The California Highway Patrol (CHP) shared alarming video of a semi truck caught up in a sideshow in the Sacramento area. The video was shared by CHP – Valley Division Air Operations on July 8.The aerial video shows an Amazon semi truck as it is surrounded by participants in a sideshow in Sacramento. From CHP:“Numerous sideshows ...more

Police have determined the cause of a semi truck driver’s fatal crash off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, last month, according to a report. The fatal crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. on June 22, 2023.Thirty-six year old truck driver Chris Scott was northbound on the CBBT near mile marker 1 ...more

Maryland State Police (MSP) are asking for public help in locating a truck driver who went missing in June after stopping at a distribution center. Maryland troopers are searching for 42 year old Pennsylvania-based truck driver Jason Pearson.MSP says that Pearson was last seen at midnight on June 13 near the Smithfield Food Distribution Center in ...more

A trucker popular on social media recently shared a video to warn the trucking community about an alleged truck towing scam taking place on the east coast. The video was shared over the weekend by TikTok trucker Clarissa Rankin.In the video, Rankin warns of a “stolen” truck scheme she fell prey to in North Carolina ...more

One person is dead after attempting to cross a highway in a golf cart in South Carolina on Friday afternoon.  The incident happened on July 7th in Horry County, South Carolina. According to Valley News Live, the driver of the golf cart was trying to drive east on Adrian Highway in order to cross Highway 19 ...more

The truck driver killed by teenage robbers as they fled police during a chase has been identified.  The incident occurred just after 5:30 a.m. in Lakewood, Washington on June 29th near Berkely Street Southwest and Thorne Lane. According to The Chronicle, the 16-year-old suspects were fleeing police in a stolen vehicle when they struck the semi ...more

The Booker Fire Department shared video of a big rig taking on a flooded highway. The video was captured on Highway 15 in Booker, Texas, on the morning of July 9.Heavy storms dumped a large amount of rain on the area and caused major flooding in Booker. After the truck passed through the area, officials ...more

Emergency personnel battle against a fire aboard the Grande Costa d'Avorio cargo ship at the Port of Newark on July 7. (John Minchillo/Associated Press) NEWARK, N.J. — A cargo ship burned for a third day July 7 at a New Jersey port after the fire claimed the lives of two firefighters and exposed gaps in ...more

Signage outside the General Motors Co. Silao Complex in Silao, Guanajuato state, Mexico. (Maurico Palos/Bloomberg News) In late June, workers at a General Motors Co. Ultium electric vehicle plant confronted a startling sight: A defective battery was on fire. The workers raced to put it out, and were able to do so, according to the ...more

Construction workers work with rebar at a site in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — America’s employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy’s resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow growth and inflation. The change in ...more