A Florida sheriff shared video of the wild moment that a “mystery” trucker tackled a fleeing suspect in order to help police end a pursuit. On June 15, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) shared a video titled “FLEEING SUSPECT LEARNS THE HARD WAY ABOUT THE HEART OF A TRUCK, AND THE SKILLS OF ITS ...more
A woman was killed by a large piece of metal debris on the same highway that collapsed earlier this week. The 33-year-old Philadelphia woman died on Monday evening, June 12th on Interstate 95 near mile marker 20, about 10 miles south of the I-95 overpass collapse. According to CBS News, Caramia Panichelli was in her car ...more
Police are investigating a double fatality crash that occurred near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 2 a.m. on June 14 in Hancock County, Mississippi.Brothers from South Carolina Oleg Tarasevich, 29, and Yakov Tarasevich, 24, were hauling a load of five passenger vehicles west on I-10 at mile marker 2 when ...more
The truck driver and trucking company involved in the accident that collapsed a portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia earlier this week were operating under all proper authorities, the National Transportation Safety Board announced on Wednesday. Truck driver Nathan Moody’s death was ruled an accident due to “blunt trauma of the head, inhalation and thermal ...more
The government believes that as many as 150 staged accidents with trucks have occurred in the New Orleans area. (Getty Images) Three more individuals have been sentenced over the past two months for their roles in staged crashes with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area. The sentences were the latest development in the so-called crash-for-cash ...more
Containers are in position on a ship for unloading at the Port of Savannah. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics) SAVANNAH, Ga. — While cargo volume at ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is down, officials at the Georgia Ports Authority and the sprawling Port of Savannah say now is the perfect time to ramp up their ...more
An eMV Series electric medium-duty truck comes off the assembly line at Navistar's San Antonio plant. (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks grew 28.6% in May compared with the year-ago period, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Total retail sales for Classes 4-7 trucks increased to 21,687 from 16,859. The results represent ...more
A parade of tractor-trailers line Enrico Fermi Place, a street minutes away from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. (Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Tribune Content Agency) San Diego transportation officials celebrated June 13 the anticipated award of about $260 million in state funding to help complete the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, ...more
Florida's new tort reform law was enacted March 24. (imaginima/Getty Images) Florida’s court system is struggling under a mountain of 280,122 new civil cases filed by trial attorneys a few days before Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a law in March thwarting lawsuit abuse. Sending monthly new case filings 127% above past monthly record (from May ...more
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a June 14 press conference. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged June 14 after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. But in a surprise move, the Fed signaled that it may raise rates twice more this ...more
