A semi truck left miles of red dye along Oregon interstates on Saturday due to leaky cargo. The incident happened on December 17th from Happy Valley to Troutdale through Portland. According to The Oregonian, 40-year-old trucker Junior Jean stopped to check on the leaky cargo after being flagged down by other truckers. When he called his ...more
Alcohol and speed were both factors in a party bus’ crash with a semi truck in Virginia last week, police say. The crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. on Friday, December 16th near Williamsburg, Virginia and has prompted a safety investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in cooperation with state police. The agency will ...more
Canadian police are investigating a suspected road rage incident that left a man clinging to the front end of a semi truck traveling down the Coquihalla Highway last week. The incident began around 1 p.m. on December 15 at the Inks Lake brake check on Highway 5, according to local outlet Castanet.Authorities say that a ...more
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton asked for a new trial on charges he misled investors about the electric truck maker’s prospects, arguing the jury convicted him due to bad instructions from the judge and because one juror lied to get on the panel. Milton was found guilty in October of securities and wire fraud following ...more
Renault SA’s board named CEO Luca de Meo as a director and reappointed Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard for another four-year term, a sign of support for their plan to reshape the partnership with Nissan Motor Co. De Meo, 55, will replace Frederic Mazzella on the French company’s 16-member board, the maker of Austral and Megane E-Tech ...more
DETROIT — U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by General Motors’ Cruise can stop too quickly or unexpectedly quit moving, potentially stranding passengers. Three rear-end collisions that reportedly took place after Cruise autonomous vehicles braked hard kicked off the probe, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. At the time, ...more
