Several project participants gathered at the Murphy Logistics Solutions facility. Two Volvo trucks with a six-battery configuration that are rated to provide up to 275 miles of range will be part of the testing. (Volvo Trucks) Volvo Trucks North America is working with the University of Minnesota (UM) and two fleet owners on extreme weather ...more

Logistics Plus Inc. has acquired Dutch peer Jan Krediet. (Jan Krediet) Logistics Plus Inc. has acquired Dutch peer Jan Krediet in an effort to expand its European presence, the Erie, Pa.-based logistics service provider said June 22. Logistics Plus already had a presence in Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Netherlands and Poland. Jan Krediet specializes in ...more

Illinois State Police (ISP) are investigating a fatal truck vs. pedestrian crash that occurred early Friday morning in Bolingbrook. Police responded to northbound I-55 at mile marker 267 in Bolingbrook around 3:25 a.m. on June 23.At the scene, one person was found deceased and a second seriously injured. Investigators determined that pair had parked a ...more

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is investigating the death of a truck driver at an ammunition plant in Madison County, Illinois, on Thursday. The incident occurred late Thursday afternoon at the Olin/Winchester ammunition facility located in East Alton, Illinois.Authorities say that Oscar “Zeke” Bettorf, 60, was driving a semi truck loaded ...more

Police are searching for a truck driver that fled the scene after striking two pedestrians on the side of an Illinois highway.  The accident happened on Friday morning, June 23rd at around 3:23 a.m. in Bolingbrook, illinois. According to Fox 32, 28-year-old Perla Andrade-Garcia and another person pulled over onto the shoulder of Interstate 55 northbound ...more

The U.S. Coast Guard believes that they have located a truck driver who crashed off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Thursday afternoon, according to a report. Around 2 p.m on June 22, officials say that a truck traveling north on the CBBT crashed off the bridge and into the bay ...more

A collapsed portion of Interstate 95 reopened at noon on Friday.  Workers put the finishing touches on the temporary six-lane roadway this morning, and the temporarily repaired roadway was reopened to traffic at 12 p.m. EST. The reopening comes after the recruitment of a NASCAR racetrack jet dryer to ensure the pavement dried despite rainy ...more

Residents of a Chicago neighborhood say that semi truck traffic on their streets is causing serious health issues and are working to have the trucks redirected.  Baltazar Enriquez and Liliana Medina are a part of the Little Village Community Council, and started knocking on doors looking for signatures on Thursday, June 22nd. The pair was ...more

Motorists captured and shared dramatic video of an RV swerving all over the Coquihalla Highway  between Hope and Merritt in British Columbia last week. The video was shared on June 15 by Facebook user Amanda-Rae Bystedt.In the video, you can hear two women in a passenger vehicle express growing surprise and concern as they watch ...more

A truck driver appears to intentionally ram into the side of a day cab in this dash cam video.  In the clip, a truck driver in the far right lane of Highway 401 in Ontario suddenly drives into the side of a day cab driver passing him on the left. The day cab is then ...more