...more
