The California Highway Patrol (CHP) ticketed a truck driver for violating the truck speed limit by almost 40 m.p.h. CHP – Yreka Division took to social media on April 26 to call out the truck driver for the speed violation.Troopers wrote: “That’s a bit fast! Yesterday Officer Brann stopped a big rig traveling at 94 ...more

A report shared by a Seattle news outlet looks at a crash that occurred last August on I-5 involving a newer Washington State Patrol trooper attempting a “rolling slowdown” maneuver and a semi truck driver. The report was published by KING 5 on April 26, 2023.The KING 5 Investigative team takes a look at crash ...more

A Texas-based truck driver has been sentenced to federal prison on charges related to human trafficking after he was caught transporting dozens of people in a refrigerated trailer. On April 27, truck driver Denny Fuentes, 48, was ordered to serve 15 months in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District ...more

Authorities in Smith County, Texas, have released video of a crash that occurred on I-20 earlier this month as a reminder to drivers to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. The video was captured on the morning of April 5th, 2023, as crews responded to a previous crash in the westbound lanes of ...more

A Texas resident was sentenced to federal prison this week on drug smuggling charges after authorities discovered half a million dollars worth of cocaine concealed on the tractor trailer he was operating. On April 25, 2023, Baltazar Reyes-Herrera, 28, was sentenced to more than 8 years (100 months) in prison to be followed by four ...more

Officials in Vermont are warning truck drivers to stay off of the notorious Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 as the road opens for the spring. On Tuesday, Smugglers Notch (a mountainous portion of Vermont Route 108 located between Cambridge and Stowe) reopened for the season to passenger vehicle traffic only.Each year, stuck trucks ...more

A suspected road rage incident resulted in a major single vehicle semi truck crash that was caught on dash cam. The dash cam clip was shared on April 26 by the YouTube account RM Videos. It isn’t clear when or where the video was captured.As the dash cam video begins, two trucks are traveling nearly ...more

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan has announced that multiple individuals and companies are facing federal charges for a years-long scheme to disable emissions controls from semi trucks. The charges were announced on April 26. While the investigation is ongoing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office calls this case “one of the largest of ...more

The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Bakersfield Division recently thanked a group of truckers who volunteered to help a person experiencing a mental health crisis. The incident occurred April 17 on the Lerdo Highway over SR-99 in the Shafter area.According to CHP, a person had crossed over the guardrail and was standing over the freeway lanes ...more

Multiple agencies in Texas have responded to an injury train vs. truck collision that occurred Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 77 in Refugio, Texas.KIIITV reports that a truck driver was inside the cab and wasn’t wearing a seatbelt when the collision occurred, resulting in his ejection. The extent of the truck driver’s ...more