A semi truck driver is hospitalized and facing charges following a bizarre series of events that occurred in Ohio on Thursday. The incident began around 3 p.m. on May 11 after the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OHSP) received a call about a semi truck driver brandishing a weapon at a vehicle repair worker on I-271 ...more
A case of drowsy driving sent one driver into the front of a courthouse in Georgia on Thursday night. The accident occurred on the evening of May 11th in Dublin, Georgia. According to 13 WMAZ, the truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and drove through a set of barricades before striking the J Roy Rowland ...more
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced some major facility closures that will start next month as part of a larger project to add 1100 new semi truck parking spaces to facilities statewide Starting June 1, INDOT will close the Clear Creek Welcome Center on I-70 and both northbound and southbound Lebanon Rest Areas on ...more
A trucker and their furry co-pilot were reunited this week after becoming separated during a wreck. The accident that separated them happened on May 10th on Highway 412 in Greene County, Arkansas. According to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, the tractor-trailer overturned just east of the Highway 412 and Highway 228 intersection, causing the dog, Blu, ...more
Troopers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently increased patrols to enforce commercial vehicle weight limits on rural roadways. The CHP – Monterey division said on May 11 that they have been actively enforcing a seven ton weight limit in the small town of Spreckels this week. Troopers say that there are posted signs stating ...more
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill designed to help protect trucking companies from nuclear verdicts. Governor Reynolds signed Senate File 228 into law on Friday, May 12.The new law is meant to protect trucking companies involved in crashes by capping the amount that victims can be awarded in court in non-economic damages (for ...more
A motorist’s attempt to switch places with a passenger is responsible for a collision with a semi truck on Thursday. The accident happened on Thursday, May 11th in Genesee County near Batavia, New York. According to 13 ABC, the driver of a Toyota Corolla was heading westbound on the New York State Thruway when they started ...more
Indiana State Police (ISP) arrested a truck driver following a two-vehicle collision on I-70 on Thursday. The crash occurred around 11:25 a.m. on May 11 in Putnam County, Indiana.According to ISP, Benjamin Polk, 32, was driving a 2021 Freightliner west on I-70 when he attempted to pass a 2015 Freightliner driven by Jean Cadet, 37, ...more
A Texas-based truck driver has been sentenced for attempting to smuggle humans in a locked trailer in 2021. On May 10, 33 year old Vince Ruiz III was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by two years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas.Ruiz ...more
EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division is handling the case with assistance from other federal and state agencies. (AndreyPopov/Getty Images) Federal authorities in Michigan have charged three companies — including a truckload carrier — and 11 individuals in an aftermarket scheme to disable the emissions control systems of hundreds of diesel semi-trucks. Nearly all of the 11 ...more
