One person is dead after a semi truck lost its brakes and went barreling through a construction zone. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 1st at around 9:15 p.m. in Salt Lake City, Utah on westbound I-80 near 1300 East. According to Fox 13, a semi truck was traveling down the canyon when it lost its brakes. ...more
Police in Ohio responded to a hostage situation inside a stolen semi truck near Dayton on Wednesday morning.According to London Ohio Police, the incident began around 1 a.m. on August 2 when an officer attempted to stop a passenger vehicle with no rear lights or visible registration.During the attempted traffic stop, a male and a ...more
A truck driver won the lottery just days after notifying his boss of his retirement in Massachusetts last month. 65-year-old Paul Bashaw was a trucker for 20 years when he finally decided it was time to retire. He gave his boss his notice, and just three days later he walked into a convenience store in West ...more
This week, Schneider National, Inc. announced the acquisition of a major dedicated contract carrier.On August 1, Schneider announced the acquisition of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts-based M&M Transport Services, LLC.Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, M&M Transport will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Schneider.M&M Transport’s asserts include 500 trucks and 1,900 trailers across 12 locations in the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest. “By ...more
A motorist caught video of a can opener crash in Tennessee.The video was captured in July 2023 at a railroad bridge dubbed “The Carters Creek Can Opener” in Carter, Tennessee. The video was shared by Carters Creek Restorations.In the video, a moving box truck whips past two bright yellow signs warning that the bridge clearance ...more
A wrecked semi truck left a load of lemons scattered along a highway in New Jersey on Wednesday morning. The accident happened on August 2nd in Mahwah, New Jersey on Route 17 near Mountainside Avenue at around 10 a.m.According to North Jersey News, the semi truck was traveling in the northbound lanes of Route 17 when ...more
Three people were hurt after a truck with six people inside got stuck on train tracks in Missouri on Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred on August 1st just before 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of E. 187th Street and Holmes Road, near Belton, Missouri.According to Fox 4 KC, a total of six people were inside of ...more
A trucker’s dash cam captured an excruciatingly close call with a clueless car driver who made a U-turn in the worst possible spot.The video was captured in Oklahoma on August 1, 2023, and shared by Reddit user u/Wham-alama-ding-dong.In the video, you can see that the dash cammer is doing 76 m.p.h. in the right lane. ...more
Construction crews place a steel arch pipe for a wildlife under-crossing at milepost 56 of the Sterling Highway as part of the Cooper Landing Bypass project. (Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and Bean Creek Media) Inflation is blamed for sending project completion costs soaring 68% since 2021 to today’s $840 million to complete ...more
A Ford F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan. (Ford Motor Co.) Ford Motor Co. restarted production of the F-150 electric Lightning pickup truck as price cuts stoke higher demand from buyers. Customers have had to wait on orders as Ford restocked vehicles after battery issues halted production at the plant this spring. It ...more
