Several lanes of a bridge in Lake Charles will be closed this upcoming week for repairs to damage done in a 2020 hurricane.  Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana and surrounding areas in August of 2020, damaging lighting along the Interstate 210 bridge in Lake Charles. Now, nearly five years later, an $8 million project will shut ...more

New York State Police (NYSP) shared dash cam video of a two truck crash that occurred this week as a reminder “of how weather can quickly affect road conditions.” The dash cam video was captured at 6 p.m. on March 6 on northbound I-81 in Homer, New York.In the video, you can see a tractor ...more

A truck driver credits god and the invention of seatbelts for saving his life during a severe windstorm in Kansas earlier this week.  The storm happened on Tuesday, March 4th in Garden City, Kansas. According to Fox Weather, truck driver Marcus Clark was traveling on US route 83 north of K-68 Highway with an empty trailer ...more

Police are investigating the death of an Illinois-based trucking company owner as well as a possible arson at the company facility. Shortly after 4 p.m. on March 5, the Crestwood Police Department (CPD) and firefighters responded to a fire at a trucking company known as ATG Truckload located at 13835 S. Kostner in Crestwood, Illinois.After the ...more

A lawsuit against JB Hunt has been amended to include a truck driver after investigation revealed he was using his phone to review his dating profile at the time of a fatal crash.  The crash happened in Bell County, Texas on May 22nd, 2024 after motorist Tracy Rambosek ran out of gas on Interstate 35 ...more

A Pennsylvania mechanic and the trucking company he worked for were sentenced for conspiracy and violations of the Clean Air Act for tampering with emissions control systems on at least eight vehicles. Diesel mechanic Leon Martin, 42, was sentenced to two years of probation, with three months of home curfew, and a $500,000 fine, according ...more

Transportation officials in New Mexico say that westbound I-10 near Lordsburg is closed until further notice after a truck hauling heavy equipment struck an overpass. The overpass strike occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on March 7 in the westbound lanes of I-10 at Exit 24.“CMV oversized load was traveling westbound with an excavator on a ...more

A trucking company and a truck driver were issued more than two dozen tickets and nearly $40,000 in fines after a bridge strike crash in Edmonton this week.  The accident happened on Sherwood Park Freeway at the 34th Street Overpass after midnight on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. According to Edmonton Journal, a ...more

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced new leadership for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). On Friday, March 7, Adrienne Camire was tapped for role of Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the FMCSA.“In this role, Ms. Camire will lead FMCSA’s efforts to advance commercial motor vehicle safety, improve the efficiency of the ...more

DHL delivery wagons in the loading bay at a Deutsche Post sorting office in Berlin. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) BERLIN — German postal company Deutsche Post announced on March 6 that it will cut 8,000 jobs by the end of the year, citing high costs, just two days after striking a deal with workers on a 5% ...more