A garbage truck burst into flames after a hydraulic failure in this short clip. In the video, a man with a garbage truck based Youtube channel is filming the truck picking up refuse in his neighborhood when the truck suddenly busts some kind of line, sending fluid spraying all over the vehicle. Almost immediately, the truck ...more
Two people are dead after a truck driver suspected of DUI crashed head-on with their vehicle before fleeing the scene and suffering a medical emergency. The accident happened on Friday, December 23rd at 9:38 p.m. in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to Local 21 News, the tractor trailer was driving the wrong way in the westbound lane ...more
A man who stole a semi truck engaged police in an hours-long standoff in Florida on Monday night. The incident happened on December 26th in Orange County, beginning at around 6:25 p.m. and ending at the VA hospital at 13849 Veterans Way. According to Click Orlando News, police initially received reports of a man driving a ...more
13 were killed and more than 4,200 were assisted by state troopers after winter conditions left Ohio roadways a mess over the holiday weekend. A 46-vehicle pileup involving tractor trailers on the Ohio Turnpike killed four and left vehicles stacked on top of each other on Friday, December 23rd; four more were killed on Saturday, ...more
State and Military police are working to enforce travel bans in New York after a deadly snowstorm buried the area. The recent snowstorm in Buffalo is being referred to as the ‘deadliest storm in at least two generations’ by AP News. Washington Post reports that at least 28 people have been found dead in their ...more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he won’t sell any more shares in Tesla for 18 months or more, likely an attempt to comfort shareholders of the electric vehicle company who have watched the stock lose nearly half of its value since Musk’s purchase of Twitter went through in October. “I’m not selling any stock for ...more
WASHINGTON — A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Dec. 23 to avoid a partial government shutdown. The bill passed mostly along party lines, 225-201. It now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Biden applauded the ...more
General Motors Co.’s Cruise unit started offering rides with its self-driving taxi business in two more cities, expanding beyond San Francisco with cars now operating in Phoenix and in Austin, Texas. The driverless cars are running during limited hours and in limited service areas in both cities and charging fares to friends and family of ...more
Hong Kong International Airport says it’s ready to use driverless buses, confident it can shuttle passengers around the aerodrome from next year after extensive trials years in the making. By bolting on cameras, sensors and tracking devices, the Asian financial hub’s main airport has adapted and kitted out an electric bus from Chinese carmaker BYD ...more
WASHINGTON — Shrugging off rampant inflation and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly strong 3.2% annual pace from July through September, the government reported Dec. 22 in a healthy upgrade from its earlier estimate of third-quarter growth. The rise in gross domestic product — the economy’s output in goods and services ...more
