Traffic on Interstate 5 in Washington was backed up for nine hours after a serious wreck involving a semi truck and a car.  The accident happened on July 19th in Pierce County, Washington in the DuPont area at 5:19 a.m.According to KOMO News, police described the accident as a “semi vs. car serious injury collision,” ...more

Kodiak Robotics Inc. announced that it is the first company to pilot the the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) “Enhanced Inspection” program for autonomous or driverless trucks. In a July 20 news release, Kodiak announced participation in the “Enhanced Inspection” program, which was approved by the CVSA in September 2022 and is designed to “streamline ...more

A woman is dead after a semi truck lost an axle in California on Thursday.  The incident occurred on July 20th in Merced, California at around 10:30 a.m. on Highway 99 north of Franklin Road. According to Your Central Valley News, the big rig was heading north on Highway 99 in a construction zone when an ...more

A truck driver and her dog were involved in a jarring crash that was caught on dash cam earlier this week in Utah. The crash occurred July 18 in Syracuse, Utah, at the intersection of 2000 W and Antelope Drive. In dash cam from the semi truck, you can see that the truck driver has ...more

Interstate 80 is blocked after a crash between multiple cars and semi trucks early on Thursday morning.  The accident happened on July 20th at around 5:50 a.m. on Interstate 80 at the 6 mile marker near Burr Street in in Indiana. According to CBS News, it is unclear if anyone was injured in the multi vehicle ...more

One of only two truck drivers to ever survive a plunge off of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is now publicly recounting the incident for the first time.  Truck driver Matt Killmon’s accident off the CBBT happened on January 6th, 2016, when an oncoming truck moved into his lane and he swerved in response. “Everything went in ...more

Police in Albany, Georgia, say that a truck driver survived a crash involving two log trucks on Thursday morning. The Albany Ga Police Department responded to the crash scene at 9:23 a.m. on July 20.First responders are still on the scene and WALB is working to learn more about the condition of those involved. https://t.co/s0VhR76Dyo— WALB ...more

Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News The pilots union at Sandy Springs, Ga.-based UPS Inc. plans to honor picket lines in the event of a Teamsters strike against the shipping giant. That would expand the impact of a potential strike at UPS, which the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has threatened if the two sides do not reach a ...more

(J.B. Hunt Transport Services) J.B. Hunt Transport Services experienced a year-over-year decline in earnings and revenue during the second quarter, the company reported July 18. J.B. Hunt ranks No. 3 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America and No. 5 on the TT Top 100 list of ...more

Workers walk the picket line at the Neptune Terminal at the Port of Vancouver on July 5. (Jimmy Jeong/Bloomberg) Workers at Canada’s west coast ports withdrew plans to go back on strike, just hours after threatening to restart a disruption that would have paralyzed shipments at the country’s busiest maritime hub. The International Longshore and ...more