Two truck drivers are dead after a tanker truck exploded during a wreck involving three vehicles late Tuesday night. The accident occurred on Tuesday night, June 20th in Pickering, Ontario, Canada on Highway 401. According to CTV News Toronto, a tanker truck hauling “highly flammable” liquid was heading east on Highway 401 when the driver lost ...more
Kentucky State Police (KSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement is participating in a three day enforcement campaign designed to curb crashes involving passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles. KSP is participating in the Operation SafeDRIVE enforcement effort taking place June 20 — 22. The purpose of Operation SafeDRIVE is to reduce unsafe driving behavior that often leads to ...more
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Police were called to a Florida intersection for a near-altercation between two truck drivers over parking etiquette last week. The incident happened on Wednesday, June 14th near the intersection of North Washington Boulevard and 20th Street in Sarasota, Florida. According to Your Observer News, a truck driver was having his trailer unloaded when another driver pulled ...more
A truck driver had a tough Tuesday after spilling a load of animal waste all over a Georgia highway. The incident occurred on June 20 in Cherokee County, Georgia.Authorities said that a truck hauling chicken parts east on Knox Bridge Highway at Butterworth Road “lost part of its load.” The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office – Georgia ...more
Temporary lanes on Interstate 95 will open sometime this weekend, Governor Shapiro announced on Tuesday. On Saturday, June 17th, Shapiro initially estimated a reopening in the next two weeks, but the timeline has been updated to sometime this weekend as of Tuesday, June 20th, reported News on 6.“Traffic will be flowing here on I-95 this ...more
Officials in Mexico recently shared eye-popping photos and video of cartel-modified trucks that were recently seized and destroyed. On Sunday, June 18, the Mexican attorney general’s office shared images of “narco tanks” that were seized in Tamaulipas, where warring cartel factions are prevalent.The vehicles are standard heavy duty pickups and CMVs with steel plates welded on ...more
A flatbed driver was filmed driving along an open drainage ditch by a fellow trucker’s dash cam in this clip. In the video, the filming trucker is driving along a mostly straight, two lane roadway when a flatbedder heading in the opposite direction leaves the roadway and drives into a roadside ditch. The flatbed truck can ...more
In just a few weeks, a new truck stop will open in the Henderson, Nevada, area, joining an existing truck stop operated by the same company in Henderson. The Eldorado Truck Stop and Travel Center (located on Railroad Pass Casino Road west of I-11) in Henderson is scheduled to open in early August 2023.This is ...more
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