Multiple agencies came to the rescue of a truck driver who was electrocuted near Miesville, Minnesota, on Thursday. Around 9:20 a.m. on May 8, the Miesville Fire Department (MFD) was dispatched after receiving a call about a semi truck that made contact with a power line near a grain elevator at 240th St E and ...more
A Connecticut man is facing more than a dozen charges connected to a years-long trucking scheme to defraud Amazon of over $3 million. On May 7, Ameer Nasir, 24, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 13 counts of wire fraud, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of ...more
A truck driver is facing charges after causing serious damage to the back nine of a golf course in Ohio. The incident happened at the Northstar Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio. According to ABC 6, Gurpreet Dhaliwal entered the golf course in his semi truck at the club house, and drove through the back nine of ...more
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is asking drivers to plan ahead for a major road closure in the Snoqualmie area. Starting at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 15, through 5 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, both directions of SR 18 beneath the I-90 bridges will be closed to all traffic to allow crews to build ...more
A heavy wrecker towing a big rig crashed into a line of cars, causing a ‘mass casualty’ event in El Paso on Thursday morning. The accident happened just before 6:21 a.m. on North Desert Boulevard and Spur 16 at Talbot in El Paso, Texas. According to KFOX14, a heavy wrecker was towing a semi truck when ...more
Canadian police recently stopped a pickup driver hauling a large load of pallets for numerous safety violations. According to a May 8 statement from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) – West Region, a traffic stop was conducted on the pickup in Alma by the OPP’s Wellington division.Charges issued during the traffic stop include: Overweight vehicle – ...more
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Rise in March as Prices Slip
(vitpho/Getty Images) Used Class 8 truck sales for March increased on a year-over-year basis, but prices declined amid shifting market conditions, ACT Research reported. Sales volume increased 4.2% to 22,600 units from 21,700 reported in the prior-year period, and rose 5.1% sequentially from the 21,500 units reported in February. The average retail sale price declined ...more
Class 8 Truck Orders Fall 52% During April
“April was the lowest industry order intake for a single month we have seen since May of 2020,” Koeck said. (Justin Ide/Bloomberg) North American Class 8 truck orders came in below prior-year comparisons again amid increased market uncertainty, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed orders decreased 52.1% year over year to 7,600 units from ...more
Volvo Autonomous TaaS Product to Be Known as Autona/freight
A lane between Dallas and Houston is the starting point for the on-highway Autona/freight program from Volvo Autonomous Solutions. (Volvo Autonomous Solutions) Volvo Autonomous Solutions’ rollout of its transport-as-a-service offering ramped up a couple of notches in recent days. The Volvo Group division’s president first put a name to the product seeking U.S. fleets as ...more
Toyota Suffers $1.3 Billion Profit Hit in Two Months on Tariffs
A new Toyota Tundra truck for sale at a Toyota dealership in Yuma, Ariz., on March 31. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) Toyota Motor Corp. said President Donald Trump’s tariffs will result in a 180 billion-yen ($1.3 billion) hit to operating income in just two months, with the Japanese carmaker joining a growing list of companies grappling ...more