Traffic is at a crawl on Interstate 35 outside of Austin this morning as official work to clear a pile up crash involving seven vehicles.  The accident happened just before 6:15 a.m. on I-35 south between SE Inner Loop and I-35-BL/Exit 259 near Georgetown, Texas north of Austin. At 6:20 a.m. the Texas Department of Transportation ...more

Florida police are investigating a multiple fatality crash that occurred near Panama City, Florida, on Monday night. The crash occurred at 9:28 p.m. on April 21 on Highway 98 in Inlet Beach, Florida.An SUV carrying four Massachusetts high school students was westbound on Highway 98 when it collided with a tractor trailer making a U-turn ...more

The Idaho State Police (ISP) Commercial Vehicle Safety Division recently conducted a large-scale commercial vehicle inspection and enforcement effort. Troopers say that the blitz took place last week all across the state of Idaho, with special emphasis along the Canadian Border near Bonners Ferry and in the Lewiston area, with a goal of identifying and ...more

The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) recently took a skid steer hauler off the road for load securement issues and other violations. According to an April 21 statement from THP, a driver and vehicle were both place out-of service after troopers discovered that the skid steer being hauled was not properly secured.While inspecting the skid steer ...more

A semi truck hauling lumber overturned on his first trip down a winding mountain road in Northern California on Tuesday.  The accident happened at about 6:10 p.m. on April 22nd on State Road 70 near the Pulga bridge in Pulga, California. According to BCFAC News, the driver was hauling lumber on his first trip down the ...more

Dash cam captured a jackknife crash that occurred when a car driver cut off a semi truck in Farmington, Utah, on Tuesday. The crash occurred around 10:15 a.m. on April 22 on I-15 at mile marker 324 in Davis County, Utah, KJZZ reports.The southbound lanes on Interstate 15 were closed Tuesday morning after a semi ...more

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to an unusual semi truck crash near Lodi on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 10 a.m. on April 23 on southbound State Route 99, north of Armstrong Road.Waterloo Morada Fire District reported that “one semi truck that had driven off of the highway and landed into Pixley Slough.” Images ...more

A semi truck slid right into a four wheeler after experiencing an explosive on-ramp load shift in this traffic cam video.  In the clip, a flatbed tractor trailer is entering Interstate 40 westbound in Shelby, Tennessee on Easter Sunday when it appears to experience an on-ramp load shift. As the truck enters the interstate, the ...more

These latest acquisitions are FitzMark's eighth and ninth as the company pursues a growth strategy supported by Calera Capital, a middle-market private equity firm. (FitzMark via YouTube) FitzMark expanded its footprint in the freight brokerage sector by acquiring High Point Logistics and Pentonix Freight, adding new capabilities in temperature-controlled and less-than-truckload shipping. Indianapolis-based transportation management ...more

A gallon of trucking’s main fuel now costs 45.8 cents less than it did at this time last year. (vitpho/Getty Images) The national average diesel price fell 4.5 cents to $3.534, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released April 22. It is the second consecutive drop — totaling 10.5 cents — after the price ...more