On Monday, the Van Buren Township Police Department announced that charges have been filed against a semi truck driver following the fatal shooting of another truck driver found in the cab of his vehicle with the windows broken out last week. Police responded to a semi truck parked in the 10800 block of Belleville Road ...more
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is investigating the theft of packages from the scene of a semi truck rollover crash on Friday. The crash occurred around 9:45 p.m. on June 30 on southbound I-5 near Northgate in King County, Washington.Troopers determined that a two car crash had occurred previously on southbound I-5. A FedEx truck ...more
A truck driver from Florida is facing thousands of dollars worth fines after his truck became wedged on the notorious Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 in Cambridge, Vermont, over the weekend. Late Sunday night, Vermont State Police (VSP) responded to Smugglers Notch in Cambridge for a reported stuck tractor trailer.Troopers made contact with ...more
A semi truck driver has been charged following a Sunday morning crash into a home that left one person dead and two others injured near Erwin, Tennessee. The crash occurred just before 8 a.m. on July 2 in Unicoi County, Tennessee. The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) says that 41 year old Connecticut resident Robenson Vertus ...more
There are only a few days left before the kickoff of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week campaign. This year’s Operation Safe Driver Week will be held from Sunday, July 9 through Saturday, July 15, in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.Officers will be looking for dangerous driving behaviors including speeding, improper lane ...more
An official with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared stunning video of a wrong-way semi truck pursuit that recently took place in La Salle County. The video was shared on July 3 by Texas DPS spokesperson Chris Olivarez.The video shows a semi truck pursuit that occurred along IH-35 after the driver of the ...more
A truck driver’s dash cam captured a terrifying truck vs. truck crash that caused the dash cammer to hit a guardrail and overturn. The dash cam clip was shared by Reddit user u/Longjumping-Cycle470 on July 2, 2023. They write, “My biggest fear when somebody passing me. I really appreciate when ppl don’t just jump back ...more
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution for those in the trucking industry looking to grow in their sustainability goals while retaining a sense of product familiarity. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins began testing its X15N engine with U.S. customers more than a month ago, a major step forward ...more
Cummins' X15N engine. Cummins' Puneet Jhawar said the X15N is the least commercially disruptive solution for those in the trucking industry looking to grow in their sustainability goals while retaining a sense of product familiarity. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins began testing its X15N engine with U.S. customers more than a month ago, a major step forward ...more
Pricing power for new cars is fading back to normal levels after years of inflated prices for buyers. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) The U.S. new car market is returning to pre-pandemic norms as supply chain issues resolve, forcing carmakers to ramp up deals to sustain sales growth. The annual pace of new car sales likely ...more
