26 people are dead after a wreck between a semi truck and a van in Mexico on Sunday morning. The deadly crash happened on the morning of May 14th near Ciudad Victoria, Mexico. According to Reuters, the semi truck and the van collided an hour outside of the city along the Victoria-Zaragoza highway, sparking a fire ...more
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A man was arrested early on Monday morning after changing lanes in front of a semi truck, sparking a fire. The accident happened on May 15th in San Carlos Park, Florida just after 2 a.m.According to WINK News, 64-year-old motorist Martin Bourgeois was heading east in the right turn lane of Alico Road when he ...more
A truck driver and his child are safe after an accident that left their truck cab hanging off an Oklahoma interstate. The accident happened on Sunday morning, May 14th on Interstate 44 in Oklahoma City. According to KFOR News, the semi truck was traveling along I-44 near Pennsylvania Avenue when another vehicle cut the trucker off. ...more
President Joe Biden signs into law H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, at the White House on Aug. 9, 2022. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department on May 12 is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500 million in grants to become technology hubs. The ...more
Clearance sale signs are displayed at a retail store in Downers Grove, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) U.S. long-term inflation expectations unexpectedly accelerated in early May to a 12-year high and consumer sentiment soured, reflecting growing concerns about the economic outlook. Consumers see prices climbing at an annual rate of 3.2% over the next five ...more
Volvo Trucks North America Repeal of the federal excise tax (FET) on heavy-duty commercial vehicles should be a key tool in the United States’ push to reduce trucking’s greenhouse gas emissions through electrification, according to a study by a nonprofit that searches for solutions to environmental and energy problems. The report by Resources for the ...more
Three U.S. Xpress trucks with designs celebrating Military Appreciation Month. (U.S. Xpress) After losses widened in the first quarter of the year, U.S. Xpress has cut its corporate staff for the third time in the past year as the Chattanooga-based trucking giant prepares to merge with the larger Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. U.S. Xpress declined ...more
Inbound and outbound Metra trains pass on the Metra Milwaukee District West Line at the Canadian Pacific Bensenville intermodal in Franklin Park, Illinois. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS) A group of suburban Chicago communities is appealing the recent federal approval of a major rail merger that is expected to bring more freight trains to parts of ...more
Indiana State Police (ISP) arrested a truck driver following a two-vehicle collision on I-70 on Thursday. The crash occurred around 11:25 a.m. on May 11 in Putnam County, Indiana.According to ISP, Benjamin Polk, 32, was driving a 2021 Freightliner west on I-70 when he attempted to pass a 2015 Freightliner driven by Jean Cadet, 37, ...more
