A motorist with unusual vehicle modifications is caught on camera weaving across multiple lanes amid heavy traffic. The video was shared by Reddit user u/wizzardoftheLOT on May 21, 2023.The video features a car with custom “elbows out” wheel rims swerving back and forth across multiple lanes of traffic as nearby truckers and motorists try to ...more
A truck driver involved in a wreck that “sandwiched” a van and left seven people dead is now facing multiple charges for the serious wreck. 52-year-old truck driver, Lincoln Smith, was arraigned on Friday, May 19th for the Thursday wreck that killed seven and injured four. Smith is facing multiple charges including manslaughter, driving under ...more
The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) is investigating the death of a semi truck driver found at a rest stop in Summit County last week. The incident began on the morning of Thursday, May 18, at the Echo Welcome Center located along I-80 at mile marker 170, according to KPCW.A Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) employee discovered ...more
A truck driver is dead after a collision with a train that derailed nearly a dozen train cars. The accident happened in Missouri on Sunday evening, May 21st in Monroe County, Missouri at around 6:30 p.m. According to KTVO, 65-year-old Russell Minnis was heading eastbound on Highway 24 when he failed to stop at a railroad ...more
Jim Farley by Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street earlier this month with a strong first quarter, but CEO Jim Farley still faced a tough crowd by sticking with a goal for the company’s money-losing electric vehicle unit to be churning out 2 million models annually in a few years. “I appreciate ...more
Nati Harnik/AP Deere & Co. raised its full-year profit forecast amid strong demand for farm equipment and the easing of supply chain woes that have dogged companies since the pandemic. The U.S. tractor maker on May 19 lifted its outlook as it reported second-quarter profit of $2.86 billion that beat analyst estimates, citing healthy demand for ...more
Norfolk Southern OMAHA, Neb. — The union that represents railroad engineers finally secured its first deal for paid sick time with Norfolk Southern, several months after other rail unions began reaching similar agreements with the major freight railroads. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced the deal with the railroad May 18. Roughly 3,300 ...more
(Getty Images) A Texas state court has denied an appeal by Werner Enterprises Inc. of an $89.7 million jury verdict in a case involving a 2014 fatal crash. “We have inspected the record and find no error in the judgment,” seven of the nine justices wrote in a May 18 opinion. “We order the judgment ...more
A Tesla store in Corte Madera, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) The Biden administration has dropped, for now, a plan that would have awarded automakers such as Tesla Inc. credits for using renewable natural gas to power electric vehicles. That proposal was excluded from drafted regulation setting biofuel-blending quotas for the next three years that ...more
The reimagined welcome center on Interstate 70 eastbound in Preble County, Ohio. (Ohio Department of Transportation) Ohio transportation officials will add truck parking when possible in a massive four-year renovation to rebuild 33 rest areas at 17 locations in project recently announced by Gov. Mike DeWine. In a ceremony unveiling a revamped Preble County Welcome ...more
