Police do not plan issue citations to a driver who abandoned a vehicle on a Louisiana interstate shoulder over the weekend, leading to a fiery crash that claimed the life of a truck driver. The crash occurred on May 20 in Lafayette, Louisiana.Fifty-seven year old Texas-based truck driver Mariano Gonzalez was traveling north on I-49 ...more
A car was obliterated and a person was killed in a wreck with a tractor trailer in Washington on Friday. The accident occurred on Friday, May 19th in Orondo, Washington on Highway 2. According to Wenatchee News, a 2022 Toyota 4Runner was heading east on Highway 2 when the motorist “improperly” changed lanes and collided with ...more
On Tuesday, Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement (MVE) took to Facebook to highlight a recent traffic stop involving a badly damaged semi trailer. In the May 23 post, Iowa DOT MVE said:“Driving at night has it’s benefits. Less traffic is definitely one of them. Avoiding law enforcement to make it from one state to another ...more
Mack Trucks Austraila recently showed off an impressive LEGO build at a truck show in Brisbane to celebrate the company’s 60 year anniversary. Mack Trucks Australia created the life-size LEGO truck to display at the 2023 Brisbane Truck Show. The LEGO Mack Anthem is made up of approximately one million LEGO pieces and took more ...more
A bus driver is dead after rear-ending a semi truck in Wyoming last week. The accident happened on Wednesday, May 17th east of Arlington, Wyoming on Interstate 80. According to KGAB, a semi truck was heading east at 45 mph in the right lane of I-80 at milepost 273.6 with its hazard lights on. A commercial ...more
A big rig overturned on Interstate 4 in Florida on Tuesday morning, creating traffic backups. The accident happened on May 23rd in Orange County on I-4 east at the John Young Parkway overpass at about 6 a.m. EDT. Click Orlando reports that the truck overturned, spilling about 150 pallets onto the roadway. First responders have cleared ...more
NFI plans to deploy and operate Freightliner eCascadias and Volvo VNR Electric trucks for port drayage service in California. (NFI) PORTLAND, Ore. — Clean transportation advocates are in a race to transform the trucking industry in California as the state moves closer to a mandate requiring zero-emission vehicles by 2035. The Advanced Clean Fleets rule, ...more
The results follow a restructuring plan that was implemented to refocus business on core less-than-truckload competencies. (Roadrunner) Roadrunner improved transit times across 149 major lanes as part of an ongoing initiative to improve speed across its network, the company announced May 17. The Downers Grove, Ill.-based less-than-truckload carrier said the move represents its fifth round ...more
Signage at the entrance of the Chevron Park campus in San Ramon, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Chevron Corp. agreed to buy Denver-based oil and gas producer PDC Energy Inc. in a $6.3 billion all-stock deal as it seeks to expand amid what’s expected to be a busy year of mergers and acquisitions in U.S. ...more
Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric trucks. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News) Ford Motor Co. reached a series of deals to buy lithium from projects in Canada to Chile, as automakers rush to secure the materials needed to build electric vehicles. Ford has struck deals with Albemarle Corp., the world’s top producer, Chile’s SQM and Canada’s Nemaska Lithium, according ...more
